Don't believe everything you hear about job creation through expansion of the Panama Canal and increased port traffic in Florida according to this article. This is consistent with Dr. Bill Stronge's reaction when he appeared on a recent High Noon in Lake Worth episode. Click title for link.
Not everyone believes such supersized claims. K.C. Conway, chief economist for commercial real estate brokerage Colliers International, looks at the predictions and sees hype.
“The most BS out there is the number of jobs being created by the Panama Canal expansion,” Conway said during a Nov. 12 presentation at the RealShare Industrial conference in Miami.
![Dr. W. H. Cotton’s ode: “Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!” [circa 1920].](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhHyCn84ZIQ/WezjlEL-0tI/AAAAAAAAPZ4/CzkhriK6zpEJJ3d9Je1495d49gIhnMlxACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/LakeWorthPioneers.JPG)
