Pompano politician to retire after serving city for 25 years
Pompano Beach Vice Mayor Charlotte Burrie’s 25 years of service to the city is drawing to a close, she announced Tuesday night.
Even though she has filed to run for mayor, Burrie, 73, said she’s withdrawing her bid and will not seek reelection to the District 2 seat she has occupied since 2007. Qualifying in anticipation of the November election to all the city’s elected posts starts next week.
“I want to thank from the bottom of my heart, all those residents I’ve represented for all these years … “she trailed off, her voice breaking, “… and those supporters who urged me to go on to run for mayor.”
She drew a standing ovation from her colleagues and all those assembled for Tuesday’s City Commission meeting.
“We love you,” said Mayor Lamar Fisher, who will be stepping down from his post to run for County Commission in November.
Contacted later, Burrie would not give a specific reason for retiring at the end of this term, just that it was time.
“It’s a little she said.
She started with the city as an assistant to the city attorney soon after arriving in the city 40 years ago from bittersweet,” the Northeast. Then Burrie served as city clerk. She left her city position after about 14 years of civil service to go to law school. After law school, she went into private practice as an attorney. But then she heard the call to elected office.
“People started to call me all the time when they didn’t know who to call at the city,” she said.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the city adopted regulations to limit the number of sober homes that can be in one city block, an effort she had championed, as the homes are concentrated in her district in the northeast area of the city. Also, a date to break ground on the Charlotte Burrie Community Center is expected to be announced shortly.
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