Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Channel 5 (WPTV) is the best at TV news reporting but every now and then...

The little City of Lake Worth doesn't have a Drive In movie theater. The city of Palm Springs does. The shaded area in the map below is the city of Palm Springs and in the middle of the map you can clearly see the "Lake Worth Drive In" within the borders of Palm Springs, FL. Why do they call it the "Lake Worth Drive In"? You have to ask them but this is probably the reason: the address for the Drive In is: 3438 Lake Worth Road, Palm Springs, FL 33461.
Generally, but not always, when you see the zip code 33461 that's a clue you might want to ask someone what city you are in, or you might be in Unincorporated Palm Beach County. The Drive In has a Lake Worth mailing address and that is all it shares with our City. It is not located within the borders of the City of Lake Worth. 

Here is the news report by Meghan McRoberts. From the text of the story on the Channel 5 website:
LAKE WORTH, Fla. -- The movie racy, adult-themed story line of "Fifty Shades of Grey" has gained plenty of attention.
     But, some young kids could also be getting an easy peak into the plot at a Lake Worth drive-in movie theater.
     The Lake Worth Drive-In and Swap Shop has aired the R-rated movie at the same time as it has aired the new G-rated "SpongeBob" movie numerous times.
Here is a screen grab of the beautiful Meghan McRoberts:
Clearly "Lake Worth" is an error. And you can see how these errors are made. If anyone in the press can take ten minutes here is a lesson on what is the City of Lake Worth and what is not the City of Lake Worth. If anyone in the press would like to chat for a few minutes about this and ask some questions you can email me any time

Oh, in case you missed it the story by Meghan McRoberts, it is quite entertaining.