Here it is, Kevin Thompson's Lake Worth 'crime' story

The story finally hit the print edition in today's (Sunday, 8/16) edition, in the B section below the fold. 

Here is a link to the article. I still have not received any further information from NeighborhoodScout about the method for data collection, specifically from zip code 33461. 

This is a continuing story and I encourage you to check back to this blog for more on this. It's my contention that the City of Lake Worth has been treated very unfairly by both the website and the Post reporter who used this data to put the City in a bad light. 

What does encourage me is the angst by Mayor Pam Triolo and City Manager Michael Bornstein about this situation. For too long now it's fallen on a few brave sets of shoulders to defend the City against the unfair and inaccurate reporting by the news media. It's time for the City to step up and defend themselves. The City of Lake Worth has enough problems. We don't need the black eye for what happens in the suburban communities in Palm Beach County. 

And it's time for the news media, including The Palm Beach Post to get over their long-held and false biases about the City: