Letter to the editor at the Post from Lake Worth resident Helene Jarvis titled, "The city that dines together. . ."

That supremely silly editorial the Post published last Saturday is now entering the realm of satire. Lake Worth Commissioner Chris McVoy, his trusted advisor Cara Jennings, and presumably with the help of a friendly soul on the editorial board, tried to make Mayor Pam Triolo's baked ziti into a major scandal. It didn't work. You can read all about that using this link.

You see, just like a cigar is just a cigar, baked ziti is just baked ziti. And from what I'm hearing Mayor Triolo is coming up with another secret recipe for baked ziti. Were there "secret meetings" about that too? Is it possible for secret messages to be slipped into the middle of a ziti pasta hole? And how would anyone know which ziti in the dish had the secret message? What if McVoy showed up to have dinner with his fellow elected's and that secret ziti ended up on his dish! Then he would have proof of "secret meetings". Oh My!

I also heard someone is planning to attend the next City Commission meeting adorned in ziti. Ziti earrings, a belt made of ziti, a ziti hat, and shorts made of ziti. Talk about imagination.

Anyhow, below is the letter that appeared in the print edition of the Post today (and the link):

     "Before we use our imagination to try and figure out what our Lake Worth mayor and city commissioners may be discussing before a commission meeting, perhaps Cara Jennings, who stumbled upon this clandestine meal, can start an investigation and make sure they have not set up private servers at their homes to exchange city secrets.
     I think that to resolve any issues regarding the Sunshine Law and suspicions, it might be prudent that anyone attending a Lake Worth City Commission meeting bring their own dinner and a canteen filled with their favorite beverage. Jennings can ring a dinner bell, and the mayor and city commissioners and all in attendance — to a meeting that will go on, and on, and on — can eat together, hold hands, and thus avoid suspicions of secrecy. [emphasis added]"

Nicely done, Helene.