By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream voters will choose next March among the five incumbents on the Town Commission and a political but not unknown newcomer.
Michael Glennon, who has taken an active role as a resident in commission discussions the past three years and now sits on the appointed Architectural Review and Planning Board, filed his qualifying papers to campaign, as did office holders Scott Morgan, Tom Stanley, Robert Canfield, Michael Greene and Joan Orthwein.
The top five vote-getters March 10 will take seats on the dais after the election. It is the first contested commission race in Gulf Stream since 2017.
Glennon, as the parent of a Gulf Stream School student and a resident in the Core District, spoke at the Town Commission’s January 2023 meeting supporting the school’s request to raise the limit on the number of children who could attend. In January 2024 he again backed the school in its purchase of a pre-K campus in Delray Beach.
He was appointed to the town’s ad hoc committee exploring ways to avoid massing in new home design in March 2024, became an alternate member of the ARPB in April 2025 and was elevated to full board member the next month.
This will be the first appearance on a ballot for Canfield and Greene. Canfield, who has lived in Place Au Soleil for 10 years, was appointed to the Town Commission in January 2024 after time on the ARPB.
Greene similarly was appointed to the commission in February 2024 and served on the architectural board. He lives on the west side of North Ocean Boulevard.
Morgan, currently the mayor, first took a seat on the dais following the 2014 election after being the ARPB chairman. Stanley, the vice mayor, was appointed to the commission in 2012 after an ARPB stint.
Orthwein celebrated her 30th year as a commissioner this year. She too spent time on the ARPB.
After the election, the new commission will name the mayor and vice mayor.
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