Call Security! And put down those peppers and tomatoes!

Andy Reid at the Sun Sentinel on a contentious meeting about the Palm Beach County Agricultural (Ag) Reserve:

Peppers and tomatoes intended as decorations were instead at risk of becoming projectiles at a debate Tuesday over the development future of Palm Beach County's Agricultural Reserve.
     Tempers flared between those who want to ease building limits on agricultural land clashed with those who want to block more suburbia from spreading to the 21,000-acre, fertile farming region west of Delray Beach and Boynton Beach.
     At times, frustrated people stormed out and security was called in. There were calls of "B.S.!" from some in the crowd — and they didn't always abbreviate.
     "We really needed to come up with a middle [ground] and we are not there," development consultant Bob Bentz said. "There needs to be a solution."

Very interesting article by Andy Reid. Noteworthy is Drew Martin was not quoted in the article. As we all know his talent for compromise and finding common ground is legendary.