The political power of class, money and privilege is exposed in this Op-Ed piece from the Palm Beach Post. Most definitely worth the read. Click title for link.The new disease in Florida, COI (Convenient Outrage and Indignation) is now out of control!
Today, the disease of convenient outrage and indignation has raised its ugly head again. Now it seems the residents of Jupiter Island are opposed to the planned All Aboard Florida high-speed train that will link Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando. The train doesn’t even go onto Jupiter Island. And what better way to express our convenient outrage and indignation than to drag out our beloved firefighters? The train will impede emergency vehicles. And what about a trauma on the island? “The closures will shave precious moments from the famed Golden Hour where expert treatment of a traumatic injury is most likely to save lives,” according to Jupiter Island Mayor Harry Charleston.
Again, strangely, all of the fire stations that respond to Jupiter Island are east of U.S. 1 and the railroad tracks are just west of it. Also, any trauma on Jupiter Island would be flown to a trauma center and helicopters don’t care where the train tracks are. I would be surprised if Jupiter Island has more than one trauma call every five years and that, more likely than not, wouldn’t be to a resident of Jupiter Island but to the Guatemalan who fell while trimming his trees.
![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)
