Blast from the past or Quote of the day--take your pick. Travel back in time to year 1989 when a bond with proceeds going towards multiple issues was on the table in Lake Worth. The city government was not transparent and was not candid with the voters. Voters rejected the bonds by a margin of 64 to 36 percent and Lake Worth was only asking for $11 million."Lake Worth listened only to those within or tied closely to city government. There were three projects within the bond and one was a new police station that was not urgent but desired by city hall. The city bowed to pressure from police interests and presented all three projects to voters together on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. They left it."
~ Bill McGoun
Palm Beach Post
A Tale of Two Bond Programs
It sort of rings a bell, doesn't it? Three bonds...three issuances? They are only listening to their core group--not the people. They don't even want to hear from you. No plan B...They tell you to "take it or leave it", as they take your money to shove all this "educational" (the biggest crock and deception of all) material down your throat.
And that's what you need to do tomorrow at the polls--leave it.
Right leave it tomorrow. Because not doing anything in 1989 worked out real well.
ReplyDeletein case you're interested, this is what the bond was all about. Eventually we did get a new fire station/police station and the utility building over on 2nd Avenue North. Exline tried to trim the Lake Worth educational promotional campaign material. Even back then they were grabbing the cash.
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ReplyDeletehttp://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-09-22/news/8903040450_1_bond-issue-present-police-station-million-move