Jonathan Beaton (CBS12/WPEC) steps up & hits one out of the park: positive, upbeat segment on Lake Worth

Any of you who follow this blog know my near-disdain for TV news. The lack of time devoted to frame a story adequately the primary reason and also the high focus on the negative. Just the other day WPBF did a story on a shooting in Lake Worth and the man fortunately is going to be OK. The story ran in the morning and then later that night they promoted the story AGAIN as breaking news in Lake Worth.

I sent them a note asking if the man had gotten shot a second time. They took the story down. 

There is a lot of very positive stuff going on in the City of Lake Worth and CBS12/WPEC's Jonathan Beaton reports on one of them. You can see that story here. 

The reporter interviews a local school principal, city staff and one of our commissioners for this story. This area Mr. Beaton reports on is in the southwestern part of the City we know as District One. For many years it's been neglected by previous City administrations going way back. It's in this area of the City where Tammy Pansa and PBSO had their latest Crime Walk. 

Thank you, Mr. Beaton, for a job well done.

Here is an excerpt from the story on CBS12/WPEC:

     A Palm Beach County community is making big changes to the face of some of its most densely populated neighborhoods.
     CBS 12 learned the city of Lake Worth is determined to clean up unpaved streets and alleyways, which are often used by area children coming and going from school.
     “There was gravel, trash all over the place. There were abandoned cars along with all kinds of other things,” said Brian Killeen.
     Brian Killeen, the principal of Highland Elementary in Lake Worth, has seen the changes for himself.
     For years he watched his students walk through A and Fifth Avenue North, gravel roads deemed unsafe by locals.
     But now through Community Development Block Grants Jamie Brown, Lake Worth’s Brown Public Services Director, says the area’s been transformed into a gorgeous greenway.
     “These are grants you can apply for based on economic situations, basically areas of need if you don’t have the funds to do roadway projects,” said Jamie Brown.
     It’s a push Commissioner Andy Amoroso has been behind for years.