Hudson Holdings and its bullshit statement

“That the public overwhelmingly voted in people who have a positive, long-term outlook for growth is telling you what the residents want. This was a very pivotal election for that city. We feel a lot more comfortable and a lot more confident.”

~ Steven Michael, Principal of Hudson holdings

This guy has had more excuses over the last several years for not proceeding. This one really takes the cake telling us it is the election that was the decision for him taking the hotel property off the selling block...the people voted in Omari Hardy and Herman Robinson who favor growth, he says. It only takes a majority on the dais to approve of anything here. The minority commissioners were never an impediment for anything relative to Hudson Holdings and The Gulfstream Hotel. They both believed in growth but believed in democracy first and foremost--the vote of the people. Hudson could have saved its campaign contributions.

Both former commissioners were advocates of the vote on the heights referendum of 45 feet in that area. This lawsuit never had anything to do with The Gulfstream Hotel and why the city continues to imply it did, is a flat out fabrication. The commissioners were so hell bent on having The Gulfstream Hotel opened for business that they made the referendum all about that and preyed on people's emotions. The vote had everything to do with the height creep that will now take place in those several blocks and spread like an octopus.

It just shows that it is near to impossible to ever fight developers, city hall and those elected officials who believe that the tax dollar is more important than quality of life and small town charm and that a developer is more important than the vote of the people.  Perhaps a ban on receiving any campaign contributions from developers, lobbyists for developers, lawyers for developers, financial institutions for developers, etc. would be appropriate.

Why anyone believes trampling on democracy--the vote--especially in a democratic held city by those who are always screaming for the rights of the people, should be a mystery to us all.

Presentation to Chay Son Family of Lake Worth

Last night, the president of the Genesis Neighborhood Association in Lake Worth, honored the Chay Son family and Wendy Chay Son, the little girl who wrote a note to whomever robbed her house. A Go-Fund-Me account was started and it raised $4,500 of the $3,500 worth of items that were stolen. Wendy's father donated back the difference to Genesis NA to help another needy family.

Read about it...and view the video and Channel 12.

Last Minute Re-Write of SB 10 - Everglades Water Resources

Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, on Tuesday filed an amendment to Senate Bill 10, Water Resources, that he and Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart say "furthers the goal of reducing and eventually eliminating harmful discharges from Lake Okeechobee."

“I promised my constituents that we would dramatically expand southern storage by leveraging existing water infrastructure, and utilizing a combination of state, local, and private land, in a manner that respects the interests of the agricultural community and private land owners,” said Negron. “This legislation will ensure we achieve that goal and provide measurable results in a reasonable amount of time.”

Read more... at Sunshine State News.

When asking Drew Martin, he said, "I think that we must purchase land south of the lake and move water south or we will continue to destroy our estuaries.  This water always flowed south before the lake was altered and the land south of the lake was drained."

Read about it... at The Miami Herald.

Early Morn 4-5-17

Sunset

From last night

People vs. City of Lake Worth lawsuit over

PRESS RELEASE

FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT

City of Lake Worth

7 North Dixie Highway

Lake Worth, FL 33460

lakeworth.org

April 4, 2017

Contact:           Ben Kerr, Communications Specialist
Phone:             561.586.1631

Email:              bkerr@lakeworth.org  

Lake Worth, Fl – Gulfstream Hotel Settlement

                                                                                                                        

On March 31^st, 2017 the 4^th District Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of the previous court and confirmed that the City had acted legally in approving the Gulfstream Hotel annex to be built to 65ft. The original suit and recent appeals claimed that the City had violated the City Charter in permitting a building plan that was over 45ft.

The City was represented by Carolyn Ansay of the Torcivia Law Firm. Throughout the process, both Carolyn and the City were confident that the approval of the Gulfstream Hotel Annex was legal. At this time the City is still considering whether or not to pursue court costs from the losing party.

“From the beginning of the process the City was confident that the law would support the rezoning and the two rulings have clarified this position. As a Lake Worth resident I look forward to the reopening of the historic hotel.” ~Carolyn Ansay, City Attorney

“This decision is a confirmation that the City must follow the mandates of the state. On a personal note, I can't wait for family to check in to the hotel when it's open” ~Mayor Pam Triolo

Please see attached court judgement.

