Riviera councilwoman's appeal to participate in election denied; is Supreme Court next step?

A Florida appeals court on Friday denied a request from Riviera Beach Councilwoman Julia Botel that it reconsider a ruling disqualifying her from seeking a third term.

Botel said she will appeal to the state Supreme Court, though her would-be opponent, Glen Spiritis, said his attorney told him that court does not have jurisdiction over such cases.

Without comment, the Fourth District Court of Appeal denied Botel's request for a rehearing, letting stand a decision it made on Tuesday that Botel had paid her campaign filing fee with a cashier's check and not one drawn from a campaign account, as is required by state law.