‘Talk like a pirate day’ in Lake Worth has some up in arms | www.palmbeachpost.com

Remember these sad utterances from two years ago from the THERE SHALL BE NO MERRIMENT crowd? Click title for link to an archived Willie Howard article.

Former City Commissioner Jo-Ann Golden didn’t find the pirate proclamation humorous.
In an email to Bornstein, she called it “an insult to the people of the city of Lake Worth” and suggested that a better proclamation would have been Constitution Day on Sept. 17, the day Constitutional Convention delegates signed the U.S. Constitution.
“In these times when there is so much turmoil, ignorance and killing, this effort to further dumb down our government should be rejected,” Golden wrote.
Golden noted that modern pirates rob, murder and kidnap people for ransom. She noted that yachtsman Peter Blake was shot and killed by pirates off Brazil in 2001 during an environmental exploration expedition.
In another email, resident Lynda Mahoney said the pirate day proclamation sounded “juvenile, nonsensical — a day that might occur in a kindergarten class.” She said the city should not waste time on such foolishness because it has serious problems.

Well, it's back. You can check out the Front Porch at Evening on the Avenues tonight.

Unfortunately, I understand that the Evening on the Avenues is cancelled tonight due to expected torrential rains. So, big party and JoAnn and Lyndas! Bring your Parcheesi boards and vanilla waffers, they will provide the milk. Arrive at 6 and lights out by 8, no talking on the way home.