Last night, Mr. Robinson was nominated by Loretta Sharpe and seconded by Jimmy Zoellner to be the new Chair of the Historical Board after Wes Blackman resigned due to professional conflicts. The vote was unanimous. Darrin Engel is the new Vice Chair. Following is the Board's composition:
Vacant- 31-Jul-2017 Planning District 3 Appointment
Darrin Engel - 31-Jul-2017- Professional/Architecture- District 4 Appointment
Judith Just - 31-Jul-2016- Law - Vice Mayor District 1 Appointment
Thomas Norris - 31-Jul-2016- Architecture - District 2 Appointment
Herman Robinson - Chair- 31-Jul-2018- Related Field (no mention of what commissioner appointed him)
Loretta Sharpe - 31-Jul-2017- Real Estate Sales- Mayor's Appointment
Jimmy Zoellner - 31-Jul-2017- Citizen at Large- Vice Mayor District 1 appointment
Lynn, why not call a spade a spade. Blackman's professional conflicts? Hudson Holdings.
ReplyDelete@1:46--Blackman has not given Hudson Holdings as a reason for his resignation. He only mentioned his reason as being "many professional responsibilities." All we can do is speculate that Hudson is in that inclusion as he has admitted working for them in Delray.
ReplyDeleteHeaven help those who come before this Board. What a farce it all is. Let's sunset this board.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like everyone on this board just wants to tear down historic properties, why even have this board? None of them care one bit about preservation. Herman was a big part of having a 20s cottage near his house torn down.
ReplyDeleteThey were very rude to Lynda Mahoney. How dare any of them talk that way to another property owner in this city? What a bunch. There is a diplomatic way in all cases and they, instead, took the wise guy approach. Not surprised Loretta had to get her two cents in.
ReplyDeleteI want to see not only elected officials being respectful to other residents as well as to other commissioners but especially board appointees need to be coached in this regard. Who in the hell do they all think they are? The situation with Lynda Mahoney was mishandled and three on the board came across as rude. This was all politics. There is a right way to say something--they took the obnoxious way.
ReplyDeleteWill Loretta ever get out of politics?
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