Crime continues in Lake Worth Beach

Former Mayor Pam Triolo speaks at 59:04

Mayor Pam at Garlic Fest February 12-13

Palm Beach County refused to issue a permit a year ago for John Prince Park because of Covid so the Fest moved to Wellington, so we lost a great event.

Former Lake Worth mayor Pam Triolo offers samples of Tabanero Original Hot Sauce during the 23rd Annual South Florida Garlic Fest held at the Village Park Athletics Complex in the Village of Wellington, February 12, 2022.

Organizers say the festival is nicknamed the ÒBest StinkinÕ Party in South Florida," and is a community celebration of food, music, and art.
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Pam Triolo and Scott Maxwell give parting comments

Gulfstream Hotel -

Partnership moving historic Lake Worth Beach hotel forward

"The owners of The Gulfstream Hotel, CDS, have formed a partnership with the company that was going to be completely buying out The Gulfstream Hotel which is Restoration St. Louis," Mayor Pam Triolo said.

Triolo said both companies will work on the project together.

Read about it...

Endorsements by former Commissioner Joe Egly

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Lake Worth Mayor Pam Triolo has three challengers

Lake Worth Beach mayor, Pam Triolo, will face at least three challengers in March election

Wes Blackman:
Urban Planner. He says he runs calm, cool and collected meetings. Has years of experience as former Chair of the Planning & Zoning as well as the Historical Preservation boards

Betty Resch:
Practicing attorney and past city attorney for Lake Worth. If elected she says she will push for term limits and look into the role of city manager Michael Bornstein. "Who's running the show?" asks Betty.

William Joseph
Investigator. Says more investment is needed to create jobs. Says he can unite people.

Challengers believe Mayor Pam Triolo is vulnerable after former commissioner, Omari Hardy, pulled his Academy Award racist performance that went viral. In 2020, when he decided to run for higher office, he continued to agitate and dominate conversation at the dais. It's surprising to me that they all, for the most part, maintained their cool. Of course, the meetings were Zoom so you couldn't punch his lights out. It is rumored that Omari is behind the over-throw of everyone presently on the commission.

Read the PBPost article

Wes Blackman files Intent to Run for Mayor of Lake Worth (Beach)

Those who have declared their intent to run for Mayor are Betty Resch, Wes Blackman and incumbent, Mayor Pam Triolo.

The official time to get your name on the ballot is from November 24 through noon on December 8.

Rumer has it that Omari Hardy has been working behind the scenes to replace our dais.

Quote of the Day - Pastor Mike Olive

As posted on Omari Hardy's Facebook page regarding his cat fight at the city commission meeting this past Tuesday with Mayor Pam Triolo

"Real mayors have real feelings. Real mayors have loved ones. Real mayors have emotions. Real mayors are human. Real mayors have a job. Real mayors are not perfect. Real mayors are people.

Maybe we all should treat others the way we would like to be treated? Maybe encourage one another and strengthen one another instead of tearing one another apart? I would vote for a real politician like that.

~Pastor Mike Olive
Common Ground Church

Another Lake Worth Commission Meeting from Hell

Utility shutoff issue fuels personal attacks at Lake Worth Beach meeting

The venom was there and commissioner Hardy continues to fan the flames.

The commissioners agreed to Mayor Triolo's request to continue the moratorium on Utility cut-offs until the beginning of October

"Maxwell jumped into the fray as well, threatening to release "hard evidence" he said proves Hardy knew at the March 19 meeting that utility customers were not being shut off. Hardy smiled and shook his head as Maxwell fumed.

"And you can sit back there with that smug smile on your face and create your next viral video," Maxwell said. "I hope that works out for you really, really well."

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Quote of the Day - Pam Triolo

Omari says that the three on the dais are bullies which is laughable. The only bully is Omari Hardy who will not STFU and truly believes he is the smartest guy whoever lived.

Last night the commission showed him who the "smart" ones are.

Commission Votes on Racism (NON) issue

Last night's votes by Lake Worth City Commission in the Meeting from Hell

Action:  Motion made by Commissioner Maxwell and seconded by Vice Mayor Amoroso to direct staff to bring back an agreement with NLC’s (Nati0nal League of Cities) REAL Program to provide consulting services for the Commission on how to work within the community to begin the conversation, facilitate it with respect to race equity and inequalities and to look into Barbara Cheives’ organization (the Racial Equity Institute [REI]) for training for the City Commission and the staff.

Vote:     Voice vote showed:  AYES: Mayor Triolo, Vice Mayor Amoroso and Commissioners Maxwell and Robinson.  NAYS: Commissioner Hardy.

Action:  Motion made by Commissioner Maxwell and seconded by Commissioner Hardy to request body camera funding from the County Commission.


Vote:     Voice vote showed:  AYES: Mayor Triolo, Vice Mayor Amoroso and Commissioners Maxwell and Robinson.  NAYS: Commissioner Hardy.

