Some Lake Worth Beach residents are fuming about ‘ponding’ from deteriorating curbs
An owner on N. Palmway has repaired his curbs four times and complains that his road is ignored as he continually gets flooding. "In November 2016 when he voted in favor of the $40 million road bond referendum, he thought that his road would be fixed. Through a property tax increase, Lake Worth Beach residents will be paying back the money for 30 years. With finance charges, the total price tag will be $69 million," the city said.If I recall, it was only Commissioner Hardy who wanted to use the penny sales tax for road repairs as the bond money would only take care of a small percentage of roads in our city. That idea didn't go far with this commission. In their minds, the penny sales tax was already spent on their particular "wish lists."
"Felipe Lofaso, Lake Worth Beach’s director for public services, (I'm really out of it as I thought it was Jamie Brown who was the Director of Public Services) said there’s a reason — the city doesn’t have the money." He suggested that the homeowner talk to commissioner Andy Amoroso who did not return the call. Not returning calls is SOP for all commissioners other then Herman Robinson.
Read the article... that has every resident in debt for 30 years and people are still not getting their problems solved.
haven't seen flooding on n.palmway in 35 years.if it doesnt run down as fast as you think it should check to see if traps are clear of leaves like we do
ReplyDeleteI was wondering why the road project did some streets in the center of town, but not others. It would have been nice to have the Downtown Area completed all together, but I guess the stupid festivals, and the even stupider tourists took precedence.
ReplyDeleteAnything practical, or that makes sense in this country is Verboten!