Chapel By the Lake - Quotes of the Day

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Another part of our Florida waterfront skyline soon will be gone--zip, over, done.


The West Palm Beach Commission approved a 22 story condo to be built on the Chapel by the Sea property on the Intracoastal Waterway.  Last night, residents talked for two hours, mostly against it...no one on the commission heard. The Commission believes that it is private property and people can do what they want with it as long as it is within their zoning codes.  Why can't waterfront property be protected?  Why do commissions constantly give waiver after waiver so that developers can come in and do what they want with property within our State?  Why does a city like West Palm Beach or Lake Worth go around a vote all for their development aspirations?  They got rid of Lois Frankel years ago and look what happened to her--now a United States Congresswoman. Can it get any worse than that?  It is no wonder residents believe there is corruption.

Quotes from the meeting:

• Mayor Jeri Muoio:  "We all, we all, find it incredibly insulting that people suggest there's money being exchanged, there's corruption going on."

• Associate pastor of the First Baptist church, Kevin Mahoney:  "We're very pleased with the work of the city commission to accomplish this project for our city."  What he failed to say, 'We will make double digit millions to block the waterfront."

• Kilday Associates, Planners on behalf of the developer:  "Almost every recent major development in the city has received waivers."  Why do we have a Comprehensive Plan when waivers are dished out like M&M's to anyone who asks?

• Former jailbird West Palm Beach commissioner Jim Exline who spent 10 months in a Federal Prison:  "Developer's concessions make it palatable."

Maude Ford Lee

Maude Ford Lee is back in the news this morning. Her claiming a double homestead on rented property for which she had no rental license is coming back to haunt her. Unless she lived there with the thugs she rented the property to, she could be in big do do. The Property Appraiser's office will delve into this.

Apparently when she was in office she used campaign funds for unusual expenses--sort of like Andy Amoroso buying a new computer, printer and filling his car up with gas--probably not illegal but not standard. Politicians don't do anything illegal, do they?

Remember when former mayor, Rene Varela, did the exact same thing--his house on S. Palmway and the condo he bought for his Mother on South Lakeside? I guess he wasn't a big enough fish in this little corrupt Palm Beach County pond for anyone to question him.

Going to Pot

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Obama was recently interviewed by The New Yorker magazine where he said, “In terms of its impact on the individual consumer, marijuana is no more dangerous than alchohol.” He mentioned his own drug use (a disqualifier for Top Secret security clearance, by the way.

Colorado pot shops currently have ATMs where welfare recipients can withdraw cash using their EBT cards.
Read more at http://allenbwest.com/2014/01/taxpayer-funded-food-stamps-pot-colorado-smoking/#5I4I2eLefPVcMim5.99

What is now totally off the wall is that Colorado lawmakers decided Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, aka Food Stamps, can be used for withdrawals at pot shops. Allen West says, "Unbelievable."
Read more at Allen West.

According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Marijuana overactivates the endocannabinoid system, causing the high and other effects that users experience. These include distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty with thinking and problem solving, and disrupted learning and memory...Marijuana use can have a variety of adverse, short- and long-term effects, especially on cardiopulmonary and mental health.

Tonight's Rainbow

Quote of the Day - James L. Capra

“There are more dispensaries in Denver than there are Starbucks. The idea somehow… that this (legalizing marijuana) is somehow good for us as a nation, that this is good for the next generation coming up is wrong. It’s a bad thing, and this body (the Senate) will get its door knocked on ten years from now and say, ‘How did we get where we got'?”

 ~ James L. Capra, Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration

Some thoughts on MLK

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Yesterday was the Martin Luther King march down Lake Avenue.  Starting from City Hall, the marchers ended up at our Cultural Plaza. The street was flooded with every liberal, socialist, do-gooder, anti-war sympathizer, social justice Democrat, sprinkled in with politicians and those who are all "politically correct," and those with a dream all wanting peace and equality.

King was known as a radical and was investigated for being a communist as well as his many extra-marital affairs. Although King preached peace through non-violence and the obeyance of all laws, in 1968 he was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People's Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4, in Memphis, Tennessee.

People are poorer today than they were in 1968. Good paying full-time jobs are disappearing, and they are being replaced by low paying part-time jobs. Using the inflation calculator that the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides, $1.60 (minimum wage in 1968) is equivalent to $10.74 today. Our minimum wage in most states is much lower. We have encouraged immigration of the poor and the uneducated to our country which has bled our Treasury both nationally and in all the States. The division of rich and poor has grown.

Blacks are seven times more likely than people of other races to commit murder, and eight times more likely to commit robbery. Source: Mediapedia on Race and Crime. There is so much black on white crime today.

If King had not been assassinated when he was 39 years of age, he might have been just another great orator, a well-meaning citizen and one who had advocated for non-violence, for the poor and civil rights for all, a man helping his Race in particular or perhaps he still would have been a champion today. His untimely death immortalized him--he had already received the Nobel Peace Prize under Lyndon Johnson (1964) Later he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom under Jimmy Carter (1977) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004). A national Holiday was declared in his name (1986) under Republican, Ronald Reagan.

Unfortunately, these many years later, we, as a society (other than electing the first black president in the history of our country),  have taken big steps backwards. Crime has not been reduced, violence has escalated and we haven't solved a thing regarding the War on Poverty. There is more crime and more poor.

