Last night in Indiantown the council voted to fire Village Manager Taryn Kryzda.
And remove Village Attorney Wade Vose.
Later, council members appointed fired Stuart City Manager Michael Giardino as interim Indiantown Village Manager. (Karma!)
From Sergei Kelley – Chasing a Wild & Free Florida
Huge Victory for Indiantown
In a stunning and momentous move, the newly elected Village Council fired the City Attorney and City Manager, who were instrumental in pushing plans for several AI data centers in the area, and other reckless developments.
The amazing citizens of the area voted in a new Village Council just weeks ago after the old one approved 5,500+ rural acres for FPL to use and build several data centers.
But tonight, their village and home was reclaimed! A massive win that we must take as inspiration for every municipality being subjugated to the whims of developers, AI, and corrupt politicians.
Honestly one of the most amazing things I’ve witnessed, and I’ve never seen such a turn against reckless development played out in one meeting
In a stunning and momentous move, the newly elected Village Council fired the City Attorney and City Manager, who were instrumental in pushing plans for several AI data centers in the area, and other reckless developments.
Could not have said it better!
I’m adding this story from KC for documentation. She is always right on.
he Sun Is Shining in Indiantown!
The sun is shining in Indiantown this morning. It is a new day.
Last night, the eyes of Martin County — and far beyond it — were on this village. Indiantown is the epicenter of the data-center fight in this county, and maybe in the state. That is not a slogan. That is why the overflow room filled, why the parking lot filled, and why people who do not live there still made the drive.
There are consequences to every decision. For months, residents asked questions about data centers and were dismissed. They were told there was no data center coming — when the village has seen at least four proposals (CORRECTION, THEY WERE TOLD NONE HAD COME BEFORE THE PZAB AND COUNCIL, which is true. They were also told there were not other data centers when in fact they were being discussed, but not at the council meeting level). Online bloggers called those residents liars and misinformed. Documents were being handed to a Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board member and then used like weapons on social media. People who showed up, read the packets, and asked the obvious questions were treated as the problem.
It all came to a head last night.
I sat in the overflow room. They packed us in. There had to be at least 300 people there. Speakers were even put out in the parking lot. It was hot. People stayed anyway, because they cared.
James Fishback and Sergei Kelley both came and spoke in support of what the residents have been asking for all along. That matters. When a village this size draws that kind of attention, it is because the fight here is no longer local only. It is the test case.
This is what a village looks like when it finally decides it will not be talked past.
The Village of Indiantown is bringing in Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman — the firm fighting the overreach of Senate Bill 180 and defending municipal home-rule rights across Florida. There is no secret handshake here. A small circle had been running Indiantown like a private club — a good-ol’-boy network that hired the people who would go along, then did as it pleased with this village. Last night that arrangement met a room full of residents who had finally had enough. The new council researched it and went looking for the best available defense for Indiantown. They did not walk away from a pause.
And the night was not over.
Village Manager Taryn Kryzda was fired effective immediately. An interim village manager will soon be in place, and a permanent direction will follow. That is how accountability works when a council decides the old path is closed.
Indiantown did not ask for theater. Residents asked for transparency. They asked for their voices to be heard. What I am most proud of is this: this is what elections are for. This is why every vote counts. Your votes mattered. You now have a council that is listening.
Congratulations, Indiantown! Indeed, the sun is shining bright.
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