Riviera Beach City Council appoints new mayor

Janesville City Council elects leadership

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WKOW) -- Janesville City Council elected its new leadership on Tuesday.

Former Councilman Douglas Lawson Steps into Mayoral Role in Riviera Beach

In a surprising but decisive move, the Riviera Beach City Council has named former councilman Douglas Lawson as the city’s new mayor. The appointment came Monday night during a special meeting, following a 3-2 council vote that filled the vacant seat — without an election. This wasn’t the typical path to office. All candidates who filed to run in the March mayoral race were disqualified due to an overlooked but critical Florida election rule: fi…

Riviera Beach City Council appoints new mayor

Lawson had served for six years as a councilman of Riviera Beach.

Riviera Beach City Council elects mayor at Monday night special meeting

In a process that's been anything but traditional, the Riviera Beach City Council picked their mayor in a special meeting Monday night. Riviera Beach chose Douglas Lawson, former Riviera Beach councilperson, to be the new mayor of the city. Last December, WPTV journalist Ethan Stein reported that five different candidates for Riviera Beach city government were removed from the ballot after paying to register their campaign with a debit card rath…