Election Results Lake Worth Beach Amendments

UPDATE: BY MIDNIGHT, ALL PRECINCTS HAD REPORTED...JUST MORE VOTES AND PERCENTAGES CHANGED...OUTCOMES THE SAME! Below results were from 8pm

1..City of Lake Worth Beach Question No. 1 (Vote For 1)
Participating Precincts Reporting: 20 / 23
ChoicePercentVotes
Yes--54.63%1,770
No--45.37%1,470
3,240

2..City of Lake Worth Beach Question No. 2 (Vote For 1)
Participating Precincts Reporting: 20 / 23
ChoicePercentVotes
Yes--20.92%686
No--79.08%2,593
3,279

3.. City of Lake Worth Beach Question No. 3 (Vote For 1)
Participating Precincts Reporting: 20 / 23
ChoicePercentVotes
Yes--22.79%746
No--77.21%2,528
3,274

4.. City of Lake Worth Beach Question No. 4 (Vote For 1)
Participating Precincts Reporting: 20 / 23
ChoicePercentVotes
Yes--58.59%1,900
No--41.41%1,343
3,243

5..City of Lake Worth Beach Question No. 5 (Vote For 1)
Participating Precincts Reporting: 20 / 23
ChoicePercentVotes
Yes--49.87%1,580
No--50.13%1,588
3,168

Election today to decide direction of our city

Charter Amendments 2 & 3

Don't vote to take away your vote! No on March 10, 2026. Lake Worth Beach, Florida

Vote no on March 10 2026, Charter Amendments 2 & 3. Vote NO to keep your vote.

Lake Worth Beach City Commission is trying to take away the currently required citizen vote for long term leases of public property. The Beach, the golf Course, the parks.

Vote No on March 10th to protect our vote. Public land, Public Vote. Most of the parks that we have now were saved by an amendment that people put on our charter 22 years ago. We keep going through the same crap.

They have not proceeded in good faith. The presentations have been one-sided. Propaganda paid for with tax dollars. They hired consultants to create misleading materials. The ballot language does not say what we are voting on. The people were not allowed to speak at the public meetings, only to ask questions of consultant.

10 Years later, some things never change

A memory from when the city conspired against the residents

SHOCK III: Committee Conspired to Keep Beach Build Plans from Residents to Get Szerdi Re-elected

The Lake Worth Tribune By Margaret Menge

"In an audio recording of its February 10, 2015 meeting, members of the ITN Committee are heard conspiring to keep plans to build at the beach from the public to make sure John Szerdi would win re-election to the City Commission.

“I would recommend we do not have any kind of public meeting until after the election,” said William Waters, a city employee who oversees the building and code compliance departments. “If we have a public meeting, and it gets out (unintelligible)….you can say goodbye to Szerdi,” he said.

Commissioner Andy Amoroso, the Commission’s liaison to the ITN Committee, quickly agreed, saying, “Absolutely, you cannot do this before…”

News of Hudson Holdings’ proposal to build a convention center and private beach club at the Lake Worth beach did get out before the election – after Steve Michael of Hudson Holdings met with owners of the Gulfstream Condominiums in late February and Commissioner Christopher McVoy happened to be in the room. McVoy took detailed notes of the meeting, and provided them to the Tribune, which published a story just two weeks before the election.

Read the article...

As it turned out, John Szerdi lost his re-election bid on March 10, 2015 to first-time candidate Ryan Maier by a 20-percent margin, winning just 37 percent of the vote to Maier’s 57 percent." And did they ever give Ryan Maier a hard time after that..drove him out of town eventually.

Now the city, with a memory like an elephant and still wanting to screw up our beach and city, is doing that same thing in a ballot initiative.

Vote NO on Amendments 2 & 3 on March 10, 2026. We want to keep our historic beach and small town.

