Cat fight with Lois

Although as much as we try, even going so far as to incorporate an ethics policy in the future, now and then we just lose control. I know that Susan Stanton worries about the lack of civility in Lake Worth but we are not the only city that reacts emotionally. That’s what Molly Douglas, Commissioner West Palm Beach, just did when she lashed out at Mayor Lois Frankel at yesterday’s city commission meeting using the word "damn" and telling Lois she was insulting and a disgrace.

Molly is sensitive to the economy and how it has affected us all. In January her own home in Northwood Shores was going to be foreclosed. Her bank would just not work with her when her mortgage came due. Molly was outraged then and I don’t blame her. Afterall, she, as were all of us, part of the bank bailouts and her bank was one that received stimulus money.

Her “cat” fight with Lois was about a business tax recently implemented that provided no cap on how much inventory can be taxed. One of the local auto businesses, Braman, has challenged it as his tax went up 602%. Lois wanted Braman to pay the new tax anyway and be reimbursed later if the tax was lowered.