"Work" currently being done on the seawall at the Lake Worth beach...

Tunnel area where wooden doors have been removed to store materials and "fix" what can be seen.

??  !!

This is what is protecting our $6 million investment in the NEW Casino building.  How much is this costing us?  Does this qualify as an "armoring device" under the Florida building code?

Can Bucher salvage the integrity of voting in Palm Beach County? | The Opinion Zone blog | The Palm Beach Post

A "recounting" of some of the grim gaffs by the Supervisor of Elections office this go around.  Do you trust anyone "copying" a ballot so that it can be counted?  Click title for link.

A Green Revolution in Chicago

Read about all the projects that have happened or are happening along Chicago's Lake Michigan waterfront.  Click title for link.  Caution:  There is a reference to "skyline" in the article.

High Noon in Lake Worth Online Radio | Blog Talk Radio

Announcement regarding this week's (10/26) and next week's (11/2) "High Noon in Lake Worth" Internet radio shows.  Due to activities surrounding and leading up to election day, I will be taking two weeks off.  You are invited to listen to the archived shows in the meantime.  By clicking the title above, you will have access to all of the previous shows.

Note that I still hold out the offer to the McVoy campaign to have their candidate appear on the show prior to the election in the interest of providing equal time, as I also do for Mr. Hager in the District 89 State Representative race.  I would be able to accommodate any schedule - even of someone that spends most of his time in the Everglades.  We could even do a "remote show" - how exciting!

REMINDER! Deadline for New Times Best Blog 2012 is October 26th!

Gentle readers, please find time in your busy day to vote for this blog in the New Times "Best of" contest.  To vote, click here for details.  Remember too that another blog - Lake Worth Every Minute - is also a nominee.  Thank you for your support!

Jim Stafford on 1340 a.m. - Haitian Radio Show (now 5:12 p.m. 10/24)

Click here for link. Candidate for Lake Worth City Commissioner Jim Stafford is live NOW on radio. Tune in and listen!

Cisco helps build first U.S. “Smart+Connected” city of the future in Lake Nona, Florida | VentureBeat

From the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association:

"‎Cisco is helping build the first U.S. “Smart+Connected” city of the future in Lake Nona, Florida. The plan is for Lake Nona to become a research and development center for medical technologies, with six different research, training, and treatment centers."

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Editorial: Stafford over McVoy for Lake Worth City Commission | www.palmbeachpost.com

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Priorities of the two candidates in their first six months...

Sell the utility? The Charter DOES allow it.

Charter Article IV, Sec. 9. - Public utilities.

The city commission shall not sell, lease, transfer or convey or otherwise dispose of any public utility plant or plants owned by the city without the affirmative vote of a majority of the city electors upon an ordinance stating the terms and conditions of such sale, lease, transfer, conveyance, or disposition.

McVoy's misuse of the royal "we"

Pic from last night's NAPC Lake Worth Playhouse debate...

Videos up soon...

Lake Worth commission candidates spar over electric utility,...

About last night's debate...click title for link. A fairly accurate assessment, I think.  I'll have some videos up later in the day.

How Small Is Too Small? - NYTimes.com

"Oh, the density!"

Could this be our urban future?  Is density our destiny?  Click title for link on micro living units - a growing trend.  From the article:

"Small housing units can be well designed, though their success is contingent on the success of the urban setting in which they exist. In other words, what’s outside the door needs to be compelling enough to make up for what might otherwise be internalized inside a larger home."

No wonder major roads are called "arterials"

Time lapse movie of Cincinnati - a living urban being?  Caution:  Video shows buildings higher than 6 stories - the height sensitive should watch only while supervised.