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Richard Guercio, candidate for District 4 Commissioner Lake Worth
Last evening I attended a Meet & Greet at Gwen and Michael's house on N. Golfview. It was great talking with Richard about his view for our great little city. Primarily I wanted to hear his thoughts on the issues near and dear to my heart:
Changing the name of our city: He believes there is a better way to separate us from crime stats that are being attributed to us when in fact they are happening out of our city limits. He is working with the United States Postal Service to remove Lake Worth from all zip codes outside our borders. On top of that, Lake Worth has been our name for 106 years. We should be embracing and honoring our history.
Our Pool and Beach park: He does not want to sell our assets at the beach or make it private but believes a public/private partnership is necessary that will be responsible to maintain our most important asset. He talked about including a parking decal to pool members, a separate pass from residents' decals.
Our Golf Course: Wants to maintain it and make it a great course once again. It's a beautiful asset on the Intracoastal waterway...something we must cherish and preserve.
Of all the candidates, Richard is the most qualified to be a policy maker for our city. He believes that the present dais is dysfunctional with commissioners having personal agendas. He wants to bring professionalism back to the city. You and the city are his only priorities. Lake Worth First is the motto.
Any questions, please call him at 561-329-6961 or reach him on Facebook.
Law Professor Explains the Major Difference Between Obamacare Case, Trump’s Declaration
John Turley, lawyer and expert in civil rights and constitutional law, predicted Trump’s national emergency will face court challenges but said Democrats will lose on the merits because Congress has already bestowed this power onto the president.
Jim Acosta up to his normal Antics At Latest Press Conference
Everyone has seen this boor in action for way too long. He is not a news reporter but a Trump hating disrespectful jerk. There is no other way to put it. And he talks over the president.
He hasn't helped the cable news network for which he draws his paycheck, as CNN finished in third place overall in 2018 with an average prime-time audience of 990,000—down 6% from 2017. Fox continues in its number one spot.
Read about Acosta... the guy who continues to accost the president of the United States.
Parents outraged at first-grade teacher's decision to read book about gay bunnies to students
I can't even imagine teaching little kids about gays. They are way to young to understand or even care. If it is to teach them about discrimination or bullying, there has to be better ways than bringing gays into the discussion.
This is a Florida elementary school. Maybe we need Commissioner Hardy who is a school teacher to explain this rationale by this Pinecrest Elementary teacher.
Let's get back to the basics and concentrate on reading, writing and arithmetic.
Official Report from Covington Students Investigation Is a Slam Dunk for the Good Guys
"The Diocese of Covington released a report from Greater Cincinnati Investigations, which conducted an in-depth investigation into the encounter." [Conservative Tribune]
This report will never be mentioned on the fake news media that goes absolutely wild when they see anyone wearing a Trump cap or supporting our President.
Even a condo president and Board can make a decision to build a wall around their community.
BUILDING A WALL
Suppose your condo President was able to prove that as a result of not having a protective gate or wall around your community, there is resulting crime and trespass? Can the Board of Directors simply order a gate to be built around the community? The answer is YES.
In Williams v. Sky Harbour Condominium Apartments, the arbitrator held that unit owner approval was not required for the construction of a fence on the condominium property where the condominium building, located in busy Tampa Bay, was vulnerable to intrusion by persons without any legitimate connection to the project.
The incidents ranged from potentially serious attacks on persons, to trespass on the property and in the pool, to theft of property, and to unauthorized fishing. See also Southridge Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Barbieri, Arb. Case No. 94-0382, Summary Final Order (December 27, 1994)(association could have properly determined to install security lights without a vote of the owners if there existed convincing factual predicate that the board's action was necessary to protect the common elements or inhabitants from a known danger).
In the instant case, the association demonstrated that people with no legitimate business on the condominium property had entered the property from the UniVest parking lot; a few thefts, a break-in and vandalism had occurred; trash from the parking lot was blowing into the condominium property; and a large number of unit owners felt unsafe and worried about the potential theft of their cars without a fence between them and the UniVest parking lot.
In short, a threat existed. Installation of a fence was a reasonable response to this threat. LegalBeat
Now if the president declares a national emergency at our border, will the Supreme court agree?
Go to 1:25 for the beginning of the pool discussion and listen to public commentary that starts off the discussion on the pool.
I agree with Betty Resch--"It was the will of the city to to make it fail." It is unfortunate that the city drained it allowing the sun and the elements to further its deterioration. People are unhappy, rightfully so. Richard Guercio says the pool is beyond help. We could have fixed it at the time for $509,000 (we paid for the engineering study) but the city wanted it out of there. Michael Bornstein is behind this travesty from almost the day he was hired as Lake Worth city manager even calling it a "white elephant."
