During this past year, the Travel Budget totaled $24,500 that included registrations, travel and lodging.
REGISTRATIONS
$1,500--Annual National League of Cities (3 attendees)
$ 700--National League of Cities Leadership Training Institute (1 attendee)
$ 600--U.S. Conference of Mayors in D.C. (1 attendee)
$1,170--National League of Cities Congressional Conference (2 attendees)
$ 100--Sea Level Rise Conference (1 attendee--you know the one that they condemn McVoy for)
$ 530--Florida League of Mayor's Conference (1 attendee)
TRAVEL AND LODGING
$3,800--Annual Florida League of Cities (3 attendees)
$5,400--Annual National League of Cities (3 attendees)
$1,750--U.S. Conference of Mayors in D.C. (1 attendee)
$4,400--National League of Cities Congressional Conference (2 attendees)
$ 50--Sea Level Rise Conference (1 attendee--you know the one that they condemn McVoy for)
$ 550--Florida League of Mayors Business Summit (1 attendee)
$ 550--Florida League of Mayors Millenial Summit (1 attendee)
$3,000--PB County League of Cities October Meeting
The budget was $15,000 but now has been upped to $25,000 as it appears they over spent their budget in 2014. Of course, the city manager approves of this and signs off on it. Right under $20,000 was for the vice mayor who was the President of the Palm Beach County League of Cities and a few other commissioners, to attend League of Cities business. We have had one formal report from one commissioner on his travel expense--Commissioner McVoy whose trip cost a whopping $150.00 on Sea Level Rise. The mayor gave a brief minute from the dais to report on her trip to Washington, D.C and rubbing elbows with Lois Frankel. The rest of the meeting reports to the public by commissioners? Forget about it.
The city commission doesn't mind spending and believe that this is for the greater good. Scott Maxwell is the past president of the Palm Beach County League of Cities and his travel costs for their events are picked up by you. We don't know the benefit to the City of Lake Worth for all of this "education." As said in previous blogs, the League of Cities teaches elected officials how to screw their constituents and the people they are supposed to serve.
Still on the 2014 horizon for the Leagues of Cities are the following:
NOVEMBER
13-14 Florida League of Cities Legislative Conference – Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport Hotel
18-22 National League of Cities Annual Congress of Cities and Exposition - Austin, TX
$25,000 is a lot of potholes.
Commissioner Maxwell, please give us a report on your activities. What kind of a return are we in Lake Worth going to get for our money you spent at meetings? We know that you wasted time and money running around Palm Beach County trying to get a baseball stadium in the middle of a John Prince Park,a public park.That was a stupid, and I emphasize the word STUPID ,RECKLESS ,and EMBARRASSING waste of time and taxpayer money.Again, what good did these taxpayer funded trips do for Lake Worth? Katie Mcgiveron, Vice president , ROLO neighborhood
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should ask Piggy Fishbottom for a report on Maxwell's coming and goings.A little PELICAN tells us that She keeps pretty close tabs on him !
ReplyDelete$150 for McVoy compared to thousands for others? That's less than the average commissioner's bar bill.
ReplyDeleteOh,man,love the TP graphic. I wouldn't even wipe my A$$ with that loser.
ReplyDeleteThis blog reads like it's written by a bunch of angry jealous little children. Please keep it up the entertainment value is priceless. Katie you run your big fat mouth an awful lot about Maxwell yet you chose NOT to run against him. Ever. Why is that?
ReplyDeletePeggy Fishbottom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahajahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaburphahahahaha......burp..hahahahahahahaha......burp.....hahahahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteDo you want me to run for Commissioner, anon at 1:56 P.M. ? Do you admire my wit and charm ? The fact that I have more mental ability in my thumbs than this entire Commission put together? (Commissioner Mcvoy is certainly excluded from that comment).Toilet Paper man, does the idea of my running for Commissioner make you breath a little faster? Why do you think that I post anything about Maxwell, a pitiful excuse for an elected official that chose to throw my neighborhood under the bus for no reason ? Be careful what you wish for, Anon at 1:56. I won't be the only new Commissioner in town. Katie Mcgiveron
ReplyDeleteGo Katie! Go Katie! You would actually get things done, I am sure.
ReplyDeleteA-street farmstead news -Headline-Orphan piglet searches for father. Fears he may have become bacon,,,
ReplyDeleteWell Katie you and your neighbors better get ready to get thrown back under the bus, just heard Chanel 5 new that WPB got a huge offer on the land that was under discussion for the new Stadium, and JPP is back in the running, and the County Commission is calling it a Win/Win Situation.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm,,, we heard the area off of 6th ave south was going to be a dog park. Had been in the works for months,,,
ReplyDeleteHoo boy ! The baseball club owners, the Palm Beach county commission and the West Palm Beach county commission-that there is a three ring greed show ! They don't call us corruption county for nothing!
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