TCPalm's News in 90: Vero Beach density, Brightline Stuart and Mascara ethics

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Vero Beach City Council could ask voters in November to increase downtown density

Two referendums increasing Vero Beach's downtown residential density from 17 units per acre to 36 units per acre and allowing for the transfer of development rights could be on the Nov. 5 ballot.

A vote on July 23 by City Council will determine whether that occurs.

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Stuart Brightline station hits a snag, but opening expected to remain on schedule

Progress on the Brightline Stuart station has hit a snag, but opening of the station likely still is on schedule, city officials said Wednesday.

The station could open as soon as 2026.

Two agreements between the city and Brightline are delayed while the city waits for the county to transfer ownership of the land for the station to Stuart, according to the city.

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Former St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara admits role in 2020 'ghost candidate' case

It's taken almost four years, but former St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara has finally come clean about his role in encouraging a so-called "ghost candidate" to run in the 2020 Republican primary.

In a filing submitted to the Florida Commission on Ethics Thursday, Mascara admitted that he did indeed recruit a candidate to run against a Republican adversary who Mascara, a Democrat, didn't want to face in the general election.

The admission was part of a stipulated agreement Mascara signed in hopes of staving off further action by the ethics commission.

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Rob Landers is a veteran multimedia journalist for the USA Today Network of Florida. Contact Landers at 321-242-3627 or rlanders@gannett.com . Instagram: @ByRobLanders Youtube : @florida_today

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