Lake Worth City Manager Michael Bornstein about a rumor: "I'm picking up on something here" and "That's just total bs."

Is Siemens Corporation taking over the City's electric utility? No. Read below how the rumor mill gets rolling and the effort to confuse the public about the City's street lighting project continues.

Commissioner Ryan Maier heard a rumor that Siemens was going to take over the operation of the City's electric utility. He saw this on Facebook or a blog and it's completely false. Instead of quelling this rumor himself, which is what a responsible elected official would do, he gives the rumor even more legitimacy by airing it on the dais. At the 45-second mark in the video below, the city manager figures out what Maier is doing and puts a quick stop to it:

This exchange happened in the City Commission chambers vis-à-vis the presentation by Siemens and the "Performance Contracting Project Update".

Maier thought there was a conspiracy of some sort and maybe still does. The reality is much different as the city manager explained. 

At the 4:30 mark Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell makes reference to "black helicopters" which got a chuckle from the dais and the assembled in the chambers. Make sure to listen to what Bornstein says at the 5:05 mark. The city manager ends his explanation with this line, "I hope that helps."