Action:  Motion amended by Commissioner Hardy and seconded by Commissioner Robinson to send the same missive to the Sheriff that was sent to the PBCC, adding that the Sheriff request officially any additional funds from the PBCC that would be necessary for body cameras.

Vote:     Voice vote showed:  AYES: Mayor Triolo, Vice Mayor Amoroso and Commissioners Maxwell, Hardy and Robinson.  NAYS: None.

Read about the meeting

RICO charges filed against Hudson Holdings

Remember these bums?

Well, former Lake Worth commissioner John Szerdi should remember them...he worked for them. Then we have Wes Blackman, former chair of the Historic Resource Preservation Board--he worked for Hudson Holdings too. We can't forget Greg Rice, Chair of our Planning & Zoning board, campaigning for it all, as well as the PAC for which he was affiliated, Friends of the Gulfstream, which had an ethics complaint filed against it in July 2013. It pulled a lot of dirty tricks back then.

On top of the above three, we have three city commissioners still in office: Scott Maxwell, Mayor Pam Triolo and Andy Amoroso who gave Hudson Holdings every little thing their heart desired like upzoning at the Gulfstream Hotel area as well as declaring an entire election null and void, won by the people on heights.

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Respectful Planning PAC won at the ballot just a few years ago getting 56% of the vote to keep the heights to 45 feet. Thanks to everyone who worked on this with special gratitude to Laurel Decker. Then the city attorney pulled a fast one on the people--so did the commission. They did not care about democracy, only giving developers what they wanted.

Changing Florida's Future, a PAC out of Tallahassee, sent out mailers supporting the election of Maxwell, Triolo and Amoroso that were funded by Hudson Holdings in the amount of $9,000. Hudson Holdings knew who their friends were.

The Gulfstream Hotel sits there and rots to this day. But wait a minute--we had a husband and wife team that blitzed into the city...supposed developers, Amy and Amrit Gill from St. Louis who told us that they were ready to embark on a $100 million project to renovate the historic building. The city fell for it and so did the residents. I wonder if any investors fell for it too? Where are these people?

Hudson Holdings had a lot of connections in St. Louis as well as failed projects. Was there not a red flag for the City of Lake Worth with this husband and wife team when it appeared out of nowhere from St. Louis? It really makes one wonder what really is going on. No one can continue to have two left feet.

The caveat for these "supposed" new developers to go forward with the hotel? They insisted that the residents approve a ballot measure in March 2020 that would allow property built adjacent to the hotel to match the Gulfstream’s 87-foot height. City guidelines limit building height east of Dixie Highway to 65 feet. Mailer after mailer was sent out to voters promoting this measure. Who was behind this mailer? It sounds like a Steven Michael tactic. The City knows nothing about this husband and wife team any more than they did about Hudson Holdings. Have they done one bit of due diligence?

Two years ago, south county developer Bill Milmoe and vitamin kingpin Carl DeSantis filed a RICO lawsuit against Hudson Holdings. It was settled and it was reported that CDS (the DeSantis group) now owns the property. Details of the settlement were kept secret and sealed.  But the owners are still HH GULFSTREAM LAND HOLDINGS LLC according to the Property appraiser's office.

**Now one of the original investors in the Hudson Holdings "enterprise" regarding the Gulfstream Hotel just filed suit under RICO statutes because of Steven Michael's and Avi Greenbaum's continuing individual and enterprise misconduct." The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties.

COMPLAINT

Lake Worth (Beach) Commission Meeting

This week's Commission Meeting

The City of Lake Worth (Beach) regular commission meeting will be on Thursday, April 9 at 6.00pm and it will be by teleconference.

Staff will give a presentation on COVID-19. Also, under New Business, they will discuss a temporary emergency Code Compliance policy during this pandemic.

To know what closures and cancellations we have city-wide, CLICK HERE

Editorial Opinion about the disgraceful meeting in Lake Worth (Beach)

Coronavirus in Florida: Editorial: An embarrassment for Lake Worth Beach

Finally I agree with the Palm Beach Post. This is an editorial that is thoughtful and reasonable in its approach to the explosive Special Commission Meeting of last week.

Remember that saying, "When they go low; we go high." Of course, it was said by Michelle Obama but it stands true for this horrible incident at our city hall. Our elected official went low.

Read the Editorial

Someone wants the Mayor to Resign

Do you want Mayor Pam Triolo to resign? Michael Smith (whoever he is) from Lake Worth started a change.org petition asking for her resignation. So far, it has over 23,000 signatures!

This is really out of control now.

The Petition

Message from Mayor Pam Triolo of Lake Worth (Beach)

As Mayor I wanted to let you know that the City of Lake Worth Beach is doing all we can to deal with the Covid19 Pandemic.  The Commission and the City staff are working nonstop to meet the needs and address the concerns of all our citizens.

