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The latest edition of The Lake Worth Herald is hot off the press...
In it, the editor's brain appears to be the only thing on fire. He is finding fault with the ACLU lawyer who was present at the last city commission meeting who was there reminding the commission of rights of the homeless. The editor has found fault with the homeless and their advocates who remained seated during the invocation and the Pledge to the Flag and on shhhhhh, anarchists. From his editorial one can gather that he and his fantastical political friends believe the anarchists are behind the homeless invasion and fear anarchists to a point of absurdity—some excerpts:
“The real crux is not
the homelessness; that’s just an anarchists way of kicking down the door.”
The next outlandish statements were—
Lake Worth has an election coming up and these people will
use every opportunity to twist and create falsehoods to sway the vote of Lake
Worth Citizens who just want to live their life in Lake Worth. Sitting commissioners, Ryan Maier and Christopher Mcvoy APPEAR to be sympathetic to the anarchists [using the word "appear" gets him off the hook of a lawsuit]
and if they get another sympathetic commissioner [sympathetic to what?]
in the next election, anarchy could rule Lake Worth.
Think of a Lake Worth with no street lights, completely dark
at night.That is the atmosphere they desire. [I believe that this statement is libelous but if not that, OUTRAGEOUS].
Think parks and city streets where it is completely unsafe
to visit. A city where going out of your home is extremely dangerous. A Lake
Worth the majority of citizens don’t want to see. [Again, SILLY]
Ok, come on, paint graffiti on our building again. [And then after insult after insult, he taunts them to commit vandalism--just more SILLY STUFF]
Please let me remind all of you that 1) Maier and McVoy did not agree or disagree with the homeless or take any stand of any kind, nor did Cara Jennings. Cara Jennings was there to talk about the Siemens contract, not the homeless. 2) This problem has existed for years and this commission has been in power for years now with the problem getting worse along with the panhandling. 3) The person that Easton is so scared of owns her own home, she is not homeless, and she was an elected commissioner for two terms. She did not create the homeless situation.
I just wish that our commissioners McVoy and Maier could sue for this defamation. But it's opinion, and you can get away with just about any lie, twisted as it may be, without repercussion if you are clever enough. However, the voters are smarter than some politicos believe even the local press. All the lies didn't win it for them this past March and all their ranting now and silly comments about anarchists won't help them in the future.
If anything is to be learned from our past election, besides having an honest message, it is to honor the people you serve. People before Politics as Ryan Maier said.