The city stopped funding our pool in 2018. It was never their desire to save it. Click hereto go to the pool workshop of May 2017 and see the total repair costs by Kimley-Horn of $509,000 that included the locker rooms and the pool pump house.
Commissioner Omari Hardy: Says, we are a representative democracy and 1200 people signed a petition that they want the pool and want it opened. He is in favor of having the pool at the beach. He defended Commissioner Robinson from the city manager's remark for Robinson calling for a workshop on the penny sales tax. The CM said it was "ill advised." When is transparency ever ill-advised unless you are going to receive opinions for which you are in disagreement.
Our pool not that long ago
Mayor Triolo: She thinks we are in partnership with the county pertaining to our pool. No. We received $5 million to redo-our parking and the upper level area. The 30 year agreement had nothing to do with the pool in order to receive this county bond money that passed on a county-wide referendum that all Lake Worth taxpayers had been paying for. We never spent a dime on those renovations until the agreement was signed that included decal parking spaces for our residents negotiated by Cara Jennings that we, the city, paid for, not the county. The mayor says we can afford a pool at the beach and yes, the pool has been ignored for a long time. This dais is part of that problem. She said that we shouldn't be in every type of business when "we don't know what in hell we're doing." Why don't you direct the city manager to hire people in the know. And that is the problem--the beach park should be thought of as an amenity, not a business. She brought up residents starting a GoFundMe account to help offset the costs. They're already paying $40 million on a road bond.
Commissioner Andy Amoroso: No back-up on the agenda. Says we need parking up at the beach (and downtown) and to use some of the penny sales tax money. They need to come back with a penny sales tax conversation, not just on the pool. "We need to identify how to pay for it," he said.
Commissioner Scott Maxwell: With respect to the pool--"We don't embrace that amenity." He reminded us that it was a "regional beach." It has and always has been a regional beach. He doesn't understand that being a regional beach (people using it from all over the County and beyond) does not affect the county's participation in any funding of our casino or pool amenity or anything else. The casino and pool are NOT the beach. The county has no responsibility to us. We make our money on parking revenue and everyone visiting our beach pays. He accused a former commission for getting them into a mess at the beach. That myth continues. He, Triolo and Amoroso have had years to do something instead of letting the pool rot.
Mike Bornstein: Looking for direction from the dais, he said that having the workshop was ill-advised..."Not good to go into those things." Says they have spent $2.4 million on downtown parking. I wonder why he couldn't, from the beginning, invest money to maintain and repair our pool. He said, "The beach is a collection of decisions and they brought forth a series of options from competenthelp. City is ready to go on a design...As a government, they have to follow a process." Bornstein even goes after a former commission on the Casino. Just fix what we have, Mr. Bornstein instead of pie-in-the-sky money schemes to commercialize our beach park.
Commissioner Herman Robinson: Says he's not going to make a speech. He likes workshops. $14 million left on the penny sales tax. (Where did all the millions go?) Roads, our downtown and our casino park. He said that it is a county park. WRONG. Our beach park belongs to the City of Lake Worth. PERIOD. The county has no obligation to spend one dime there. He set the city manager straight and said that is why he called for a workshop--to give the city manager some direction and they need to understand what the city manager expects from them. Robinson is not thrilled in the way the penny sales has been spent thus far.
Just fix our pool and listen to the people.
And--over and above the $400,000 that we put into the pool repairs back then with Greater Bay, the State of Florida gave the city $250,000 with the stipulation that the pool remain open to the public. How many years has it been closed with no intention of ever reopening?
It seems that the mind-set is to just start all over by spending millions and building a new pool, etc. rather than repairing and maintaning what we have. That is the way in Lake Worth--always.
Epic: Trump Just Used Twitter To Send Calif. Gov. Newsom a Bill for $3.5 Billion
Gavin Newsom, governor of California, said that he is admitting there “isn’t a path” toward completing the plan for his high rail. the federal government gave California $3.5 billion but Newsom has now pushed the timeline for it to year 2033. [WesternJournalism]
“California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a ‘green’ disaster!”
Angel Families March on Nancy Pelosi’s Office: ‘Build That Wall’
"Americans whose loved ones have been killed by illegal aliens flooded
into the office with questions as to why their many requests for
meetings with the Speaker went unanswered. Front office staff had little
to offer in the way of an answer and wouldn’t give an idea of when so
much as an aide would be available to meet with the families." Very rude of her, wouldn't you say?
Pelosi has made it clear--she and Democrats will not give a dime towards building a wall although they are willing to give some $$$$ ($1.375 billion, the same amount agreed to in last year's Department of Homeland Security funding bill) towards border security like drones.
