Public Commentary on the Gulfstream Hotel

Public Comment at the August 25 meeting

116 Comments

Below is one comment from Dan Volker:

I believe critically important information is missing from the town's collective knowledge base --- The town is collectively UNAWARE that Lake Worth Beach could be a world-famous Scuba Dive and Snorkel Destination.

This means tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars, should be pouring into Lake Worth Beach right now. This money would be pouring in right now except for the failures of past Commissions on recognizing the enormous natural resource they have. Next month I will be acquainting the Commissioners with the PROOF of what I am suggesting here.

The take-away for today... is that the Gulfstream should become a MASSIVE CONDUIT to funnel State and County Tourism Dollars into, as well as to represent a foundation for a very large influx of Dive Tourists, directly into the town's entertainment district economy, and this should be with practically no increased traffic by rental cars, as Dive Tourist do not typically desire a car at Dive Resorts... Very easy solutions for them will be presented. THE GULFSTREAM WILL MAKE LAKE WORTH SO MUCH MONEY THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES THAT SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS ARE FIGHTING FOR -- WILL BECOME EASY TO ACHIEVE AND ENTIRELY PAID FOR BY THE ECONOMY THE HOTEL WILL GENERATE.

I have not seen the good or bad in the contracts, so I have no knowledge of what several commissioners are attempting to protect us from.

I am sure they are trying to protect us.... Whatever good or bad, the potential economic benefits need to be considered WITH the other issues.

Activists Sue Palm Beach County for violating Public Meetings Laws

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Alex Larson

Back about five years ago, our Lake Worth mayor wanted to limit or eliminate public comment during workshops. As she said then, "It is a workshop and this is the only time that the Commission can get things done." Since that time, the public has not been allowed to speak at Workshops.

The policy in Lake Worth on public commentary regarding items on the Consent Agenda (which is a section that should be used for housekeeping items) that sometimes can be upwards to 16 separate items involving a lot of money is two minutes for one or all items. Many items are dumped into this section so that they get little to no discussion.  This is another decision made by Pam Triolo to shut the public up.

Now two county residents, Fane Lozman, whose houseboat was seized by Riviera Beach and destroyed and Alex Larson, (love this lady) are suing  Palm Beach County where they get three minutes to speak on regular agenda items but now are being limited to three minutes total for all on the Consent Agenda.

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