Some people have totally put aside his message--they still commit violence and still hate and get poorer. I wonder what Dr. King would have thought about it all.

Yesterday at the Lake Worth beach

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Gorgeous day--the ocean was calm; the parking lot was packed--stopped at Benny's first and there was a 40 minute wait at 1:30. Went down to Mulligans and the lunch was fantastic. Kilwin's was very busy selling ice cream cones and lucious candy.  Mamma Mia's was crowded. Ran into friends and one was celebrating her birthday. BarbaraJean modeled a hat at Lake Worth Tee Shop.

Quote of the Day - Allen West

Neighborhood by neighborhood, in cities across the country, there is a stealth jihad occurring through immigration. But remember, when tolerance becomes a one-way street, it leads to cultural suicide.

~ Allen West

Read more... at Allen West.com

The Cove

Disgusting Japanese hunt for dolphins

Via: TakePart.com

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Tonight's Sky

Car is in violation of city and county laws

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Still on our city street...two flat tires...no tag. According to a resident who talked to both, PBSO says it is a code issue...Code says it is a sheriff thing to solve. Someone needs to solve it. Let's get rid of code violators.

Please refer to blog of one month ago on this vehicle. Read the city and county laws that are provided.

Know Thy Enemy

What in heck is WRONG with our Intel?  MIT just published a report that said that the Syrian government could NOT have launched the Sarin poison gas laden rocket into the Damascus area.  The Report said the U.S. got it WRONG. We screwed up with no idea about who really is the enemy.

Click here... to read all about it.

Click here... to view the video.

Happy Birthday George

George Burns (January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, was an American comedian, actor, and writer.

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Blast From the Past - The Rest of the Story

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Back in the Fall of 2010, Scott Maxwell was giving a series of city town hall meetings in order to "educate" the voters on the high cost of our electricity, or so he said.  Not only was he "educating" the people, he was also promoting his favored candidates for city office by distributing a brochure to all attendees. It said, "You can exercise your power by helping me gain the two supporting votes from the commission that are necessary to lower the amount of your utility bills."

Not only did he take advantage of Calvary United Methodist Church but also those who attended the forum where he used city staff for supposed "education" on our electric utility. But the real reason wasn't coming from power from a utility pole.  It was to knock McVoy and Mulvehill out of power.  As such, Susan Stanton, former city manager,  said "no staff will attend Maxwell's future community meetings including two planned right before the election."

This put the icing on the political Maxwell grudge and like an elephant that never forgets, when he got the opportunity he fired reformer Susan Stanton as city manager.

And that's the rest of the story.

Quote of the Day - Marco Rubio on Dr. Martin Luther King

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Despite Dr. King’s untimely death, his legacy is immortal. I urge everyone to reflect on the principles of Martin Luther King Jr. and the virtues he peacefully defended, so that we, as a nation, can continue to embody his dream of opportunity and equality for all.

~ Marco Rubio

Clear and Present Danger in U.S. Military

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Anything goes in Lake Worth

Here's a guy who couldn't find a parking space this morning and parked his motorcycle on the sidewalk across from Starbucks. Four sheriff vehicles drove by---nada.

League of Women Voters

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I was surprised to see The League of Women Voters in our town yesterday as they wrote our city off in October 2011 -- "The League has to be very careful to protect its nonpartisanship," League president Joan Karp said in an email. "Our conclusion after the Lake Worth debate is that we will only participate if we have control (over rules of the debate) and furnish the moderator."

Remember when the League of Women voters used to observe our election debate at the Lake Worth Playhouse in order to ensure fairness?  They were in our city every year for years.  Then came along a new mindset--"We're not going to allow candidates to lie or exaggerate the truth" according to one side of politics.  John Paxman stepped down for awhile, a local television station star was to be moderator but we ended up with hard-hitting John Rinaldi who took his place as moderator that year--clearly on one side of local politics. He asked the candidates questions and interrupted them, debating their answers, cross examining them as if they were on trial.  Waterman was the target along with Jo-Ann Golden. That was a contentious night, not only because of Rinaldi but candidate Dustin Zacks and his Zack Attacks against Rachel Waterman. Some in the audience actually walked out. After that, the League told Lake Worth to take a flying leap.

A goal of The League is to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and to influence public policy through education and advocacy, as well as through political lobbying of Congress but they say they're not political. This member from the League of Women voters told me yesterday that they do not believe there is any voter fraud.

Judicial Watch notified a dozen states that they must clean up their voter registration lists or face lawsuits. Judicial Watch and True the Vote subsequently filed lawsuits against election officials in Indiana and Ohio, and prompted the state of Florida and other states, without litigation, to remove thousands of ineligible voters from state registration lists. According to independent research published by Pew Charitable Trusts in February 2012, approximately 24 million active voter registrations throughout the United States – or one out of every eight registrations – are either no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate. Click here... for voter fraud stats.

And The League is not alone. Residents have given up on filing to run for office in this city--at least none have stepped up this year thus far. They have written off politics in our town and just want the slum, blight and crime to go away as candidates promised us in 2011.

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Lake Worth Casino

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January 13, 2014 early morn