Did you miss this news from yesterday? Press Release from City: Our municipal pool is open once again

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016
LAKE WORTH MUNICIPAL POOL
     Lake Worth, Florida - The Lake Worth municipal pool has re-opened. The pool will resume its normal operating hours Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9 am to 1 pm. Saturdays and Sundays 9 am to 4 pm.
     For more information Please call 561-585-6858.

To learn why the pool was closed on September 30th, use this link. I used the pool yesterday and the water was spectacular. There were about 15–20 swimmers at 11:00 and everyone was thrilled to have the facility open once again.

Are you interested in water exercise classes, lap swimming, or just want to splash around at the City's municipal pool at the BEACH!? Contact Sally, the pool manager:

• 561-585-6858 (office)
• 561-951-7037 (cell)
• Email: SChapela@lakeworth.org 

The future of the pool is tied to the Casino complex as a whole. Unfortunately, instead of addressing head-on the issues at the pool (the substandard structures, for example), the elected's back in October 2010 just closed it down and ignored it all: A community outcry followed and then, under the direction of Mayor Pam Triolo and City Manager Bornstein, the pool was re-opened when JoAnn Golden, et al., were swept out of office.

There's no ignoring the fact the pool facility is in terrible condition. Since 2010 things have only gotten worse. There's no question the public wants a municipal swimming pool. But where? Should there even be a pool at the Beach or have one located somewhere else in the City more accessible to the public?

The perfect time to address these questions was back in 2008–2010 and that opportunity was lost. Many believed a parking garage next to the Casino was the way to go and there's a lot of merit to that.

A big part of this conversation going forward will have to be the decisions that got us here, to the point where we have to "do some things you can do with coats of paint and whatnot", as Commissioner Chris McVoy recently said. McVoy was one of those elected's who kicked the can (errr, the pool) down the road when the new Casino was constructed.

Unfortunately for the public, if you're a reader of The Palm Beach Post, things that happened prior to 2012 vis-à-vis the pool complex don't get written about. Only things that happened after 2012 really matter to them. For instance, you'll never read a quote by McVoy about the pool for obvious reasons. Sad really but a political reality: It's left to people like Mayor Triolo and City Manager Bornstein to fix all this mess and take all the slings and arrows too.

But in the end I'm confident they'll be rewarded for all their hard work.