[To read the entire editorial, go to LWHerald.com
Here are excerpts from the editorial:]
Here are excerpts from the editorial:]
It’s election
time in Lake Worth again.
Not much changes here. This time, the same
people that came to your door telling you lies about how the big box
buildings were going to spring up all over the downtown area are now
telling you their candidate served on the Sister City Board. The
candidate, Ryan Maier, has emphasized how his service on the Sister
City Board makes him a better candidate. Fact: Maier was appointed to
the Sister City Board by Commissioner Christopher McVoy [emphasis added]. This is true
and factual. Maier has answered questions about attending Sister City
Board Meetings in the affirmative. This may not be so true. According
to Retha Lowe who served as Chair of the Sister City Board, Maier
never attended a meeting. Lowe is believable. Maier never took the
required Ethics training either.
This is the letter the Lake Worth Herald editorial references. |
[and later in editorial...]
He [Ryan Maier] has leveled attacks on his opponent’s
performance as a commissioner but has offered no substantial argument
to back his accusations. In fact, the accusations he levels are
practically identical to the type of rhetoric that used to come from
the dais when it was occupied by the likes of Joanne Golden, Suzanne
Mulvehill and Cara Jennings, who were in office through a period when
Lake Worth saw ZERO applications for new commercial permits from
businesses willing to make Lake Worth their home.
[and...]
Maier
doesn’t appear to have anything to offer except the worn out
tactics of some previous commissioners who proved to the city their
tactics will do nothing but bleed the city dry and leave nothing good
to show for it. He hasn’t put forth any ideas that would advance
Lake Worth. He has continually expressed that he will undo everything
that has been done by this commission. That will only move Lake Worth
backward. He has not given any indication how he will accomplish
anything. His opponent, [Commissioner] John Szerdi has produced as a commissioner
and Maier has attacked him with rhetorical semantics. The same as we
heard from Mulvehill, Jennings, and still hear from McVoy.
[and...]
Maier has
accused the commission of secretly planning a bond referendum for
August, when in fact it has never come before the commission. He
bases his accusations on action by staff to prepare for a referendum
as one of the alternatives being openly discussed for financing
infrastructure improvement.
[and...]
It is simply amazing how Lake Worth
could have two candidates who virtually think alike when one is a
scientist and the other is an actor. Maybe a wise choice by those who
would tear the city apart, one who can act the part. It is time to
remove the sleaze from Lake Worth politics.