Kevin D. Thompson: Thank You from the City of Lake Worth

In what can only be described as a gift from The Palm Beach Post today by their beat reporter Kevin D. Thompson to the City of Lake Worth, the label "dysfunction junction" has been passed to our neighbor to the west, at least temporarily, to Greenacres.

Lake Worth looks almost normal in comparison. People, at least from the article, seem more upset that State Rep. Lori Berman was there to watch the whole spectacle unfold. Here is an excerpt from the article by Mr. Thompson titled, "Tone shifts at Greenacres Council meetings":

     After the meeting, several members said they were embarrassed [emphasis added] that Rep. Lori Berman, D-Delray Beach, was in the audience to witness the display.
     In the end, nothing was changed, meaning the term “full council” is still open to interpretation — and perhaps the subject of more political infighting.
     Ferreri [Mayor Sam Ferreri] and Rivera [Councilwoman Lisa Rivera] also got into an ugly exchange when Rivera suggested the city tweak its council travel policy to make it more transparent to residents.
     “I want residents to see where (council members) would be traveling for the purpose of city business,” Rivera said. “And I want it to be on the council agenda.”
     Ferreri said the city budgets $15,000 for council trips, with most of that money being eaten up by two conferences and committee meetings.
     He said putting trips on the agenda is “a waste of time.”
     “There is no excessive travel,” he said angrily. “Everybody here who travels is bringing something back. We’ve brought back millions of dollars in grants. Compared to other cities, we spend nothing.”

Maybe Mr. Timm from Lake Worth can go to Greenacres to try and bring some sense of normalcy to the proceedings:

Lake Worth gadfly Mr. Peter Timm with mouth taped shut and holding Margaret Menge's now-defunct tabloid, The Lake Worth Tribune at a recent city commission meeting.