Palm Beach Post editorial board and the elephant in the room

There is very strong editorial in the Palm Beach Post today. Click title for link. The Post editorial board is opposed to the Palm Beach County Commission voting to leave the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) to join the regional planning council to the south (comprised of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties). Our own Lake Worth representative on the TCRPC is Commissioner John Szerdi, who is also opposed to Palm Beach County leaving TCRPC. 

The Post makes a case that we have more in common with Martin, Indian River, and St. Lucie Counties than our neighbors to the south. The vote is tomorrow, unless tabled by Mayor Vana. You can watch the meeting live on Channel 20 or set your DVR.

The most interesting part of the editorial is not what it mentions, but what is left out. There is no mention of All Aboard Florida. This is very curious. No other issue in recent memory has demonstrated the divide between Palm Beach County and the counties to the north. That was the real catalyst for this more global discussion. You can draw your own conclusions why the Post editorial board chose to ignore the proverbial 'elephant in the room', however that is exactly what they did.

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Anyway, I encourage you to read the entire editorial and draw your own conclusions. From the editorial:

The county’s departure would devastate the Treasure Coast council, leaving Martin and Indian River counties to contend with larger St. Lucie and a greatly reduced budget.
Those who want to make the switch — led by the Economic Council of Palm Beach County and former county Mayor Priscilla A. Taylor — have said Palm Beach no longer has as much in common with smaller Treasure Coast members as it does with the urban giants south of Boca Raton. That’s a short-sighted view.
Palm Beach shares plenty with its northern neighbors. All have large-scale agricultural areas. They’re all near Lake Okeechobee and lake communities. They share a different scale of development and an interest in bioscience development.
All four counties are concerned about water resources and water quality, and all have an interest in improving the quality of shared estuaries and waterways, such as the Loxahatchee River, Indian River Lagoon and Lake Worth Lagoon.