Unfortunately, what transpired at Thursday’s emergency Commission meeting has become a focal point that is overshadowing all the good that is being done here in the City.

There were things said between Commissioner Hardy and myself during the meeting and during the recess, both on and off camera, that created a lot of undue stress and emotion. I was very upset about what I perceived as bullying and unnecessary attacks on the Commission and our processes by Commissioner Hardy. I was also concerned about how the issue of the suspension of utility disconnections was being inaccurately portrayed.

To be clear, no one is being denied Water, Sewer or Electric service as disconnections had been suspended starting on Wednesday March 18th. Most accounts disconnected in the transition period were reconnected that day and all late fees and re-connection fees are being reversed. Commissioner Hardy was aware of this before the meeting.

During the meeting I believed the credibility of the Commission and the City staff was under attack, and while I took the right action, I apologize for the way it had to be done.

I encourage Commissioner Hardy to join me in examining our interactions in the public and to come back together in a united front to deal with the current crisis.  That should be the focus, and regardless of differences of opinion we must lead by example and where we must disagree, do so without being disagreeable.

"This is a Banana Republic...You Failed to Act," said Commissioner Hardy

For all of you who missed watching the City Commission Special Meeting last night--all I can say is "Holy Cow!" This special meeting was "special" in every sense of the word.

Over the last several years, this commission has done its best to shut Commissioner Hardy up. Omari Hardy challenged the city manager and the mayor (who was extremely rude towards Hardy even calling it his "dog and pony show" and interrupting him on many occasions) on the Coronavirus pandemic for what Hardy perceived as their lack of concern for our residents and employees. The meeting was contentious from the "get go" and Hardy left the city manager and city attorney faltering and even tongue-tied in their answers to some of his questions.

The mayor took residents' comments that were submitted online. One of them was well stated but ran over the 2 minutes as the mayor read it into the record all but the last sentence. The last paragraph that we did not hear in its entirety is as follows:

"In the meantime, I suggest that the City Manager declare success and move on. AND the Mayor and Esteemed Commissioners turn back the clock and become VOLUNTEERS. The savings in salaries, payroll taxes and benefits can be reassigned to a City Fund for City residents who have found themselves unemployed through no fault of their own."

Another "holy cow" moment that was eliminated from public commentary.

New Business began at 19 minutes into the meeting on Resolution 11-2020 giving emergency powers to the Mayor and City Manager.

The meeting backup:
SUMMARY:
In light of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) being declared a federal, state and local emergency, Resolution No. 11-2020 seeks to reaffirm the emergency powers of the Mayor and City Manager.

BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION:
Historically, in the event of an emergency, the Mayor has utilized her power set forth in Article III, Section 3 of the City’s Charter, to issue a Declaration of a State of Local Emergency when determined necessary. Likewise, in the past, the City Manager has acted in response to an emergency with temporary policies and practices to address the emergency in an efficient and prompt manner. Resolution No. 11-2020 seeks to reaffirm these emergency powers of the Mayor and City Manager to address the COVID-19 and other emergencies as they may emerge and change over time.

At 1 hour into the meeting, Commissioner Hardy told the city manager, in so many words, that he is a liar!  It got very explosive after that. The Mayor screamed--was out of control. And eventually Omari completely "lost it" for the run-around he received during this meeting. Check out Omari at 1 hour and 32 minutes into the meeting. The Mayor recessed the meeting. Eventually the commission resumed and the vote was 4/1 with Hardy dissenting.

Lake Worth (Beach) State of the City

Free parking will be available at the Lake Worth Casino and Beach Complex starting at 5:30 PM. Seating and parking will be provided on a first come first serve basis.

Admission is free.

Every year, this is done directly before an election. This State of the City is just in time to promote the city's three referendums that we will be voting on this March 17th. Don't forget to get out and vote NO on all three.

Wow--such a priority in Lake Worth!

\(L-R) Palm Tran Interim Director of Transit Planning Steven Anderson, Lake Worth Beach Commissioner Herman Robinson, Lake Worth Beach Vice-Mayor Andy Amoroso, Lake Worth Beach Mayor Pam Triolo, Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner, County Administrator Verdenia C. Baker, Lake Worth Beach City Manager Michael Bornstein, Commissioner Mack Bernard, Assistant County Administrator Todd J. Bonlarron and Palm Tran Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes.

Now, tell me why losing parking revenue is beneficial to the City of Lake Worth. Is it because you plan to have a public/private partnership at the beach and you don't give a crap? Some of those in this photo should be solving our problems in this city such as slum, blight and crime and stop demolishing historic homes and catering to every developer alive. Those in the county should be concentrating on Tent City and the Homeless in John Prince Park.

“The beach is the heart and soul of our community,” said Pam Triolo “As the county population continues to grow, we need to come up with innovative transportation solutions, and of course Palm Tran is a key to that conversation.”

Is it ever possible to get priorities straight instead of photo ops and ribbon cuttings?