While the sounds of The Beatles and dulcet doo-wops rocked Tamarac residents at a 2024 Oldies in the Park concert, Mayor Michelle Gomez was busy violating a vendor’s First Amendment rights, according to an investigation by the Broward Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Released last week, the investigation stemmed from a complaint arguing that Gomez violated a vendor’s First Amendment rights by forbidding him from selling Kamala Harris shirts at Mainlands Park in September 2024, months before the presidential election. OIG, which investigates claims of government wrongdoing in Broward County, interviewed city employees and Gomez, ultimately deciding their excuses were flawed and disproven by their own interviews.
The issue began when a city employee approached Gomez at the event to ask if salesman Alex Council had authorization to sell political shirts at the city event…