The Tower Forum is a private, non-profit, non-partisan business organization established in 1976.  The organization consists of business executives from industries and professions in south Florida. The Tower Forum has become the “go-to” discussion venue in Broward, where these leaders identify critical issues facing our community, engage in public dialogue, and encourage positive change.

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Next breakfast discussion:
Thursday, June 6, 2019

(to RSVP, please scroll down to blue RSVP button)

6th Annual Reality Check: Press Corps Recap/analysis of the Florida State Legislative Session 2019

• The 2019 legislative session began with a new Legislature, a new Governor and a new Cabinet, but an old list of major issues and agendas.
  
• Our top-notch panel of journalists has daily followed this tumultuous session, ranging from Florida Everglades, Gun Control & School Safety, to Felons’ Voting Rights, Hospital proliferation, Gambling, and Education budgets – not to mention conflicts of interest, legislative political dynamics, and a myriad of other topics at issue.

PANEL:
Steve Bousquet.
Steve Bousquet has been reporting from Tallahassee for over three decades, and has been arguably the senior political reporter in Tallahassee for a number of years. His journalistic and community ties and institutional knowledge of Broward County are unmatched by anybody in the news business. He serves currently as Political Columnist for the Florida Sun Sentinel, based in Tallahassee, and is on the Editorial Board of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.

Dara Kam.
Dara Kam, senior writer for The News Service of Florida, has spent over two decades based in Tallahassee covering Florida government, politics and campaigns.

Skyler Swisher.
Skyler Swisher is the Sun Sentinel daily reporter covering politics. Before joining the Sun Sentinel, he wrote about health care for The Daytona Beach News-Journal. A native of Memphis, he is a graduate of the University of Tennessee.

MODERATOR:
Dan Christensen.
Dan is the founder and Editor in Chief of the Florida Bulldog. He is an award-winning former investigative reporter for The Miami Herald and Daily Business Review, and one of South Florida’s most experienced reporters.

SPONSOR JUNE BREAKFAST: The Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce

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AT: Tower Club, 28th Floor, One Financial Plaza, 100 SE 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale

WHEN: Thursday, 6/6/19; doors open at 6:45 a.m.; program begins at 7:45 a.m.; concludes around 9:15 a.m.; free parking for attendees until 10:00 a.m.

COST: No cost for paid members of Tower Forum; non-members: $35 (note: no cost for working media); credit card online, or mail check, payable to Tower Forum, P.O. Box #15041, Plantation, FL 33318. Buffet breakfast included.

We encourage participants to join Tower Forum. While we invite you to attend 2 breakfasts at $35 each, you must join Tower Forum to attend thereafter. Membership is from date of joining through 9 consecutively scheduled breakfasts.

In order for us to provide sufficient breakfast and seating, RSVP’s and advance payments are required, and are non-refundable. Seating is limited.

RSVP’s submitted after Friday, 5/31/19, cannot be guaranteed a seat.

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Please consider joining Tower Forum,
the best venue in Broward for 9 breakfasts
of meaningful, thought-provoking discussion.

Become an active participant and network with community business leaders, professionals and public officials.  Be informed and stimulated by key players regarding hot, current topics which impact you and the community. Enjoy full buffet breakfasts in downtown Fort Lauderdale’s prestigious Tower Club. Your membership begins on payment and lasts one year from joining. Submit your information with a credit card on our convenient online Membership Application, or print out the form and postal mail it with your check.