Environmentalists and other erstwile readers of The Palm Beach Post await the return of the ‘Man of Letters’ to the editorial page spread some day soon.

The man of letters is, of course, the City of Lake Worth’s very own Mr. Drew Martin and it shouldn’t be long now before he regains his rightful place on the Post’s editorial page once again. Learn more about Martin’s prolific letter writing skills below which is really the benchmark for everyone who writes letters to the editor.

Why haven’t any letters or even a “Point of View” from Mr. Martin been published in the Post since late last year?

Ever since March 13th, after Drew Martin got pummeled in his ill-fated campaign for mayor of the City of Lake Worth, Mr. Martin has been free to resume his letter writing efforts, but as yet, none have been published.

Martin’s prowess and success getting letters published in the Post never helped him much in running and getting elected to a paid political elected office.

In a 2-person race, combining Mr. Martin’s race against now-County Commissioner Dave Kerner in 2006 (see below), Martin is averaging 29% of the vote.

It used to be the standard in Palm Beach County politics that, in a 2-person race, just having a pulse would get a candidate at least 30% of the vote.

Anyhow. . . If you didn’t know, candidates on the ballot are permitted to have letters published in The Palm Beach Post, however the other candidate(s) on the ballot have to be offered what’s called “equal time” and there isn’t a snowballs chance in hell the editor would ever publish a letter from Mayor Pam Triolo.

Mr. Martin was officially qualified to be on the ballot on Dec. 19th, 2017 and therefore barred from having letters published until the results came in on Election Day. That was 7 weeks ago. What’s the hold up?

It was one particular “Point of View” published by Mr. Martin in the Post, one that got the ire of a lot of people including former County Commissioner Priscilla Taylor about Senate Bill 10 last year vis-à-vis Lake Okeechobee and the fact that the Glades communities in western Palm Beach County were left out of the discussion for far too long. Commissioner Taylor wrote:

It is astonishing that no public discussion has taken place as to what will happen to the area [communities south of Lake Okeechobee]. What happens to the worker who has a child in school, or someone who is barely making it now? My question becomes even louder: “What about the human element of this bill?” [emphasis added]


So. If you are one of those who are fascinated, amused, or befuddled by the musings of Mr. Martin you’ll have to wait just a bit longer. Stay tuned, as they say.

Do you remember when Mr. Martin ran against
then-Florida House Rep. Dave Kerner
in the primary back in 2016?

Remember, pull-quotes are fair use and drive newspapers nuts. And also, political mailers are Free Speech, except for the required disclaimer a can-
didate can pretty much claim anything.

Former State Rep. Dave Kerner got almost
70% of the vote in 2016 and is now Palm Beach
County Commissioner Kerner:

What is Palm Beach County Commissioner
Dave Kerner up to these days? Click on
this link to find out.