Sunday, March 15, 2015

Commissioner-elect Ryan Maier: Having to live up to Post's editorial board's expectations

Alexandra Seltzer at The Palm Beach Post included this line in her story about Ryan Maier and his exaggerated/false claim of experience on a City of Lake Worth city board:
     While this was his first political run, [Ryan] Maier is a member of the Lake Worth Sister City Board [emphasis added] and is a AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer.
The Lake Worth Sister City Board no longer exists.

It's not my intention to rehash old news but it's interesting that Commissioner-elect Maier IS NOW "a member" of a Lake Worth city board. Look, Maier and his supporters are not the first ones to twist the truth and/or greatly exaggerate experience to attain a political office. It's been done a few times in recent American history.

However, as Stacey Singer wrote in her endorsement of candidate Ryan Maier:
     The key issue in Lake Worth’s municipal election seems to be trust, or the lack thereof. The question is, which candidates are best positioned to improve that trust?
Rick Christie at the Post editorial board now claims, "It’s healing time, folks."

Mr. Christie: Tell that to the three remaining members of the majority and the city manager ("Mike" Bornstein) who've had their reputations and integrity unfairly questioned. How do you "heal" that?