Friday, March 14, 2014

West Palm Beach, Mexican town now “sister cities”

Eliot Kleinberg reports on a visit by representatives of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to West Palm Beach. Both cities will be joining as sister cities. Click title for link. Interesting to note that the town is known for its Baroque/Neoclassical architecture, that is credited, in part, for saving the city from becoming a ghost town in the early part of the 20th century. West Palm Beach's other sister city is Budva, Montenegro.

According to Wikipedia, Lake Worth has four sister cities:

I don't think that Wikipedia should be considered an official source for this sort of information. To my knowledge, the only official sister city relationships that Lake Worth has are Lappeenranta, Finland and Saint-Marc, Haiti. The other two were more figments of a former Commissioner's imagination and used to justify world travel on the city's dime. Below is the roster for the Sister City Board as it appears today on the city's website.

I don't think they meet regularly and the only active person on the board is former Commissioner Retha Lowe. Two of the appointees terms appear to have lapsed. I am sure that Commissioner McVoy could give us an update, as involved as he is.