Lake Worth Talk Message Board

Many of us electronically connected Lake Worth residents surf around to various websites, message boards and blogs to communicate and get information about what is going on in the city and surrounding areas.  I think for the size of community that Lake Worth is, we display a good showing in the virtual world of the Internet.

So it is with a sense of loss that one of the first, and some say the best, message board has gone dark.  The Lake Worth Talk Message Board's plug has been pulled and is no longer accepting posts.  During its life, it served as a "stream of consciousness" for Lake Worth. sometimes bawdy and rude, sometimes informative and knowledgeable, it was a way that we could talk as a community and gather information.  The message board was owned and hosted by Jim Stafford - maintained and supported by him for many years.  This was never a money-making operation for Jim, even when the board had active advertisers.  There is a cost in money, time and effort to run such a message board.  Nothing required Jim to do this other than having identified the need in the community to meet in this manner.

I think if Jim found a donor (really not that much money), he could turn it on again for at least a three month period.  If not, I think we will all miss the resource it represents to our community, especially as we approach the November elections.

If you are interested in underwriting the board, shoot me an e-mail and we can follow up with Jim.