West Palm Beach City Commissioner Shanon Materio Violates City Resolution & Puts Local Water Supply at Risk Due to State Road 7 Extension; Conservation Leaders Unite Against Materio’s Support of Project
BriefingWire.com, 1/30/2018 - West Palm Beach, Fl -- Environmental and conservation leaders from the West Palm Beach community were stunned to hear of City Commissioner Shanon Materio’s vote in support of a controversial road development that would extend State Road 7, threatening the water quality for West Palm Beach, Palm Beach and South Palm Beach residents.Materio was the only sitting member of the West Palm Beach City Commission to cast a vote in support of the project. The extension and expansion of State Road 7 is expected to cost nearly $80 million. Materio’s vote in support of the taxpayer-funded project would increase traffic along an environmentally sensitive area and could lead to more road congestion and growth.
The extension of the road would impact more than 219 acres of conservation land that is considered part of the Florida Everglades and serves as the primary source of drinking water for more than 130,000 residents. Additionally, the land serves as a habitat for wildlife, such as bald eagles, roseate spoonbills, alligators and other species.
Materio, acting as a member of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), voted yes in support of the road extension in direct opposition to a West Palm Beach resolution opposing the road. Following her vote in support of State Road 7, Materio was removed from the MPO for opposing West Palm Beach.
The City of West Palm Beach has recently received a favorable ruling in the fight to oppose the expansion of State Road 7. In a statement on January 18, 2018, the City stated, “The City of West Palm Beach has achieved a favorable legal outcome in its effort to protect the environmental quality of Grassy Waters Preserve, a 23-square mile remnant of the Everglades.”
Tim Mochin
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10 comments:
Is anyone running against her?
Read this--
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/materio-draws-competitor-west-palm-commission-race/KsP2eBAOYOK8fajG7LwjxN/
Does she have a connection with the potential road builder?
Materio has always been a developer whore. Wish we could get hands on her phone records.(Include her business phones. That would be interesting) How did her stained glass business stay in business? People couldn't even afford food during the last recession,but Materio's huge business just buzzed along.Nobody ever seems to be inside the business but oh well. It's the INTERNET ,right?Materio sure is her Daddy's little girl.She must have learned the "family" business from him.
Wouldn't that be something like throwing the baby out with the bath water. That is a gorgeous store, and I'm sure they have many employees. You can hardly blame the business for the actions of one person, who may not even be a hands on principal in that business. I'd hate to see what that site would look like without McMow.
Never forget: "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime" Do you want to tear everything down?
@11:47--do you have any clue as to what you're talking about? She and her husband, Phil, are the owners of McMow Glass. No one is tearing anything down.
I hope Christina Lambert wins against here, I am tired of all these lifers who want to stay in office forever, one term and you are out! I have never really good feelings toward these folks anyway, they don't live in Lake Worth, but use their power to get a lot of what they want and it is not right. Hope Christine wins!
"This is a gorgeous store and I'm sure they have many employees".
How do you know that ? Have you been inside the store? Nobody else has.
The store looks like crap since they painted the outside white.
I prefer the white store to the totally black building across the street, although the silver tree outside is a nice touch.
Sorry to say, I road past McMow this morning ans there are For Sale signs on the building.
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