Judge overrules Ocoee city leaders, ruling former commissioner can run for his old seat
George Oliver can run for a seat on the Ocoee City Commission, a judge ruled this week, overruling board members who had rejected his candidacy. Oliver, who in 2018 became the first Black candidate to win a municipal race in Ocoee, filed a lawsuit seeking to be deemed a legal candidate for office ahead of the qualifying period closing at noon Friday. He cited a “tortured interpretation” of the ...
Source: yahoo.com
