Delray commissioners rescind past decisions - Sun Sentinel

Wow! Sounds like the wheels to Delray Beach's wagon are a little wobbly. Hindsight is 20/20 and their Commission is going back and correcting prior decisions of a "lame duck" Commission. One of the members of that Commission, who lost her re-election bid, is under scrutiny for conflict-of-interest issues. Apparently, the patients were in charge of the asylum at one of those recent meetings. Click title for link.

"This was a horrible example of government," Commissioner Jordana Jarjura said, calling the March meeting's proceedings "gross and egregious."

City Manager Louie Chapman Jr. took a heap of verbal beatings from commissioners for placing the item on the agenda after city staff said it wasn't ready to be voted on.

"It was a hijacked agenda," Glickstein said. "This proposal was ridiculous, and it would be irresponsible to support this."

With Glickstein and Commissioner Shelly Petrolia out of town, Glickstein said he told Chapman to hold off on discussing topics that dealt with large sums of money.

When Glickstein asked Chapman why he placed the item on the agenda, Chapman's response was "I caved," after he received requests from the three other commissioners to review the proposal.

"You don't work for commissioners, you work for taxpayers," Glickstein told Chapman. "Cronyism and special interest dealings don't belong here. Your lack of leadership put this city at risk."