Wednesday, August 7, 2013

McNamara Comment from last night's meeting

Comment Up

Good evening Mayor and Commissioners:

I reside at 422 North Lakeside Drive, 2 and ½ blocks north of the area affected by  Charter Amendment 2012-30, Amending Charter Building Height Limits in Designated Downtown Area, With Exceptions. Although England’s Parliament can pass any law they see fit, in America we threw off Britain’s yoke centuries ago, and our United States Constitution, in Article 1, Section 9 states:

“No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.”

Attorney Torcivia advised you that our Charter Amendment, passed on March 12th, 2013, can be ignored because of recent retroactive legislation passed by the State of Florida, HB 537, prohibiting referenda on land development orders, comprehensive plan changes or comprehensive plan map changes. This legislation is legally unsupportable because of its retroactive clause, and is in this case irrelevant since it does not refer to Charter Amendments.

By failing to place the Charter change in our Charter, a change enacted by an affirmative vote of the people, in an election you called, and which cost us taxpayers  a $25,000.00 unnecessary expense because of your decision to delay and hold a special election, you are exceeding your authority and derelict in your duty as elected officials to uphold the law.

I ask you on behalf of the law abiding public to codify the Charter amendment in the Lake Worth Charter, and forward it to the State of Florida immediately.

Thank you for your attention and consideration.

Laurence McNamara
8/6/2013

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess people who have endured the Mcnamaras all these years will also be slighted by you.

Anonymous said...

Courts were created to judge the opinions of lawyers.
We look forward to Mr. Torcivia's being ruled incorrect.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Mr Mcnamara for your well thought out comment. haven't seen you around. Did you give up on these crazy politics?

Weetha Peebull said...

“No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.”

Our Elected's Oath states the US Constitution 1st (then Fl Constitution & City Charter) where this quote comes from.

You can NOT GO BACKWARDS in Law Making!

That is why the Elected ARE Breaking the Supreme Law of the Land!

Anonymous said...

I won't be voting for any of these creeps who are unlawfully ignoring the charter amendment.