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Susan says--
At its Annual General Meeting last week, the Palm Beach County City Management Association (PBCCMA) elected me as the Secretary/Treasurer for FY 2011-2012. By way of a little history, the PBCCMA was founded in 1985 for the purpose of supporting and improving municipal and county management. PBCCMA works to provide information, assistance and training to its members, local government managers, assistants and future managers. PBCCMA sponsors monthly meetings at locations throughout the County, as well as an annual training session. Members include city, town, village and county managers/administrators and their assistants, students, and other management professionals.
The Association strives to create an arena for the exchange of ideas and I am very much looking forward to serving in the Capacity of Secretary /Treasurer and to proudly represent Lake Worth in this worthy undertaking.
Tell them to watch out for their reserves.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Susan. Keep on learning how to sock it to the residents.
ReplyDeleteHas this organization ever been used by our city?
ReplyDeleteDid Susan run unoppposed or is this a highly desired position?
I have been very concerned about our financial reporting since finding out we had to pay for both financial reporting Awards we got earlier this year.
I like Stanton. She is getting a trimmed staff, cutting her Budget and getting rid of our problems. Isn't she? I'm serious now. This is not a joke. I mean what I said. I'm not joshing anyone here. Everything is transparent and we all know what's going on. Things are improving. I mean what I say.
ReplyDeleteActually, if we were a city that was not in crisis, Stanton would be perfect. If we were a city with a lot of growth potential, Stanton would be perfect.
Largo population increased to about 5,000 in 1960, to about 20,000 in 1970, and to about 70,000 in 2005 under Stanton. The tax base grew. There were little money problems in Largo.
But we're not Largo. The only population increase we have seen is the immigrant that has been a big part of the deterioration of our neighborhoods and property values going down. Electric rates are out of this world in order to pay for this decreased tax base while taxes go up and special assessments are implemented.
We continue to be obsessed with affordable housing when in fact we should be looking to bring back the middle class and more expensive housing stock. We want poor struggling artists living in our city and we want to give them no interest loans--probably some of the very same people who defaulted on a previous one somewhere else. Now the CRA wants to build 3,000 s.f. townhouses for them and refuse to tell us what they will sell for.
In order to be prosperous once again, get over this Socialist mentality.
To: "I like Stanton" above.
ReplyDeleteThe program you refer to for the starving artists is one reason we received the $23 million grant for "neighborhood stabilization". It sets forth parameters for a "live/work space" geared to artists.
The same commission who didn't want us to get the grant, appointed people to the planning and zoning board who are against growth and development of any kind that will make property values go up. In their mind, if property values go up, rents will increase making it harder for "poor people" to afford to live here. This mindset is the same that has helped Lake Worth experience the largest drop in property values in Palm Beach County. To be sure, there were other reasons as well, but there were no apologies from the commissioners who champion for the "poor people". The battle to make Lake Worth the most affordable city in Palm Beach County is almost complete.
The reason the CRA "refuses" to say what they will sell for is that the P&Z Board is making them jump through impossible hoops for a project they will probably reject even when their demands are met. How can you put a price on that type of progress?
You are looking at this totally different than I. The NSP2 was to spend on housing for those who make a certain percentage of the poverty level...NOT for wealthy people! Everything we do in LW is geared for the best interest of the poor, not the working class etc. We continue to focus on the POOR and the CRA is no exception and never was otyher than giving Publix $500,l000. Incredible!
ReplyDeleteNext, to say that the P&Z is making the CRA jump thorugh hoops is blatantly false. WE do not want more empty townhouses in this city that end up vacant, rented, or in foreclosure. The P&Z is doing its best to ensure that this project will be a success, not another failed development here.
To approve of a project without knowing what the units will sell for is nuts. These units (with NO amenities but pavers and a few scrawny trees) probably will cost out near $300,000 ea, just a guess and no POOR starving artist will be able to afford that. No one else will want to buy there because of 1) the surrounding neighborhood and 2) no amenities.
So your "progress" and mine are two different animals.
I said it before, and I will say it again. Where do I sign up for one. It is not the worst neighborhood in the city, and who cares about amenities, We have downtown, and soon the beach. None of the other townhouse projects in the city have amenities, unless you call a elevator an amenity.
ReplyDeleteHammon Park was supposed to have amenities. Instead they were losing their azz and sold off half their land to Publix. Tell me, why didn't you buy one of the other townhouses if they were so great? So sign up.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question I have been out of the country, and just moved back
ReplyDeleteThe CM is a travesty for the city, if she hangs around much longer it will be almost impossible to recover from the damage she is inflicting.
ReplyDeleteThe Artists lofts do not have amenities because the grant does not pay for amenities that is the fact of the matter. P&Z should work with the project to make it the best possible for all involved but the project should happen.
ReplyDeleteIf I remembering it correctly the price points would be low and or subsidized for the artist that would be interested in buying the units as part of the grant also... Might be wrong on that but this is what I understood in regards to the grant. Which would be more of a incentive to help ensure that the units become occupied.
Townhouses do not belong every where but this location and the type of structure and use is honestly perfect for that area.
Just my opinion and I certainly respect yours as well.