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Article: Show of strength: a group of black leaders appears ready to flex its muscle. (Politics).(Palm Beach County has high number of black elected officials in state)
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- Florida Trend
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- August 1, 2003
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Palm Beach County has more black elected officials than any other county in the state. It is the back yard of one of Florida's most successful black political leaders. But efforts to build a countywide black political base here have crawled forward in fits and starts, victimized by bad timing and political infighting.
Now, organizers of the 3-year-old Palm Beach Conference of Black Elected Officials say the group is finally ready to flex some muscle on behalf of candidates and issues important to the black community.
At a retreat in mid-June, approximately 85 black civic and political leaders gathered to map strategy. The nonpartisan but predominantly ...