And the Razzie Award Goes To...

The most "invented" Story of the Post-Election and about the worst in sensationalism--

The Palm Beach Post making mountains...telling everyone that the box of 500 absentee ballots "could" affect the Lake Worth election...implying, "watch out McVoy and Mulvehill, your tenure might be short lived...giving Susan Bucher the raspberry like it was all her fault and for giving even the slightest bit of attention to Mark Foley.

Once the suggestion was out there, all media joined in for the sensational ride. A defamed congressman joined in giving his two cents. We had to read about it for days and listen to it constantly on local television channels.

The next Award goes to The Lake Worth Herald for even printing Paul Blockson's disgraceful letter to Carla (it didn't even say "Dear Carla") that blamed the voters in Lake Worth for not electing his wife.

Blockson called the voters short-sighted, mis-directed, wallowing in their own self-made misery, implying his wife was the salvation of this city, and equating all those who did not support her to drug addicts or worse.

To print this ridiculous and defamatory letter made the Herald worthy of this Award. In fact, I think it should get two Raspberries to make up for the last election with the Que story.

And last, but not least The Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce and its Director, Beth Johnston gets a Raspberry for its most recent politics, its Directorships, for generally just being two faced and for electing the head honcho of the vicious BAC PAC as a Director. We will, however, be very interested to see how this new Director will improve business in our downtown. As she said businesses needed change, we will follow her hands-on approach as a Chamber Director to bring businesses to Lake Worth.

The Chamber represents businesses but forgets the citizen, the resident and all those who disagree with their political agenda-- the very people who support those businesses by shopping, dining and spending their money.

For a non-profit organization that has entrenched itself into Lake Worth politics by backing candidates and issues and agreeing to install a political ad on a billboard sign at the Cultural Plaza, and an entity that installs political messages at the front of its building on Lake Avenue, the Chamber deserves this fine distinction.