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And what better opportunity, now that we talked about the constant crime in Lake Worth that seems to be escalating, than to mention our former city manager of Lake Worth, Susan Stanton.
Now the city manager of Greenfield, California, Susan Stanton is conducting a national search for its very own police chief. As mentioned in a blog last year, Greenfield and Soledad California have been sharing one police chief since March 2012. She has held steadfast in her claim that Greenfield needed its own police chief.
According to Greenfield's police chief, "Burglaries in Greenfield are
down 47 percent, armed robberies by 14 percent and neither city
has had a homicide in 10 months, an accomplishment considering the
violence flare-ups troubling much of the rest of the county. Assaults are down and we've saved some money, too." click here.
At the time of her hire, the mayor of Greenfield, California said, "Stanton rose to the top of
Greenfield’s applicant pool because of her skills in labor negotiations
and her success in attracting new cultural centers to Largo. Communities across the nation are looking to raise revenues, and she
did those things. Hiring her is a bold move, but it goes back to her
experience and qualifications.”
Not only is crime down, but Stanton negotiated police salaries as she did when she was city manager of Lake Worth. Stanton said her city's police
department employees agreed to a contract with a 1 percent pay
increase, compared to a nearly 12 percent increase under Soledad's new
contracts. Please note that the PBSO got another raise this year. If any negotiations were taking place, we were not informed about them.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Purse Snatcher in Lake Worth
Man arrested in Lake Worth for snatching a woman's purse at Manny's Food Store at 732 S Dixie Hwy and dragging her across the parking lot.
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Slum and Blight Attracts Crime
For all of you with your head in the sand, this is a daily situation and never ending. When you think that we are a little less than 6 square miles, crime is out of control. If you don't think that slum and blight breeds crime, you are mistaken. The highest delinquency and crime rates are in the slum areas, as these sections of our city have the poorest housing conditions, the largest families with small incomes or housing too many people per our codes, and people who have migrated here illegally. They come from a different culture and they are victims of that and as a consequence, so are we all.
Every day I get at least 10 new crimes within 2 miles of where I live. Today there were 12. Keeping up with the crime in our entire city would be a full-time job. Some people actually don't want to know about it and believe it is negative reporting. Perhaps if we don't know about it, it will all go away?
ASSAULT--13121889--200 BLOCK N DIXIE HWY--9/18/2013 8:28:00 PM
BURGLARY - RESIDENCE--13121885--1600 BLOCK S FEDERAL HWY--9/18/2013 8:07:00 PM
ASSAULT--13121835--300 BLOCK LAKE OSBORNE DR--9/18/2013 6:45:00 PM--
THEFT/LARCENY--13121828--4400 BLOCK S CONGRESS AVE--9/18/2013 6:19:00 PM--
VANDALISM--13121817--800 BLOCK N M ST--9/18/2013 5:56:00 PM
ROBBERY - PERSON--13121799--3900 BLOCK LAKE WORTH RD--9/18/2013 4:46:00 PM
STOLEN TAG--13121633--1100 BLOCK 6TH AVE S--9/18/2013 10:40:00 AM
VANDALISM--13121586--300 BLOCK N C ST--9/18/2013 8:12:00 AM
VANDALISM--13121584--700 BLOCK N J ST--9/18/2013 7:50:00 AM
VANDALISM--13121577--500 BLOCK N B ST--9/18/2013 7:00:00 AM
VANDALISM--13121563--400 BLOCK N C ST--9/18/2013 6:29:00 AM
We Won!
Final Score
In spite of donning umbrellas in the first quarter, the rain stopped for Lake Worth's Homecoming Game against Olympic Heights.
The Big One - John G's 40th Anniversary
John G's celebration--
Date: September 21st from 7am-3pm.
The Big One:
- One egg, one slice of bacon, one slice of toast, one cup of coffee, ONE DOLLAR
- Detroit sliders for forty cents (40 years) each during lunch, 11am-3pm
Friday, September 20, 2013
Their worst enemy - Unions
Boy, let's hope that the Unions never have a chance to do this in Lake Worth--big do do.
Scranton's police and fire unions have received a judgment against the city for the overdue $21 million that the city owes the unions from a landmark arbitration ruling.
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Scranton's police and fire unions have received a judgment against the city for the overdue $21 million that the city owes the unions from a landmark arbitration ruling.
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Quote of the Day - Obama
"...raising the
debt ceiling, which has been done over a hundred times, does not increase our
debt...." ~ President Barack Obama
As Allen West says, "If we say yes to more debt, we are saying yes to more spending. Congress cannot be trusted with our tax dollars. We would be crazy to give them more to waste! America can do better."
Bumpty, bump bump!
Now you see it--
Now you don't!
Public Works and the best manager ever, Jamie Brown, listened. Jamie said, "We have a real asphalt speed bump going in soon, so that one had to come up. The new one won't be so tough on the tires!"
Lake Worth football home game tonight
Tonight's the night for football.
Come on out to Lake Worth High School
and cheer on the Trojans.