Please contact Ben Kerr, the City of Lake Worth Communications Specialist with any questions or comments.

Located in central Palm Beach County, Lake Worth is a dynamic, multi-cultural city with an individualistic style.  People are drawn to the City by its acceptance of different cultures and lifestyles, historic districts, hip downtown and colorful arts district.

####

Ben Kerr, Communications Specialist
City of Lake Worth

7 North Dixie Highway

Lake Worth, FL 33460

561.586.1631

Court Judgment

12 year old from Lake Worth wins at Agusta

Yes, you heard that right--

"The latest tradition at the Masters is the Drive, Chip and Putt national finals, with winners from eight age groups."

Read about Alexa Pano... 12 year old from Lake Worth. I have no idea if she lives within the city limits but at this point, who cares? She won the Girls 12-13 age division. She just keeps on winning!

Read about this amazing girl...

Maybe she could challenge our president to a game.

Tonight's Commission Meeting

Other than for six presentations on tonight's agenda, this should be a short meeting. This commission loves "short."  With Christopher McVoy no longer on the dais asking pertinent questions, meetings could be shorter than ever.

Under Consent Agenda: There are only nine items on the Consent Agenda.  We previously wrote about Board appointments. Normally there are twice as many items on Consent that with the city spending multi-millions. Among the few is the CRA wanting to move into the Shuffleboard Court Building. At least the fencing has been re-painted. The city is getting out an Employee Handbook. They are spending $45,000 for a recruiter to find an electric utility director. We definitely need this as they are in the process of spending the $14-16 million left on the bond, upgrading to the 26.4kv.

Under Public Hearings: The City presently contributes to a 401a plan on behalf of its directors and some assistant directors. The amendment will provide greater flexibility for employees who have been in the City’s Pension Plan to make an individual choice regarding their retirement plan upon promotion to an excluded position. Persons newly hired into an excluded position shall not be eligible to participate in the City’s Pension Plan and will be placed in the 401a plan. Recently Deborah Andrea and Juan Ruiz were promoted to exempt positions. I believe in promoting from within whenever possible.

Under New Business: The Audit Process for the 2016 Fiscal Year end began on November 7, 2016 with staff from the auditing firm of Keefe McCullough, CPAs, the City’s independent audit firm, performing interim audit work. The final portion of the audit began in February of 2017, and was completed by March 31, 2017. Hopefully, we will get to see this online tomorrow.

Former Lake Worth business mentioned in the Washington Post

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Tru-Value Drugs that used to be a business located at 101 N. Federal Highway always looked like a mystery place to me. I never saw any action there...According to the person who answered the phone number listed for that location (you get transferred to some place on Forest Hill Blvd), it closed about 10 months ago.  It never was like a normal business. It was always dark and eerie. Tru-Value says, "Our pharmacists value your business and care about your health, and are ready to serve you with individual attention." Well, they were ready to serve.

Tru-Value in Lake Worth hit the news three days ago on April 1 with an article from the Washington Post.

We have a huge opiate problem here and right in the middle of it was "Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of the highly addictive generic painkiller oxycodone. Some of their distributors as well as some drug stores were selling a large amount of pills.

Ultimately, the DEA and federal prosecutors would contend that the company ignored its responsibility to report suspicious orders as 500 million of its pills ended up in Florida between 2008 and 2012 — 66 percent of all oxycodone sold in the state." And Tru-Value at that location was part of the greedy opiate business it seems.

Read about it...

Now you can renew Beach Decals by Mail

UPDATE: I just received an e-mail (12:02pm 4-5-17) from that department. Beach decal mail renewals were only sent to current decal holders.

Lake Worth must have a lot of extra money laying around. Everyone with a current decal (corrected) in their name received the following notice yesterday. It didn't have to be a special mailing...it could have gone out with the electric bill. They are making it easy for the guy who just doesn't want to be bothered jumping in his car and going to the City Annex to purchase a decal. This is moving the city forward in their minds.

