Anna Maria
June 25, 2024
Mayor vetoes proposed charter amendment
ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy has vetoed an ordinance containing a proposed charter amendment that will now not be placed on the fall ballot unless the city commission overrides the veto by a 4-1 sup…
June 10, 2024
Four candidates qualify in Anna Maria
ANNA MARIA – The first week of Anna Maria’s two-week candidate qualifying period saw city commission chair Mark Short and former city commissioner Brian Seymour qualify to face each other in the race…
June 3, 2024
Mayor optimistic about vacation rental bill’s fate
ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy is growing increasingly confident that the Florida Legislature’s latest attempt to preempt vacation rental regulation to the state will once again fail.
Proposed and su…
June 3, 2024
Reimagining Pine Avenue one step at a time
ANNA MARIA – Mayor Dan Murphy has proposed a block-by-block approach to installing permeable brick paver sidewalks along Pine Avenue where meandering unpaved paths currently exist.
New crosswalks wo…
June 3, 2024
Proposed charter amendments presented as ordinances
ANNA MARIA – City commissioners have been presented with separate ordinances containing ballot language and summary language for five proposed charter amendments.
City Attorney Becky Vose presented…
May 28, 2024
CBD resolution finalized
ANNA MARIA – The city commission has adopted a resolution providing the sales and registration requirements allowing existing CBD and hemp sellers to continue those sales by acquiring city-approved g…
May 28, 2024
Mayor Murphy won’t seek re-election
ANNA MARIA – Dan Murphy will not seek re-election to another two-year term as the city’s mayor.
During the May 23 city commission meeting, Murphy announced he would not run again in the upcoming c…
May 21, 2024
Fences, visibility triangles, parking discussed
ANNA MARIA – The Planning and Zoning Board is reviewing city regulations pertaining to fences located in street corner intersection visibility triangles and driveway intersection visibility triangle…
May 13, 2024
Latest Pine Avenue bid rejected
ANNA MARIA – Following Mayor Dan Murphy’s recommendation, the city commission rejected the latest Reimagining Pine Avenue bid received from C-Squared.
On May 9, the commission voted 5-0 in favor…
May 13, 2024
Mayors discuss law enforcement consolidation
ANNA MARIA – Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy and Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth are not on the same page when it comes to the potential consolidation of law enforcement services, with each mayor prefe…














