Comment on For Hollywood’s future, Catherine “Cat” Uden for mayor | Endorsement

Hollywood voters will elect a mayor on Nov. 5. The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board recommends Catherine “Cat” Uden, an energetic candidate with strong convictions on development and resiliency and a campaign platform that’s well-engineered for the city’s future. An environmental expert and former elementary school teacher, Uden, 48, is one of four candidates in this nonpartisan, citywide race. The others are Joshua “Josh” Levy, 46, who has been mayor for the past eight years; Eduardo Flores, 29, a web application developer; and Peter Hanna, 50, a consultant for “green” businesses in Europe. The mayor is this city’s only elected official chosen by all voters, and will serve a four-year term at a salary of $53,276 a year. A refreshing change Levy, a lawyer who has been general counsel for his family’s car dealership, has done a creditable job as mayor, but after eight years, Uden’s leadership would be a refreshing change.