Chip Guthrie on Facebook - re the "protest"

This is a comment left on under the Facebook thread about the shameless 'protest' yesterday left by Bernard "Chip" Guthrie. For those of you unaware, Chip is a Lake Worth resident, business owner, CRA board member, NAPC member, and extraordinary volunteer. Chip wrote:

I went to the Guatemalan Center's website and left this comment: I was quite astonished that the Guatemalan Center listened to the Race Baiters and staged this protest against the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The PBSO has bent over backwards to show respect to the peaceful hard working people of Guatemala. If one incident occurred with one individual and one deputy, there are better ways of dealing with it than to drag the whole city down, which is the goal of some of the extremist organizers. If it is a policy issue of the PBSO, then the protest should have been in front of the PBSO headquarters, not Lake Worth's sub-station. Lake Worth enjoys having the Guatemalan Center here and many were so happy with your participation in the Independence Day Raft Race and the effort put into the decoration of the Guatemalan Center's raft entry. It is in that type of interaction, not what we witnessed on October 22nd, that builds bridges between our communities. That demonstration was an embarrassment to your cause and the City of Lake Worth. At least your director denounced the signs reading "PBSO is worthless". But this is the sentiment of the extremist organizers you are aligning yourselves with. Please remember, we are your neighbors. When you participate in public displays that draw attention in a negative light to our community, you hurt us all. I believe the PBSO has a Guatemalan deputy named Gaspar who can possibly help with issues that come up. In the mean time, the Guatemalan Center is located in the Tropical Ridge Neighborhood which is active in organizing neighborhood clean-ups, positive community relations and general quality of life issues for all the neighbors. Your participation with this group would help us all in a positive manner and not a destructive one. Of course, no one will call the TV stations for publicity for the positive activities like these.

Please go to LWNAPC.com for ways you can "help" your community.