Before serving as Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, served as Assistant City Attorney in Fort Lauderdale, 1968. Afterwards serving as Fort Lauderdale City Prosecutor 1968-1969, Associate Municipal Judge 1969-1971, Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner 1971-1973, and finally Vice Mayor of Fort Lauderdale 1973-1975, before becoming Mayor of Fort Lauderdale in 1975.