VOTE NO AMENDMENTS 2 AND 3 - Election March 10

Amendment 2

Beach--VOTE NO

Amendment 2:
City-property East of A1A:

This amendment would take away your right to vote on major developments at our public beach. Our City Charter currently requires a public vote for any leases at our beach over 30 years, protecting our beach from overdevelopment. This amendment changes the lease limit, allowing the City to give a private developer a lease of 99 years without a public vote. It strips away a critical safeguard and removes voters ability to have a direct say on large-scale development at our beach.

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Amendment 3

Parks----VOTE NO

Amendment 3: City Parks and City Property Downtown and West of A1A to the Lagoon:

This amendment would weaken the law in our charter called “Public Land Public Vote” which protects valuable public land from over-development. This will open city-owned property west of A1A including parks, the golf course, the cultural plaza, public parking lots and city buildings to over development. It removes your right to vote on long-term leases of certain high-value public land to private developers.

Special City Commission tonight

Monday, October 6 at 6pm

The important items on the agenda are under Unfinished Business.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. Potential charter amendments – election certification
B. Potential charter amendments – police & fire departments
C. Potential charter amendments – most votes
D. Potential charter amendments – term limits
E. Potential charter amendments – lease terms east of A1A
F. Potential charter amendments – lease terms other city properties
G. Potential charter amendments – building heights
H. Potential charter amendments – others not previously discussed

Commissioner McVoy has shared his thoughts on these amendments:

My overall thoughts on all of these charter amendments, regarding rushing to put them on a March 2026 ballot, are:

1) The charter is our strongest city document. It should only be changed if there is widespread understanding of, and support for, the changes. That certainly is not the situation now;
2) at a minimum, the changes should be researched and considered by a charter review committee; followed by lively community discussions;
3) these changes are being rushed through to remove thoughtful PROTECTIONS that were previously adopted to protect our public park beach from development;
4) the argument, “let the public vote,” is disingenuous. What will really happen is the developers will spend serious money for a PR campaign; way outspending the means of any grass roots citizens group trying to defend the public character of our beach (and golf course).

Christopher McVoy
Commissioner, District 2
City of Lake Worth Beach, FL
cmcvoy@lakeworthbeachfl.gov

Florida Amendments

Florida Amendments...how they faired

NO on Amendment 1: Partisanship in school board elections

YES on Amendment 2: Preserving fishing and hunting in the state constitution--67% to 33%

NO on Amendment 3: Legalizes recreational marijuana--56% to 44%

NO on Amendment 4: Constitutional right to abortion--57% to 43%

YES on Amendment 5: Adjusts home property tax exemption for inflation--66% to 34%

NO on Amendment 6: Repeals public financing for political campaigns--50% to 50%

County Question 1 - Referendum R2024-0402 FOR THE ONE-HALF CENT TAX passed with 60.33%of the vote

Vote NO on amendments 3 and 4

On the amendments:

Remember this scenario--
YES, YES, NO, NO, YES, YES

Vote NO on Amendments 3 & 4

Click to read--

Florida Amendments November 2024

 

Amendment 1 Brings politics into local school boards by changing their elections from non-partisan to partisan.
Amendment 2 Establishes a constitutional right to fish and hunt, already state law, and makes it the “preferred means” of managing fish and wildlife.
Amendment 3 Legalizes the recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 and over.
Amendment 4 Limits the ability of politicians to interfere in the private health care decision to have an abortion.
Amendment 5 Increases the homestead tax exemption annually based on inflation. Cuts funding communities utilize for programs and services.
Amendment 6 Ends Florida’s public campaign financing program that provides an incentive for candidates to seek support from everyday citizens, not just wealthy donors and powerful special interests.

Progressive Agenda Lake Worth - Vote tomorrow

4 referendums on Lake Worth Beach ballot for March 8 election Questions addresses term limits, run-offs

Years ago I asked former commissioner Joann Golden what was a "progressive?" Now I know...socialism and communism.

"In addition to selecting the commissioner seat for District 4, voters will have to answer four ballot questions.

The questions could bring some big changes to city hall.

Lake Worth Beach's new mayor talked Friday about the questions on the ballot. Resch was part of the wave of progressive-leaning candidates who elections last year in Lake Worth Beach. They are now serving up more change with the four referendums, including the call for term limits."

