Very misleading headline in The Shiny Sheet by Lulu Ramadan (and Lewis Crampton featured again!)

Click title for link to a story in the Palm Beach Daily News, aka The Shiny Sheet, about what the Town of Palm Beach has heard regarding plans for the Lake Worth beach/Casino. This was the information that was unceremoniously leaked by Commissioner McVoy as he skulked around the Gulfstream Condominium Association.

The article is a bit confusing. The Town of Palm Beach would have no jurisdiction over what may happen at our beach and didn't weigh in prior to the recent renovation that Lake Worth undertook. They are concerned now that there might be traffic and other impacts that could affect Palm Beach.

The headline makes it seem like someone from Lake Worth gave their Planning and Zoning Board an update, which no one did. We all are still waiting for an update from the selection committee reviewing the proposals. This will come in the form of a recommendation from the committee to our Lake Worth City Commission.

This is the second article by Lulu Ramadan where she gives Lewis Crampton center stage to voice his concern over what the City of Lake Worth is doing. Here is an excerpt from the article:

     “My only concern is how does this fall under our purview,” [Town of Palm Beach] Planning & Zoning Commission Commission Chair Susan Markin said. “This has nothing to do our zoning and has nothing to do with our town.” [emphasis added]

Here is an excerpt from the first article:

     [Town of Palm Beach Council President] Pucillo said that individuals have the right to support the lawsuits or object to development, but “as a governmental entity we have to be extremely careful about intervening in the affairs of another municipality.”

On this blog did a very good job of explaining what is happening and addressed Mr. Crampton's concerns. You can read that here.

There is a lot that can be said about one city meddling in the affairs of another city. However, a comment was left at the end of the article by Lulu Ramadan by amazedandconfused that sums it up fairly well:

Thank you, Susan Markin, for sensibly stating the obvious: "This has nothing to do with our zoning and has nothing to do with our town." With so many challenges facing Palm Beach itself, why the sudden focus on what other municipalities are doing? Interesting, perhaps, but certainly not within the purview of our town's Planning & Zoning Commission!

Thank you, amazedandconfused, couldn't have said it better myself.