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We just can't get enough of it. What a scam on the federal government!We leased the shuffleboard court property to the CRA for a dollar because we can't and won't take care of our property and then the CRA turns right around and sub-leases it out. Of course they had to have the permission of the city to do that but that's never a problem. When it comes to city owned buildings, this government has NO quandary when dishing out our facilities to non-profits who come along especially the CRA or the
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At the shuffleboard court building, taxpayers get to pay for all utilities: water, gas, electricity, cable, trash collection and removal and anything else you can think of. This commission acts like we're a wealthy city...just giving away buildings for a buck a year to whomever asks. We know better because they just told all of us that they need to raise taxes to pay for $63.5 million for road repairs and God knows what and they have told us of all the poverty.Our shuffleboard court property is sub-leased by the CRA to the Armory Art Center, that has accomplished some wonderful things at its West Palm Beach facility, with the goal of making this space "active in order to improve the social, economic and cultural conditions of Lake Worth's community through meaningful, quality arts programming." (Didn't we just lease the building at 1105 2nd Avenue South (FEC) for the very same thing?) Residents already told them they wanted our courts resurfaced so that they could use them again, carrying on nearly 100 years of tradition. They didn't listen. Why would they? That's not something elected officials do, is it?
Usually when people start giving away or assigning their assets, they are preparing for their eventual demise. I love the arts as much as the next person but it seems that the city is on a downward slope with no plausible explanation for their give-aways other than developing the city as an artists' destination which in truth is all about grant money. They are selling their soul and our properties for a buck and in turn want you to tie yourselves up for thirty years of debt to fix the potholes and replace sewer pipes in College Park.
That's Lake Worth's and the CRA's story (an entity that has control of over half our city), and they're sticking to it.
Armory Art Center Annex | Shuffleboard Building | 1121 Lucerne Avenue | www.armoryart.org/armory_annex | Summer Class Schedule
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ROI needs to make an appearance soon!
ROI - Return on Investment. Of course people or businesses given free stuff have a better shot at success than those who must do it on their own w/their own money! The CRA must FIRST TAKE before they prove a return. So we've had them how many years and like I said - ROI needs to make an appearance and prove the MATH! Same for the electric company and our silent internal auditor! Is there ANYONE in this city or that pays LW electric that Does NOT Want an ELECTRIC AUDIT DONE NOW? We are not stupid & math isn't personal - it's HOW you GET PERMISSION or the Consent of the Governed! US!
The article obviously doesn't understand how government is meant to work and how interrelated organizations operate. It's a great attempt to create what a recent article in the PB Post called "convenient outrage" but really has not true substance. Owning property isn't always an asset, it can often be a liability and shifting that liability to another results in a financial benefit. Plus who wants an empty shuffle court, I mean c'mon, that thing hasn't been used in a decade. At least the art center has a new and fresh use and energy. It might be time to accept that shuffle boarding is no longer LW's premier attraction
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