Clarification needed: “Get the facts on medical marijuana”.

[Please note: The LTE referenced below appeared in last Tuesday’s print edition. As yet, there is no link for online readers. Check back later for that link — to read the letter in its entirety — when it becomes available.] 

A recent Letter to the Editor (LTE) from a City of Lake Worth resident published in The Palm Beach Post needs clarification.

For example, here is the final paragraph:

“Maybe these commissioners* should do further research or visit one of the many treatment centers around the state before making decisions against the 71 percent.”†

• Who are “these commissioners”? A sweeping generalization, most definitely not Lake Worth elected officials. Which city, town, or village is the letter writer referring to? Not one single elected official — currently in office in our City — has come out publicly against medical marijuana dispensaries.
• Is this letter piggybacking on the excellent article by Post business writer Jeff Ostrowski datelined Oct. 16th? If so, this article by Ostrowski needed to be cited by the Post editor (by the way, per Ostrowski, the City of Lake Worth came in 3rd place, at a whopping 79.02% in the list of “most weed-friendly” municipalities in Palm Beach County.
• From the LTE writer, “[N]o one wants to have a medical treatment center in their town.” Partially true. A lot of people’s minds were changed in Lake Worth after reading another article by Jeff Ostrowski titled, “Weed is good for home values, real estate economists find”.

Other than the issues noted above, it was a very good LTE with helpful information and encourage everyone to read it; will provide a link when it becomes available.

On the subject of LTEs: Have you ever wanted to write one to the editor? It’s very easy and only takes 5–10 minutes. It doesn’t have to be very long either.

Here’s one that was published after

Hurricane Matthew last year:

To learn how to write a LTE use this link.

Maybe write a positive one about how well our
Lake Worth Electric Utility performed
after Hurricane Irma!

*To further clarify: Not all cities, towns, and villages in Palm Beach County have “commissioners” like the City of Lake Worth does. The City of Greenacres has “councilwomen” and “councilmen”. For example, District III “Councilwoman Judith Dugo”.
†“[T]he 71 percent” refers to Florida Amendment 2 (2016) that passed by 71.32% of the electorate.