"It will hopefully encourage people to come because there won't be the same incumbent who's been there 30 years," Resch said. "No. 2, it is a graceful way to exit after two terms and No. 3, if you know you have a deadline you work harder."

First of all, who cares if the Charter hasn't been changed in awhile. Liberals always want to change things or fix something that is not broken. And no one is in office for 30 years in Lake Worth Beach. This is not the Congress of the United States of America, for gosh sakes. And when you get elected, you  should be working hard every day and answer phone calls. That would be helpful.

Read the rest...and see the Amendments that this progressive commission wants passed.

And why liberals are still quoting loser Omari Hardy is a mystery.

When in doubt, vote NO especially on Question 3!

Candidate forum Monday night at The Beach Club

Parrot Cove Candidate Forum

The forum was informative with two out of the three candidates present. It was announced that Craig Frost was in the hospital with a follow-up to a procedure.

REINALDO DIAZ, Democrat
Issues
Wants to keep our beach public...no public/private partnerships. Wants to repair our pool.

DANIEL MORGAN, NPA
What he's all about
It's all about the "immigrants" and helping them to prosper here. He, too, wants to keep our beach public.

CRAIG FROST, NPA
Craig's Facebook page
Craig was not there last night but had a spokesperson, Lindy White.
He is FOR a Public/Private partnership at our beach and wants to "finish"? the beach complex. In the beginning of the forum, applause was loud and enthusiastic for Craig but when it got to the "finish" the beach complex issue, it dropped off substantially.

The Sun Sentinel endorsed Reinaldo Diaz but also liked Daniel Morgan.

What the left-wing Sun Sentinel said:

"Three people want to fill the District 4 seat: Reinaldo Diaz, Craig Frost and Daniel Morgan. Frost ignored our request for an interview and to submit a questionnaire. Diaz and Morgan, both of whom are Hispanic, would bring diversity to City Hall in their advocacy for people and places that need much more attention from local government."

The paper also endorses a "yes" vote for all the amendments.

We, on this blog, continue to say, "When in doubt, vote NO" and definitely VOTE NO on Question 3.

Florida Amendment Results

It just shows, if you can get something on the ballot, it will win in most cases particularly with a lot of money behind it. With amendment 3 passing, look to see the top two primary winners be Democrats.

• Florida Amendment 1 - Require Citizenship To Vote  YES-76.19% Summary: A “yes” vote supports amending the Florida Constitution to state that “only a citizen” of the U.S. who is 18 years old or older can vote in Florida.

• Florida Amendment 2 - Raise Minimum Wage YES-68.61% Summary:The minimum wage would increase to $10 on Sept. 30, 2021 and increase $1 a year thereafter until it reached $15 in 2026, with standard of living increases resuming in 2027

• Florida Amendment 3 - Top-Two Open Primaries YES-57.28% Summary: The two highest vote-getters would advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation. If only two candidates qualify, no primary is held and the winner is determined in the general election.This is not good in a Democrat held state as Republicans will be depending upon the Independent vote for the win.
  

  This “open primary” system is also known as a “jungle primary.” It could potentially mean that two Democrats or two Republicans face each other in the general election. This did not pass as it needed a super-majority to change the Constitution

• Florida Amendment 4 - Require Amendments To Pass Twice Election Results NO-53.61% Did not pass.

• Florida Amendment 5 - Extend Save Our Homes YES-78.46%

• Florida Amendment 6 - Extend Tax Discount for Veteran Spouses YES-91.4%

Constitutional Amendments for the 2020 FL General Election Ballot

HIGHLIGHTS Four citizen initiatives are on the ballot. Amendment 1 would state that only citizens can vote in Florida; Amendment 2 would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026; Amendment 3 would establish top-two open primaries and you can bet a Democrat got this on the ballot; and Amendment 4 would require constitutional amendments to be passed twice.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

• 1. YES--Citizenship requirement to Vote in Florida Elections.

