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The city and its community redevelopment agency recently won a
$749,240 grant to build a tree-lined path for bicycles and
pedestrians on an unpaved section of Fifth Avenue South, so reports the Palm Beach Post.
They are going to build a 10-foot-wide
paved bike path and landscape it with Florida native trees and shrubs and even have benches on Fifth Avenue South between A and F streets. Does anyone ever walk that road? Bike it? The caveat: We have to match the Grant.
Can you even imagine the city spending taxpayer dollars of $750,000 for a 10 foot wide bike path on 5th Avenue South, or anywhere for that matter on an unpaved street? Coo, coo.
I could see it if they were going to pave the street for cars, not bikes.
ReplyDeleteI will puke when they claim AGAIN - we are poor when the Dais actions are responsible to approve AND accept Grant $$$!
ReplyDelete(How we get nearly 17 Trillion in DEBT - Hidden Tax - Inflation)
How about we put that money into actual road repair and pay the interest on the Casino?
Do not think you will ever take iPhones or Cars from US - Stop trying! It is NOT YOUR JOB! (Unless you are into the UN Agenda and clueless about the Constitution you swore to BEFORE you were GRANTED any authority as an ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE of the People - Obey US never the UN)
Legalize industrial hemp - it can be used as fuel (carbon content of breath) and is 10X Stronger Than Steel. If the goal is to find a solution - Dorothy ya don't need the balloon to get home. Get US a damn filter for ALL the money we spend to "go green"! Mercury in the light bulbs and sealed energy efficient homes can mold and become a death trap. CRA have liability insurance? Might want to check into it!
We are going to have some unethical votes coming up because those who promote this are part of associations that promote this and read like a Chamber of Commerce Membership. So you lobby for laws that they can control and direct money into buddies pockets and charge a fee or fine to comply - wow - Revenue generators are so simple!
Pay attention people - or pay the price!
This seems closer to power and behavior control. I wandered down that section and one owner was
like great - more traffic and MORE TRASH! Making it pretty will not keep it clean!
this city is more and more out of control. the commission says it is turning it all around. don't see that at all. it's a whole lot worse.
ReplyDeleteAhh! What a breath of rotten air you are.
ReplyDeleteTruth is always "fresh air" anonymous. It is easy to spend other people's money for a wasteful project. Anyone can do that. What about some restraint? What about knocking off all the ridiculous grant applications that have matching funds connected to them at least particularly when this city has NO money we are told.
ReplyDeleteWeetha, you made a great point--pay the money towards the casino loan. We are diverting $500,000 in principal this year because we don't have the money to pay ourselves back. Now how pathetic is that?
We spent 500 thou on a sidewalk sewer and curb study.Why would we spend 750 thou on an out of the way bike path instead of implementing that study I mean come on. Do you want people who make decisions like this to manage our utility revenue.
ReplyDeletePlease enlighten us as to how to divert money "earmarked" for an alternative to paving a roadway that is now weeds and concrete poles designed to keep people from driving and getting stuck, installing a pleasant winding walkway with foliage and ground cover extending clear from A Street to F Street, to pay for an interest payment we cannot afford due to a failed "best case/Worse case" scenario plan by your BCME.
ReplyDeleteI guess we didn't even get to the worst case scenario. Who could've figured?
I think it's a lovely idea to beautify an area that could desperately use some beautification and greenspace. I think the cost is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't the city (public works dept) do this without having to take grant money that requires a match? Focus on one block each year. The Kiwanis beautified one of those areas a few years ago on 5th Ave South, I think.
there are hundreds of streets that need facelifts. this just should not be any type of priority. paved bike paths, indeed.
ReplyDeleteBottom line, people--we can't even afford a twig to replace the ficus that was cut down to the ground after living for 80 years at our Cultural Plaza. Somehow, however, we will come up with three quarters of a million bucks for a bike path and some shrubs. Great going! Great fiscal responsibility.
ReplyDeleteI think its great we keep getting grant money and I fully support this project, but I agree that we shouldn't be applying for Grants that require matching funds.
ReplyDeletewhat are they really doing with the money---follow the money more corruption is coming--the cra watch them real close people
ReplyDeletethis is why lake worth always looks run down---you have to be joking
ReplyDeleteBenches and shrubs to hid behind for all the gang bangers down there.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sick of that damn CRA getting all these free millions of dollars "wasted" in Lake Worth. They need to stop filing for all those useless grants and let the other cities have the free millions. We don't need no stinking free money. Send it back to Obama.
ReplyDeleteTake the grant money, anonymous...just don't take it when there are so many $$$ strings attached. We can't afford all the government's generosity that is paid for by the 1% allowing our national debt to b 4e one big sick joke..
ReplyDeletethis is a stupid way to spend money that we don't have. what a total con. it's sort of like stealing money. someone else might get the money if we don't take it. some argument for waste. who's the grant writer? where is our share coming from?
ReplyDeleteFor $750,000 we could fix and reopen the muni swimming pool.
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