With 15 days until election day and the Post FINALLY reports an "Anarchist" is on the ballot in Lake Worth

The article referencing the Anarchist by The Palm Beach Post's Kevin Thompson in the print edition today (2/29) has a significant factual error in the very first paragraph. Two of the challengers, Frank McAlonan (who is running up against Commissioner Andy Amoroso) and the Anarchist Ryan Hartman, are on record as against the restoration of the historic Gulfstream hotel but the reporter suggests otherwise. McAlonan and Hartman are employing a clever political tactic that you can read about here. This should be corrected but it won't be. This false information no doubt will be used as part of the reasoning for the editorial board endorsements that will appear soon.

If you're interested here are my predictions what the Post editorial board will do.

Now about the newspaper FINALLY reporting an Anarchist is on the ballot here in Lake Worth. Read what the Post reporter writes about this anti-government candidate:

     In the race for District 1 commissioner, four-term incumbent Scott Maxwell is facing Ryan Hartman, a self-described Anarchist [emphasis added] and contributing editor to Daily Planet Publishing.

[FYI: The "Daily Planet Publishing" is not a legitimate news gathering organization. Check back later to this blog for more on that false information.]

Well, about time the word "Anarchist" makes it into print. This is the very first time the Post reported this accurately. The paper always dances around the issue of the Anarchists and refers to them as "activists" or "advocates" of one theme or another. Maybe in the upcoming endorsements the paper will take on the thorny issue of an Anarchist, committed to dismantling government, taking part in the political process to become a cog in the "machine" of governing. A little hypocrisy is it not?

Several times a spokesperson for the Anarchist group in Lake Worth, Everglades EarthFirst! (EEF), has been featured in the Post without ever once informing the readership she is an Anarchist. One item that made the 'news' was the "too white" Cuban-American boy depicted in the mural at La Joya Village. Remember that nonsense created to cause racial disharmony here in the City? If you want a refresher here is a link to that non-story.

The Post's pitch about the "too-white" Cuban-American boy in the mural was a collaboration with CBS12/WPEC that failed to gain traction with the public.

The spin at the Post is about to go into overdrive with only two weeks until election day. And part of that spin isn't what they choose to report but also what they opt to ignore, such as the possible default declaration against the construction company and architect of the City's Casino complex.

And. . . where's the news about the PBSO takeover of the Greenacres police department? The newspaper's beat reporter for Lake Worth is also the reporter for Greenacres. That developing news story will probably appear after March 15th. If you didn't know, the city of Greenacres is also having elections and like Lake Worth there are three seats on the ballot. But you probably didn't know about that. You see, the Post doesn't much care what happens in Greenacres. And that's too bad for the public in that city who want to learn more about what is happening.