Another protest in Lake Worth today! And why is Greenacres being ignored by The Palm Beach Post?

Learn about another protest in Lake Worth later in this blog post. The last 'curfew' protest was a dud and maybe the organizers of today's protest will learn some lessons from that.

There's been a veritable news blackout at the Post on any news in Greenacres which is interesting because that city is also having elections on March 15th and like Lake Worth, three seats are on the ballot. Kevin Thompson is the beat reporter for both Greenacres and Lake Worth. The last news article about Greenacres concerned a sidewalk and that was over 2 weeks ago. What gives? You can see for yourself the furious flurry of articles about the City of Lake Worth. Below will have the contact information for Thompson so the good people of Greenacres can ask the same question: With elections only 21 days away (as of 2/23) why all the focus on just Lake Worth? 

Anyhow, we learn from Thompson there's another protest today at City Hall beginning at 6:00. No doubt CBS12/WPTV will be there too and maybe they'll even spell Mayor Pam Triolo's name right this time. It seems that a trailer park in Lake Worth has been getting free garbage pickup since 2009 and the City found out about it and is taking steps to remedy the situation. Here are two excerpts from the article:

      A group of about 30 residents who live in Palm Beach Mobile Home Park are expected to protest in front of City Hall Tuesday because of a zoning change they say is making it harder for residents to throw away their garbage.

[and. . .]

     But Bornstein [City Manager Michael Bornstein] said the community has been getting curbside garbage service from the city for seven years when it wasn’t supposed to. [emphasis added] The service should have stopped when the ordinance was changed in 2009, but, for some reason, it wasn’t.
     “It’s their responsibility to take care of it,” Bornstein said. “This is not an attack on seniors or an attack on mobile homes. We were going door-to-door picking up garbage and that’s very costly.”

I would bet if one of these residents called the Lake Worth Neighborhood Assoc. Presidents Council (NAPC) this 'story' would never had made it into the Post. The NAPC is always ready to help any neighborhood in need. But it is election season in Lake Worth and that's important to remember.

Anyhow, for the neglected city of Greenacres and all those good people who deserve press attention too, here is how you contact the Post beat reporter (copy and paste links to your browser):
Email: kthompson@pbpost.com
561-820-4573
Twitter: @kevindthompson1

And stay tuned for the next protest! After March 15th there won't be any more of them for a long time. You might want to go to the protest today just to see how it feels to be a protester.