Post: "Lake Worth residents sound off on troubled casino expansion plans"

Well, the new beat reporter for Lake Worth's first notable effort follows in the tradition of the former reporter Chris Persaud. Somehow, not understanding the proposed relationship that there would be between the Gulfstream Hotel and the failing Casino complex, he says this:

     So, when the 69-year-old [former Commissioner Retha Lowe] speaks at a city commission workshop, as she did Tuesday night on expansion plans for the troubled beachside and casino pool complex, her words carry extra weight.
     The city, as everyone knows, has been debating for decades (centuries some snide residents might hiss) what should be done with the historic Gulfstream Hotel on Lake Avenue.

Kevin D. Thompson seems to think that the meeting was about the Gulfstream Hotel, at first. And I don't think we have debated would should be done with the historic hotel, other than to have it open. I also didn't hear any hissing at the meeting, but that might have depended on where you were sitting. And the decades-long debate has not been about the Gulfstream Hotel, but it HAS been about "THE BEACH!". He rights himself later in the article. Unfortunately, Retha Lowe's quote about what the city did at the beach with the new Casino building turned out to be a "field goal", and "not a touchdown", didn't make it into the article.

Mr. Thompson suggests more is coming later. The Casino complex debate is difficult enough for most people to understand. There are many moving parts, however the good news is people are engaged in the process and asking a lot of good questions. While not about the Gulfstream hotel, it would help if Mr. Thompson elaborated on the relationship between it and what is being proposed at the beach. Unfortunately, we didn't hear anything specific about that proposal at the meeting. That is promised in the future.