Carla Blockson needs to Rethink her Endorsements

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If Carla Blockson had ever attended City Commission meetings, which she did not, she would have avoided bragging about some of these highly questionable and just plain awful endorsements. Let's take a look at some of them.

Endorsements for Ms. Blockson:

• Mayor of Lake Worth, Rene' Varela--the TOTAL FLIP-FLOPPER of all time. NO one (either side of the political spectrum) can understand him. Rene Varela has voted correctly on 99.9% of the issues this year, as has the rest of the Commission that includes Suzanne Mulvehill, however, he has flipped to the other side, a side that is against everything he has stood for this year by supporting candidates that want to stop the Casino and complain about the Budget. His endorsements are confusing and we feel that he is betting his options on his political future. He is betting wrong.
  

• City Commissioner Scott Maxwell--This is someone who was elected to overthrow the present Commission by any means possible. He keeps complaining about high utility bills but it was he who had the opportunity to sell our Utility to FPL while he was first in office. He voted to have FMPA as our power source and is directly responsible for the high electric rates. He keeps blaming his colleagues on the Dais. He has voted against the Budget that reduced every department across the Board by $5 million and a Commission that voted to amend the Union Pension Plans. His backers are Unions and those sympathetic to them. He wants to stop any progress in this City by stopping the Casino. He bucks Staff at every opportunity over just about everything. No one understands what in the heck he wants. Give him a lollipop.
  

• Former Lake Worth City Commissioner, Dave Vespo--Voted for the flim-flam man and having Greater Bay control our beachfront for 40 years. Stopped our Reverse Osmosis System after spending $15 million dollars and agreed to go to PB County Water. Voted to stay in FMPA saying that "they are dependable" not realizing that this had nothing to do with our Grid. Thus we have higher electric rates thanks to Vespo. As a Banker, Vespo made destructive decisions and his mis-informed "vision" contributed to our financial stress we are experiencing today.

• Former Commissioner Retha Lowe--We already know what happened to her with Sun Recycling that did untold damage to our landfill and the health of residents in the Osborne Community. She also filed false reports for the purpose of preventing the public from finding out the actual source of Sun Recyling's bundling of $3,000 in contributions. She was in violation of five "willful" Florida Statute violations and fined $2,500. Lowe is one of the reasons why our City is distressed today because of votes that cost our City untold millions of wasted dollars. Also, Carla has aligned herself with the BAC PAC that has solicited contributions from Sun Recyling.

• Former County Commissioner, Addie Greene--A good friend of Retha Lowe's. Greene dropped out of the PB County Commission race citing health reasons. This was right after her colleagues, Masilotti and Newell were hauled off to prison.
  

• Palm Beach County Professional Firefighters/Paramedics--The next five are special interest groups. The Firefighter's Union is no surprise as her husband was our former Fire Chief who condemned the City Manager as well as a few members of the Commission for attempting to withhold Sick Pay benefits when he went to PB County Fire Rescue. Sick pay was not negotiated with the Union and only paid by Lake Worth when an employee is sick. He got his money because of politics on the Dais with a vote from Maxwell, Varela and Golden. They were wrong for not caring about the taxpayer first but rather, they catered to the Unions. As Carla Blockson is condemning 3 to 2 votes that rarely happen, this is one of which I am sure she approves.
  

• Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association--Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches--I'm a former Realtor and this special interest group is self-serving.--PEU Public Employee Union PMSA,--Professional Supervisors and Managers Assoc.--one of the WORLD'S WORST special interest Unions. The Unions are the reason that Lake Worth is in a financial crisis. She will never be able to make the tough decisions regarding the Unions and their run-away contracts.