Jeff Perlman, former Delray Beach commissioner and mayor (2000–2007), on growth and development in Delray Beach

This Point of View appears in the Post today (12/8):

     The opposite of growth is not “no growth” but better development.  [emphasis added] The commission has a responsibility to work with developers to make projects as good as they can be.
     Complaining from the dais is not enough. The goal should be to improve good projects and reject bad ones, not chase away investment.

[and. . .]

     We need jobs for our kids and an expanded tax base. We also need to advance beyond our food-and-beverage-based economy.