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Meet the Candidates for Commissioner

Dr. Warren Sturman Dr. Ben Sorensen

r. Warren Sturman has lived in Fort Lauderdale District 4 am running to be your City Commissioner because the
Dfor over 25 years and will be here well into the future. Ipeople of Harbor Beach and our District deserve to be
thoroughly and effectively represented. For a third of my life I
As President of Rio Vista Civic Association for 13 years
have been working to improve our City. I’ve been resolving
Warren has worked to preserve our quality of life.
issues for residents by working with City staff on everything
Warren received the Sun Sentinel's endorsement, stating from adjusting traffic light timing and repairing streets to
"voters can trust Sturman to well represent them on the city removing downed trees. I regularly convene opposing sides
commission," and Dr Sturman "far outpaces (his opponents) to provide solutions which benefit residents and visitors. As a
in his long-term commitment to the city." They added volunteer Chaplain for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Warren has "experience his competitors can't match." I am dedicated to public safety and community building, I’ve
• Warren has, by far, the most experience working within worked with residents and City representatives to draft
this community. ordinances regulating sober homes, and have made great
strides in reducing the City’s veteran homeless population
• For over a decade he has worked to improve public through establishing Mission United.
safety, Fire Rescue response times, increase parkspace,
improve traffic and infrastructure, and founded our city’s I am working on three initiatives with city, county and state
disaster Community Emergency Response Team. officials to address traffic congestion on 17th Street: 1)
creating a bypass road through Port Everglades, 2) limiting
• Warren has volunteered on the city’s education advisory
commercial Port traffic to Eller Drive and 3) developing a
to ensure school quality.
fully integrated traffic light synchronization system. My other
• As a Cardiologist he's served in leadership roles in this top priorities include fixing our sewer and storm water
community for more than 20 years. systems and saying “no” to development projects that will
hurt our neighborhoods and quality of life.
• His background includes an Engineering degree from
University of Florida, which gives him a unique ability to My diverse background provides a strong understanding of
understand two of our most pressing issues -- failing financial and budgetary matters, effective fiscal management,
infrastructure and traffic. and utilizing the legal framework to implement change. I
hold multiple degrees, including a law degree from
• He and his former wife have four children who were
Georgetown University, worked at one of the largest global
born and raised here and attended our local schools.
accounting firms, serve at the highest levels of the
Final Candidates Forum
Our part of the city is unique. I’m asking you to join me to U.S. military, and I co-founded Optimum
make sure Fort Lauderdale stays vibrant by taking a Associates, a corporate and non-profit
resident focused approach that ensures that our quality of leadership training firm.
life is prioritized and our neighborhoods are represented Feb. 28, 2018. 6:00 pm at Church By The Sea
on our city commission.

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