Monday, August 18, 2014

Post article title: "Most Lake Worth 2020 city ads don't show costs or tax hikes"

The above is the title as it appears on the latest Post article re the bond. I would like to put a question mark behind it. Also, why does it begin with the word "most?" By using that word, I would assume that "some" do show costs and tax hikes. Which the city does in an interactive way. You have to read the article all the way to the end of the page to find out that the city has a bond impact calculator on its website. And, in the end, the city is not doing anything wrong.

This is from the latest of the long string of beat reporters for Lake Worth, Chris Persaud, sent by the Palm Beach Post to cover issues here. Seems to me that we are veering towards another Willie Howard with this reporter. The city has come up with a solution to our long-term infrastructure and is put in a difficult place. In order to issue General Obligation bonds to fund the work, it needs its citizenry to vote affirmatively (50 percent plus 1 at least) to go ahead with the program. To do so, it needs to educate its voters, while not directly advocating for the bond. And the City Manager is right, it is impossible to send out bundles of information on all the assumptions and risks inherent in such an obligation.

My recommendation to you is to do your best to attend the presentations being put on by the City Administration this Friday at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 7 p.m. and this Saturday at the First Congregational Church at 5 p.m. Much more information can be provided in that format and questions will be allowed. I will be there to capture the events on video and upload them on YouTube if you can't make it.



The greatest absurdity of the article is referring to the chair of the Lake Worth Yes PAC, Herman Robinson, as a "developer." We know in Lake Worth calling someone a "developer" is like waving a red cape at a bull. Their reputations here are below that of a lawyer and a used car salesperson. Click title for link to article.

It appears to be an orchestrated come back to calling out Dennis Dorsey, treasurer of the Citizens Against Unfair Taxation as a resident of Atlantis.