Richard Chess has been chosen as the next Fort Pierce city manager. .Fort Pierce fired their previous manager, Nick Mimms, without cause in November 2024

Richard Chess has been chosen as the next Fort Pierce city manager out of a pool of four candidates. A man who ate the carnivore diet had cholesterol of 1,000 and developed yellow lumps on his hands,

Three candidates dropped out, one the morning interviews were supposed to start. One commissioner said they were "harassed" by a member of the public.