Editorial in The Lake Worth Herald titled, "Here We Go Again!"

Lake Worth Commissioner Ryan Maier's antics haven't gone unnoticed by The Lake Worth Herald or many others for that matter. He's obviously being coached on the monkeywrenching tactics from commissions past. Here are two excerpts from the Herald 's editorial this week:

     If the first two commission meetings since the election are any indication of what’s to come, it’s going to be a long year.
     Through the past couple of years, it has been an exercise in Commissioner Christopher McVoy going against the grain, just to go against the grain. He never appeared to have a direction in which he was heading, just going the other way from his colleagues on the dais.
     Now comes Commissioner Ryan Maier, skipping to the same beat. It is remarkable how these two work in the same way. It seems the only goal of either of these is to derail a train.
     Maier even went so far as to interject how much Susan Stanton would have appreciated the public speaking so highly of her. All we can say is Stanton is gone and if you are attempting to bring her back, you are only trying to destroy Lake Worth.

[and. . .]

     Maier, prior to his first meeting had added an agenda item at the last minute, annoying other commissioners. Tuesday night he said from the dais, “I asked the City Attorney what the absolute latest time was that I could place an item on the agenda.” 
     This would indicate his effort to make it as difficult for other commissioners to have time to prepare for the topic. [emphasis added] This type of tactic could be considered gorilla [sic] warfare and it is exactly what went on when a previous commission, members of which are showing their faces around commission meetings again, were in control. And these were the same commissioners who hired Susan Stanton, the one Maier is so enamored with.

The Lake Worth Herald is exactly right. You can read here about Lake Worth City Manager Michael Bornstein's performance on the job in relation to the terrible performance by Stanton. We can all thank Mayor Pam Triolo, Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell and Commissioner Andy Amoroso for having the courage to do what had to be done: firing Stanton.

To read the entire editorial go to LWHerald.com. Not a subscriber? You can subscribe here and have the Herald delivered to your mailbox or for on-line access if you prefer.