From The Lake Worth Herald: Commssion Updated on Legislative Action by Representative Lori Berman

Here is two excerpts in The Lake Worth Herald on the two commission meetings held on Tuesday, 5/19:

     State Representative Lori Berman appeared before the Lake Worth City Commission Tuesday evening to update the City on Legislative action affecting the City.
     Berman began by informing everyone there is no state budget. The legislature did not get the job done for the people.
     Berman said there was money in the budget for Lake Worth infrastructure needs but for the time being the budget hasn’t passed.
Berman said, on the positive side, there was a bill passed about Sober Homes. This bill includes voluntary certification and she said “Maybe the good actors will stay and the bad actors will leave,” referring to those who will be voluntarily certified and those who won’t.
Berman alluded to pressure from Insurance companies to push for certification.

[and later. . .]

     After the regularly scheduled meeting, the Commission held a workshop to listen to public input on the Invitation to Negotiate on the Casino and Beach Complex.
     Citizens were given three minutes, instead of the usual two, to voice their opinion of what they would like to see done on the property.
     The suggestions ranged from doing nothing to entertaining the Hudson Holding’s proposal for more buildings and commercial activity.
     Lee Lipton sat patiently through many suggestions and used his turn to explain when he bought Benny’s on the Beach, they had 26 employees, now they have 76.
    He said more commercial could bring as many as 300 jobs to Lake Worth.

Proceed to the 3:00 minute mark on the video below to hear Mr. Lee Lipton. (The first 3 minutes is a City gadfly that babbles incoherently at every city meeting.)