At the Lake Worth Playhouse last night

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Because this is a city event, they don't even have to pay the Lake Worth Playhouse one dime for using their facility.  They pass a hat for electric usage and clean-up. The city, with its $50,000 money grab for campaigning should have paid the playhouse, a theater that depends on donations.

With no debate allowed on the most important issue to face Lake Worth in 100 years, CAUT volunteers got to the Playhouse before 5:00pm. We brought our printed material and signs.  We were given permission to display it on the table that had been set-up inside taking 1/3rd of the space. Later City Clerk, Pam Lopez arrived and uttered one word, "OMG." She tried to remove all our material but was told by the manager that we could have our information there.  Presumably the city protested our using "their" table  because about 15 minutes later, the theater manager came outside and informed us that the city had requested the table and therefore it was theirs..to remove our stuff.  We did. She brought out a table to the outside that we could use.

We are used to the city stampeding the voters on this general obligation bond and just matters in general like last year's heights referendum.  They are desperate for the money and have never wanted nor did they expect us to object. They seemed surprised that we were even there. The YES people were very late to the theater, arriving about one-half hour before the "educational" event that started at 7:00pm. Greg and Layla were there.  Herman was there waving a sign. A few of their friends were there as well, one walking down the street screaming, "You are a bunch of idiots." That's when a car stopped and requested a bunch of signs.

When the voters vote AGAINST on Tuesday, they will be crying a different tune.

Herman Robinson, YES PAC chair with
 Katie McGiveron, AGAINST Pac chair.

Notice the YES sign has a different design and message. Good call. I would imagine NO ONE knows what in the heck Lake Worth 2020 is nor do they care, not for $131  million over-all for 34 years, with the city expecting to receive taxes from the few to rebuild our city from scratch. To Vice Mayor Maxwell and this commission it will be a dream come true if it passes.  To others, it will be the biggest tax nightmare in a century with people putting their Realtor on speed dial for an early Wednesday morning call. And for all the AGAINST people, we know that the city will then come up with Plan B, something they have told us does not exist.