• 2. NO-YES-On the Fence.Raising Florida's minimum wage to $15 hour

• 3. NO--All registered voters vote in Primary elections--2 highest vote getters advance to General Election regardless of Party affiliation.
  The proposed amendment would actually abolish party primary elections for certain offices and replace them with free-for-all 'jungle primaries.
  When the books closed July 20 for the state primaries of Aug. 18, there were 5,167,930 registered Democrats and 4,927,507 Republicans. And 3,622,236 citizens registered with no party affiliation — known as NPAs — meaning they can’t vote in partisan primaries this month but will be eligible for the general election. You can see from the above, that there is the possibility that Republicans would never hold office in Florida.

• 4. NO-YES?--Voter approval of all Constitutional Amendments to be decided in two general elections instead of just one. We do this in Lake Worth when we pass an Ordinance with two Public Hearings.
  

• 5. YES--Limitations on Homestead Property, increased portability period from two years to three to transfer accrued Save Our Homes benefits to a new homestead. Homeowners could take their exemption with them for two full years or more -- and not lose it in the space of a year and a few days. Lawmakers should put this sensible change on the ballot, and voters should approve the amendment in November.

• 6. YES--Ad Valorem Tax Discount for spouses of certain deceased veterans who had permanent, combat related disabilities

March 12 ballot

Amendments:

1. NAME CHANGE TO THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH BEACH.
IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF FROM SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED AREAS, SHALL ARTICLE I, SECTION 1 OF THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH CHARTER ENTITLED “CITY CREATED” BE AMENDED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE CITY FROM THE “CITY OF LAKE WORTH” TO THE “CITY OF LAKE WORTH BEACH?”
VOTE NO

2. SALE OF DOWNTOWN PROPERTY TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENHANCE REDEVELOPMENT.
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENHANCE REDEVELOPMENT, SHALL THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH BE AUTHORIZED TO SELL CITY PROPERTY AT 501 LAKE AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN LAKE WORTH WITH ALL PROCEEDS USED EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN DOWNTOWN LAKE WORTH?
VOTE NO

VOTE HARDY & GUERCIO

This is to state that I have nothing against Omari Hardy's opponent. I don't know her but I have seen Omari in action over the past two years and he is all for Lake Worth and most of the issues that I approve on a local level. He is smart as a whip and the rest of the dais constantly wants to shut him up. He keeps his cool during those encounters and does not allow to be deterred. That's a good enough reason for me to vote for him again. He is the lone voice on the dais that reads the back-up and does the necessary research. He is not a puppet of the city manager.

Richard Guercio in District 4 is simply the best candidate and will represent Lake Worth well. He won't be intimidated by Scott Maxwell or the city manager. He will ask the tough questions and will get to the bottom of all issues and come up with the right answers. He will hold the city manager accountable to commission policy. He will be there for the residents--people over politics.

Vote NO

Lake Worth has a lack of vision

I found the following in the Sarasota Tribune by Lake Worthian, James Thomson--

"The lack of vision for Lake Worth by Mayor Pam Triolo, commissioners and the CRA (appointed by the commissioners) is, to say the least, disappointing. This fixation on a parking garage, license plate readers, red light cameras and changing the name of town the seem to only promote fear and confusion.

City Manager Michael Bornstein tells the public “there is nothing nefarious” going on with the parking garage project, so who is the one owner benefiting from this sale of historic properties?

As a community, we should be asking or demanding our elected officials to expand solar and wind power, to develop publicly owned broadband for downtown and commercial district areas. Create more green space, such as parks and recreational facilities throughout our town, and preserve our historical buildings by whatever means possible instead of selling them.

Lake Worth is such a unique treasure that should be saved and promoted as a destination in south Florida like no other.

James Thomson, Lake Worth"

VOTE NO

ON LAKE WORTH AMENDMENTS

March 12 Election

Constitutional Amendments on the Florida Ballot

All you need to know about the Amendments

Florida 2018 Ballot Measures

What's on your ballot

Please become familiar with these amendments as they will affect your life and the city where you live.

Early voting begins on October 27 through November 3 and the election is November 6.