Game time is 7pm
Game time is 7pm
| DISTRICT 13-7A | Dist. | All |
| W-L | W-L | |
| Dwyer | 0-0 | 3-0 |
| Royal Palm Beach | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Olympic Heights | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Forest Hill | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Palm Beach Lakes | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Lake Worth | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Atlantic | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| West Boca | 0-0 | 0-3 |
Parking Lot rage at Lake Worth downtown Publix
A Lake Worth woman shopping at our downtown Publix was a victim of "road" rage that inflicted $500 worth of damage to her car. The driver, Brendan Guisti who lives in the 1600 block of North Federal, is out on $8,000 bond--$5,000 for using a deadly weapon without intent to kill. As there was a child in the back seat, he got an additional $3,000 for abuse of a child with great bodily harm.
Read about it.
Read about it.
Lake Worth Code Enforcement Department
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Someone posed the question yesterday on this blog, if the city is outsourcing the Code Department why then are they advertising for a code officer and a compliance manager? During public commentary I asked what was going on in our code enforcement department and specifically, what happened to Raquel Diaz, our former compliance manager...no one answered me on Ms Diaz. The City Manager did state that they were outsourcing this department and that an RFP would be going out in a few weeks. Are they or are they not privatizing this department? Is this simply a lack of communication from the city manager to the Human Resource Department or is something else going on?
Condensed versions of the code positions--
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
3). COMMUNITY CODE OFFICER JOB CODE (1547)
Salary Range: $18.53/hr - $20.39/hr DOQ
Closing: TBD
Under the limited supervision, ensures compliance with city codes through field inspections; notices of violations and citations; educates citizens and community groups regarding code compliance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Investigates and follow-ups on complaints of housing, zoning, quality of life safety issues and nuisance code violations; determines and recommends resolutions of the issues involves; investigates, prepares and presents cases to code enforcement board; researches legal descriptions of properties; submits violations and notices to property owners; attends homeowners or neighborhood association meetings and makes informative presentations; meets with property owners and residents and explains code compliance requirements; coordinates with authorized contractors for board and securing of buildings and clearing lots; maintains records and prepares periodic reports for supervisors; cites inoperable vehicles on private properties for towing;
4). COMMUNITY COMPLIANCE MANAGER JOB CODE (1545)
Salary Range: $24.84/hr - $27.41/hr
Closing: TBD
Under the limited supervision, performs overall management, technical and supervisory work in the enforcement of the applicable federal, state, and local codes and the ordinances a well as the business tax receipts and use and occupancy programs including the comprehensive blight elimination program. Responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the work of subordinate code enforcement officers in addition to performing field work requiring the application of all such codes and ordinance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: provides direction, guidance, and assistance to employees; assigns and oversees work; assists in the interviewing and selection of new employees; provides training for new employees and current staff; writes and conducts performance evaluations; coordinates day-to-day routine inspection activities; organizes; prioritizes and delegates workload; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work; troubleshoots problems situations; investigates and follows up on complaints of housing, zoning, quality of life safety issues and nuisance code violations; determines and recommends resolution of the issues involved; attends homeowners or neighborhood association meetings and makes informative presentations; meets with property owners and residents and explains code compliance requirements; serves as overall Manager for the City’s Business Tax Receipts Program; Use and Occupancy Program and Code Compliance Division; coordinates with authorized contractors for board and securing of building and clearing lots
Someone posed the question yesterday on this blog, if the city is outsourcing the Code Department why then are they advertising for a code officer and a compliance manager? During public commentary I asked what was going on in our code enforcement department and specifically, what happened to Raquel Diaz, our former compliance manager...no one answered me on Ms Diaz. The City Manager did state that they were outsourcing this department and that an RFP would be going out in a few weeks. Are they or are they not privatizing this department? Is this simply a lack of communication from the city manager to the Human Resource Department or is something else going on?
