PARKLAND, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — The City of Parkland is mourning the death of former City Commissioner Mark Weissman, a longtime public servant whose political career included years on the Parkland City Commission and a term in the Florida House of Representatives. Weissman recently passed away at 77.
Weissman’s public service in Parkland stretched across multiple chapters as the city grew and its local government continued to take shape. He first won office in a 1996 special election, then returned to voters and was re-elected to serve on the Parkland City Commission from 1998 through 2000.
His time in city government was followed by a successful run for state office. In 2000, Weissman was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, moving from local government into the state legislature.
He later returned to Parkland city politics. Weissman was re-elected to the Parkland City Commission in 2006 and remained in that role until 2016, when he moved from the city.
Taken together, Weissman’s years in office covered both local and state government, with Parkland residents seeing him serve in City Hall and later in Tallahassee before he returned again to the city commission. The City of Parkland described him as a dedicated public servant in remembering his life and service.
His career also reflected a pattern not often seen in local government, leaving for higher office and then returning to municipal service years later. In Parkland, that meant Weissman was part of the city commission during different periods of the city’s development, first in the late 1990s and again beginning in the mid-2000s.
The Parkland City Commission is the governing body responsible for city-level policymaking, while the Florida House of Representatives serves as part of the state’s legislative branch. Weissman held seats in both arenas during his public career, giving him a role in local decision-making as well as state government.
For Parkland residents, his death marks the loss of a former commissioner whose name remained tied to the city’s public life for years. His service timeline spans the 1996 special election, a commission term beginning in 1998, election to the Florida House in 2000, and a later return to the dais in 2006 that lasted until his departure from Parkland in 2016.
The city’s remembrance centers on that long record of service. While public officials often rotate through one office and move on, Weissman’s path took him back to Parkland government after his time in the Legislature, extending his connection to the city across two separate periods on the commission.
No additional details about funeral arrangements or memorial events were included in the city’s announcement. What is clear is the scope of Weissman’s public role in Parkland and beyond. Over roughly two decades in elected office, he served residents at both the city and state level before leaving Parkland in 2016.
He was 77.
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