Florida ethics panel clears Delray Beach deputy vice mayor

Delray Beach Deputy Vice Mayor Rob Long has been cleared in an ethics probe relating to votes he cast as a member of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board prior to being elected as a city commissioner earlier this year.

The Florida Commission on Ethics conducted a review of three different votes that Long had made in 2018, 2020 and 2022, and whether there was any conflict in voting. But the ethics panel found that there was no conflict.

Christopher Davey, the former chairman of the Delray Beach Planning and Zoning board, had submitted a complaint pertaining to Long.

The complaint had called into question whether Long’s company, Door to Door, which “creates grassroots and digital campaigns,” had provided services to 13th Floor Investments, a partner for the Parks at Delray, a mixed-use project that had business before the city. But an analysis by the state’s Advocate for the Florida Commission on Ethics found that Long has never had a business relationship with 13th Floor Investments.