Condensed versions of the code positions--
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
3). COMMUNITY CODE OFFICER JOB CODE (1547)
Salary Range: $18.53/hr - $20.39/hr DOQ
Closing: TBD
Under the limited supervision, ensures compliance with city codes through field inspections; notices of violations and citations; educates citizens and community groups regarding code compliance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Investigates and follow-ups on complaints of housing, zoning, quality of life safety issues and nuisance code violations; determines and recommends resolutions of the issues involves; investigates, prepares and presents cases to code enforcement board; researches legal descriptions of properties; submits violations and notices to property owners; attends homeowners or neighborhood association meetings and makes informative presentations; meets with property owners and residents and explains code compliance requirements; coordinates with authorized contractors for board and securing of buildings and clearing lots; maintains records and prepares periodic reports for supervisors; cites inoperable vehicles on private properties for towing;
4). COMMUNITY COMPLIANCE MANAGER JOB CODE (1545)
Salary Range: $24.84/hr - $27.41/hr
Closing: TBD
Under the limited supervision, performs overall management, technical and supervisory work in the enforcement of the applicable federal, state, and local codes and the ordinances a well as the business tax receipts and use and occupancy programs including the comprehensive blight elimination program. Responsible for planning, assigning, and supervising the work of subordinate code enforcement officers in addition to performing field work requiring the application of all such codes and ordinance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: provides direction, guidance, and assistance to employees; assigns and oversees work; assists in the interviewing and selection of new employees; provides training for new employees and current staff; writes and conducts performance evaluations; coordinates day-to-day routine inspection activities; organizes; prioritizes and delegates workload; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work; troubleshoots problems situations; investigates and follows up on complaints of housing, zoning, quality of life safety issues and nuisance code violations; determines and recommends resolution of the issues involved; attends homeowners or neighborhood association meetings and makes informative presentations; meets with property owners and residents and explains code compliance requirements; serves as overall Manager for the City’s Business Tax Receipts Program; Use and Occupancy Program and Code Compliance Division; coordinates with authorized contractors for board and securing of building and clearing lots
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Obama won't negotiate with Republicans on Debt Ceiling
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The consequence of President Obama’s repeated refusal to negotiate with House Republicans over any issue was highlighted by an ABC reporter at Wednesday’s White House press briefing. Click here for Bizpc Review
The consequence of President Obama’s repeated refusal to negotiate with House Republicans over any issue was highlighted by an ABC reporter at Wednesday’s White House press briefing. Click here for Bizpc Review
Today's visitor- Great Egret
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hits on the "other blogger"
Great Egret: Large, white heron with yellow eyes. Bill is yellow, may appear orange when breeding. Black legs and feet. Long feather plumes extend from the back to beyond the tail during breeding season. Feeds on fish, frogs, insects, snakes and crayfish. Bouyant direct flight on steady wing beats.
hits on the "other blogger"
Great Egret: Large, white heron with yellow eyes. Bill is yellow, may appear orange when breeding. Black legs and feet. Long feather plumes extend from the back to beyond the tail during breeding season. Feeds on fish, frogs, insects, snakes and crayfish. Bouyant direct flight on steady wing beats.
Politicians doing the End Run
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Hey, if you don't like a bill, you don't like a law, you pull a trick---you find a way to go around it--similar to this Lake Worth commission that didn't like the results of the heights election--
"Congress had said [it wasn’t] going to pay for somebody in the federal bureaucracy to serve as an advocate for the illegal aliens. Then the administration said, We'll just retitle the position, essentially leave the same job description, and go ahead and do this anyway. So far they have not run into any serious resistance from Congress – and so they keep doing it. This is really evidence of the fact that even if we pass a bill that includes strong enforcement provisions – which the Senate bill does not; but even if the House were to put [such provisions] in there, there is no guarantee whatever that the administration would actually carry them out.”
Read more at Political Outcast.
Hey, if you don't like a bill, you don't like a law, you pull a trick---you find a way to go around it--similar to this Lake Worth commission that didn't like the results of the heights election--
"Congress had said [it wasn’t] going to pay for somebody in the federal bureaucracy to serve as an advocate for the illegal aliens. Then the administration said, We'll just retitle the position, essentially leave the same job description, and go ahead and do this anyway. So far they have not run into any serious resistance from Congress – and so they keep doing it. This is really evidence of the fact that even if we pass a bill that includes strong enforcement provisions – which the Senate bill does not; but even if the House were to put [such provisions] in there, there is no guarantee whatever that the administration would actually carry them out.”
Read more at Political Outcast.
Quote of the Day - John McCain
“President Putin and his associates do not believe in these values. They don’t respect your dignity or accept your authority over them. They punish dissent and imprison opponents. They rig your elections. They control your media. They harass, threaten, and banish organizations that defend your right to self-governance. To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorize and even assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption.”~ Sen John McCain
McCain wrote an Op-Ed piece in Pravda, a Web site founded in 1999 that is not connected to the official newspaper of the Russian Communist Party.
Illegal Aliens picked up off of Manalapan
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They're still coming. Can you imagine what amnesty will bring?
They're still coming. Can you imagine what amnesty will bring?
Foster Parents needed in Lake Worth
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Every year hundreds of abused, abandoned or neglected children enter the child welfare system and guess what--145 local children were removed from their homes this past year because of abuse. Lake Worth is the second highest city with abused children. This is a revolting distinction. Executive Director of ChildNet, Larry Rein, gave a presentation this past Tuesday night asking for volunteers to step up and become foster parents.
Every year hundreds of abused, abandoned or neglected children enter the child welfare system and guess what--145 local children were removed from their homes this past year because of abuse. Lake Worth is the second highest city with abused children. This is a revolting distinction. Executive Director of ChildNet, Larry Rein, gave a presentation this past Tuesday night asking for volunteers to step up and become foster parents.
Top Muslim Brotherhood official arrested and Clinton Connection
A senior Muslim Brotherhood official who, until recently, had been
employed by the William J. Clinton Foundation was arrested in Cairo on
Tuesday and charged with inciting violence. The Clinton Foundation did not respond to multiple requests for comment on El-Haddad’s employment and arrest.
Read more... at The Washington Free Beacon.
Read more... at The Washington Free Beacon.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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