{"id":476,"date":"2026-05-14T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=476"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:01:34","slug":"mother-of-slain-coral-springs-vice-mayor-runs-for-her-commission-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=476","title":{"rendered":"Mother of slain Coral Springs vice mayor runs for her commission seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Marly Metayer, the mother of slain Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen, has filed to run for her daughter\u2019s city commission seat, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=474\">Spirit Airlines workers from Florida sue company over abrupt shutdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her campaign manager David Metellus said she filed to run for seat 3 on Tuesday. Marly Metayer\u2019s name appears on the Coral Springs campaign finance portal along with four other \u201cactive\u201d candidates running for seat 3.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her daughter Nancy Metayer, who made history as the first Haitian-American and Black woman elected onto the Coral Springs City Commission, was found dead in her home on April 1. Police charged her husband Stephen Bowen with her murder. Her death sent shockwaves through South Florida and the local Haitian community. Nancy Metayer, 38, was planning to run for Congress.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Coral Springs residents will vote on the commissioner seat during the Nov. 3 election. The winner will serve a two-year term.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Marly] wants to step forward to complete the work of her daughter, not leave it undone,\u201d said Metellus, who previously worked with Nancy Metayer. \u201cShe really feels like she can serve the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Metayer, known for her environmentalism and social justice advocacy, was first elected in 2020 and reelected in 2024. Her mother plans to pick up the mantel and serve the community the way her daughter did, Metellus said. If elected, Marly Metayer would only serve the two-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=472\">Moldy fruit and why a Miami Beach grocer may be banned from getting new food<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe doesn\u2019t want to get into politics and be a long term politician. She just wants to get this job done and then move on,\u201d Metellus said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Born in Haiti, Marly Metayer came to the United States at the age of 13. She graduated from Dillard High School and became a registered nurse. She has worked in healthcare for over 35 years. She moved to Coral Springs in 1999 because she fell in love with the tightknit community, Metellus said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Marly Metayer raised four children in Coral Springs. Just months before the death of her daughter Nancy, her son Donovan died by suicide.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Metellus said she plans to run on a platform similar to her daughter\u2019s, focusing on environmentalism, public safety, economic mobility and mental health. She has never run for office before.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe thinks she can earn the trust of the community through preparation, service and hard work. She wants to earn it,\u201d Metellus said. \u201cShe thinks that she\u2019s qualified to do this through her work as a nurse. She\u2019s very a compassionate person, very loving person, somebody who\u2019s raised a family in the city of Coral Springs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=470\">Miami-Dade commissioners inch closer to funding new mental health center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marly Metayer filed to run for Coral Springs commission seat 3 after her daughter Nancy Metayer Bowen\u2019s death; voters choose the replacement on Nov. 3 for a two-year term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broward-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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