In what will likely anger and dismay a lot of people in Lake Worth. . . this coming Sunday at the ATLANTIS COUNTRY CLUB, Ms. Golden will apparently be updating the PALM BEACH ACLU on her monitoring of the "situation" here in Lake Worth vis-à-vis the City's work to make the Cultural Plaza a safer place for children and others of the public. To learn more about this continue reading:]
To say this will anger a lot of people here in the City of Lake Worth, and elsewhere, is an understatement: JoAnn Golden is preparing to trash Lake Worth again. You might hear about it this time at the ACLU's (Palm Beach Chapter) Annual meeting (Sunday, April 3rd) to be held in (of all places) the Great Walled City of Atlantis' Country Club (admittance is $35 and includes lunch too!).
The last assault against the City to make the homeless the primary issue in Lake Worth failed but now Golden seems prepared to ramp things up once again. First some background: An attempt was made leading up to the March 15th elections to make homelessness the overriding issue in Lake Worth politics taking priority over every other problem that needs to be addressed: public safety, unsafe roads, crumbling sidewalks, inadequate street lighting, and missing fire hydrants are just a few of them.
It turned out that effort by Golden et al. failed to gain traction with the public, especially those living with substandard roads and crumbling sidewalks.
Remember how we were treated by "Mr. Snarky" who attended a City Commission meeting to lecture the City's residents on homelessness and suggested the City spend millions of dollars on a new homeless shelter? Protests were staged at City Hall and the public was misinformed about a "curfew", the latter appearing in a Palm Beach Post headline and, of course, CBS12/WPEC did their part.
On top of all that, 'Protesters' were shipped in from Ft. Lauderdale and elsewhere. The residents, along with City staff and some elected officials, were impugned and maligned for no good reason, other than to score political points and gain visibility in the media prior to the March elections.
And now this at the upcoming April 3rd ACLU meeting at the Atlantis Country Club:
The 'situation' about our City making a park safe for the public, "continues to be monitored." |
In conclusion, watch Ms. Golden in the video below at a Lake Worth City Commission meeting. She praises the city of West Palm Beach for their efforts to help the homeless. If you have kept up with the news, West Palm Beach has had its time in the headlines regarding this issue.
Of her comments in the video, these words stand out when she says this about Lake Worth, her own City of residence:
"Imagine if a boatload of refugees came on our shore here, how would we feel? I'd be ashamed to say we'd probably take out guns and get rid of 'em."Speak for yourself, Ms. Golden.