Pulse of the People

Palm Beach Post Opinion

Mr. McNamara has lived in the city longer and has a good record of involvement. The Post has agreed with him, as when he opposed the sale of Old Bridge Park to a developer.

Now and then the Post will say something that makes sense regarding Lake Worth and its people. It is rare but it when it does I feel it only fair to mention it. They know they are wrong on this Mayoral endorsement and now are using words like "silly" in their defense of dolphin trafficking. I bet the dolphins don't think it silly.

Did you know that a good percentage of Varela supporters still complain, to this day, that a highrise condo was not allowed to be built at Old Bridge Park...that the City was not allowed to "give-away" public land? They belittle his Old Bridge Park Celebration every year for the past 5 years because they lost at the polls. The citizens here were smarter than they. They still are in bed with developers and those politicians involved with them. They are looking to get back the power and have now used Varela to do it and Varela has used them for his political ambition. They know that a vote for McNamara will be a vote for HONEST government. They know that a vote for McNamara will mean no more public land give-aways. Varela wants to do that right now with the waterfront pocket-parks.

This is what Rene has to say about pocket parks--

I have been fighting Commissioner Mullvehill's plan to create pocket parks out of abandoned right of ways on the water. We need to maximize the use of our ample waterfront park space to get more people to use those parks and the actually water itself. If It can be shown to me that we have a need for even more access to the water, then I might be swayed. As it stands now, the waterfront right of ways need to be maintained by the residents as a security buffer, saving the city money and giving responsible residents peace of mind.

Best,

Rene'

Varela will say anything to anyone to get the vote. "I didn't take a penny....."

We, the people, voted on a referendum to save public land for the public and won with 60% of the vote. This referendum was spearheaded by Laurence McNamara. He is the one who listens to all of the people not just some of the people some of the time. He is the one who understands the perceptible underlying feelings of the Lake Worth residents by being totally involved in Lake Worth. He has the pulse of its citizens, not the pulse of developer backed residents with the money who are out for themselves--the power grab bunch. You remember them.