Do you remember in 2014 with only 50 spaces negotiated with the County for residents only, a motion was made by Commissioner Szerdi to ask staff to amend the ordinance to allow seasonal property owners (not residents) to purchase beach parking decals. If they owned a property and paid taxes, these snowbirds (and they were totally ticked off when they came to that commission meeting) were entitled. They can't vote here unless they are homesteaded. This cost him the election.

Now with this beach decal by mail policy (I don't recall the commission voting on this), it could be more crowded than ever.

Mainstream Media --It's the Surveillance, Stupid

"A Gallup poll in September of 2016 found that 68 percent of Americans distrust the media. How would that number look today? Following months of uninterrupted media coverage of unproven Russian meddling, media distrust will likely be higher today than six months ago. In fact, the numbers are probably so bad that the mainstream media will have no choice but to claim Russia hacked the poll."

~ Colin Madine, journalist

Talking about the mainstream media's coverage and their fake news Russian connection trying to bring down Trump. "While they continue to desperately push stories about Russia, the mainstream media remain practically silent on the story they should be focusing on — the surveillance of Donald Trump and his campaign staff by the Obama administration."

Read more...

Sunset 4-3-17

Democrats just keep obstructing and playing games

[Paul Ryan] In yet another showing of petty defiance, Democrats have succeeded in getting the votes they need to filibuster Judge Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court.

Why are they obstructing his nomination? Because he's President Trump's nominee.

The fact is, no one is more qualified than Judge Gorsuch to fill the late Justice Scalia's seat. Our nation needs Judge Gorsuch on the bench. But the Democrats would rather play politics than do what's best for the country.

10 year old sexually assaulted by Muslim refugee

Muslim Refugee Rapes Boy at Center, Says It’s “Culturally Acceptable” in His Home Country

Read about it...

Is this what liberals want in the United States?

Rob Schneider Tweets

The Russian Connection

Community (Crime) Walk

Greetings,

Craig Frost, the new Pineapple Beach Neighborhood President, is coordinating a Community Walk (formerly called a crime walk) in his neighborhood on Sunday, April 9th at 4 p.m.  We can meet at 3:45 p.m. outside of South Grade Elementary. I will be there with mounted unit deputies. Hopefully we have a great turnout.

Regards,

Captain Todd Baer
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Commander – District 14 – City of Lake Worth
Office:    (561) 202-9601
baert@pbso.org

What the President is up to today

WHITE HOUSE MEMO

President Trump's top priorities are keeping the American people safe and our homeland secure. Today he is welcoming Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to the White House, strengthening the United States' relationship with a key ally in the fight against ISIS and other terrorist groups.

Voluntary City Board Appointments

C-51 Canal Advisory Committee:
Mayor’s appointment of Laura Starr to the C-51 Canal Advisory Committee.

Citizens Advisory Committee Bond Referendum
Vice Mayor’s appointment of Kathleen McGiveron and Peter Callaro to the Bond Referendum Citizens’ Advisory Committee for a term ending in July 31, 2020.

Community Redevelopment Agency:
Commissioner Robinson’s reappointment of John Paxman to the Community Redevelopment Agency for a term ending on July 31, 2020.

Historic Resources Preservation Board:
Commissioner Robinson’s appointment of William Feldkamp to the Historic Resources Preservation Board to fill an unexpired term ending on July 31, 2019. This was District 2 Commissioner’s appointment; however, District 2 Commissioner waived his right to appoint to the Commission.

City Tree Board:
Commissioner Robinson’s appointment of Gary Antieau to the City Tree Board to fill an unexpired term ending on July 31, 2019. This was the Vice Mayor’s appointment; however, the Vice Mayor waived his right to appoint to the Commission

DNC Tom Perez, the Nut Case

"There must be a rulebook that Democratic politicians follow when they are giving speeches to their loyal supporters.

There’s Saul Alinksky’s Rules For Radicals, of course; the guide that was so pivotal in the development of people like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama." E-Headlines.

And if you notice, they are still, to this day, pulling the crap more than ever. All Perez will do is stir up the anarchists that seem to be growing in leaps and bounds.


Although I do believe they are influenced by Alinsky, the truth of the matter is--they just plain lie, with enthusiasm, of course. As an example, this Chair of the DNC, radical fool that he is, saying that Republicans don't give a sh*t about people. And the grey matter believes this BS. They really do.