Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Today: Another presentation by the City on November 8th bond referendum. Live in District One? Know where you vote?

At this meeting it's crucial the City inform District One residents about their polling locations. Why? You'll find that out below.
Please spread the word about this meeting tomorrow.

I attended presentations on October 17th hosted by the Parrot Cove neighborhood and another one on the 20th by College Park. Highly recommend everyone attend one of these meetings. Using facts instead of hyperbole, City Manager Michael Bornstein, City staff, et al., explain this referendum to fix our roads and potholes. The last bond vote in 2014 failed by just 25 votes and the situation has only gotten worse.

On August 28th, 2014, I worked several of the polling locations and heard many reports of voters being turned away at the polls or directed to the wrong polling location in District One, east of I-95. It's likely those voters would have made the difference in the outcome. Very sad.

And it doesn't help matters when the City's very own website has polling location 7162 at the Oasis Health Center, 1201 12th Ave. South. That is wrong:
How many voters went to the wrong polling location on August 26th, 2014 and didn't vote that day?

Polling location 7162 is the Osborne Community Center at 1699 Wingfield St. From the Supervisor of Elections website:

"Osborne Community Center is located on the west side of Wingfield St, just under 1/2 mile south of 12th Ave S, or just south of the Lake Worth Municipal Gym. The entrance to Wingfield St is on the south side of 12th Ave S, just west of the railroad tracks."

Don't let history repeat itself. There is no such thing as The Infrastructure Fairy. It's up to us as a community to fix all the roads and potholes. Vote "Yes" on November 8th.