Commissioner McVoy, pictured in the then-jubilant group above, recently tried (and failed) to raise the City's electric rates to fix all the problems at the BEACH!. Imagine that—on top of the loan that is difficult to repay, the legal costs incurred in the millions of dollars, and the costs to fix the bungled Casino project growing every single day. |
Here is a partial list of the problems at the Casino building. And this doesn't include the issues with the municipal pool which were never addressed. One final point, THE BIG LIE: The Palm Beach Post editorial board continued the big lie as recently as August 27th this way, the "casino building, a nearly century-old landmark that was saved from the wrecking ball and restored in 2013 to a Mediterranean magnificence." The structure was 94% demolished:
Looks like a fine 'restoration' doesn't it? Somewhere in those piles is the 6% of the structure that was 'saved'.
And if things couldn't get any worse two commissioners in Lake Worth want to raise electric rates to fix this mess: |