FYI - Oops!

BREAKING NEWS: Tom Ramiccio dismissed from Greater Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce.

For information on the piece by Grieg and the artwork used in the YouTube video, please refer to the liner notes contained on the YouTube website.

Benefit Dinner for Trevor Guevara

On Wednesday, January 13^th, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Murray Hills Ballroom located at 3240 Cynthia Lane the Residents of Lake Osborne Heights (ROLOH) Neighborhood Association and Citizen Observer Patrol (COP) organization will be holding a benefit spaghetti dinner that will include a salad, non-alcoholic beverage and dessert. Tickets will be $7 in advance and $8 at the door. Proceeds will Benefit Lake Worth citizen and PBSO COP, Trevor Guevara. Trevor’s wife is in need of medical transport to bring her from the Northern United States to Lake Worth so she can be with her family.

If you are interested in buying tickets or assisting in the sale of tickets for this event, please email rolohlakeworth@gmail.com.

ROLOH Neighborhood Association
http://www.roloh.org
rolohlakeworth@gmail.com
561.247.3606

Lake Worth commissioners OK $250,000 loan for gay, lesbian center Compass

Click title for link to PB Post article. I was able to hear most of the meeting over the Internet while working yesterday morning - missed a little bit of the end. It seems to be a reasonable solution to an unfortunate problem - having to do more improvements to the building than originally anticipated due to deferred or no maintenance by the City or the County - and triggering 2008 code compliance due to exceeding 33% of the building's value.

Much blame was heaped upon officials that are no longer with the City, so they couldn't defend themselves.

Overall, this represents a sound solution to a complex set of circumstances.

Good News Department: Energy Audit Testimonial

From a resident: "I contacted the utility department at 586 1665 to setup an “Energy Audit” of my new house on Lakeside. The appointment was scheduled for 9am and the two gentlemen showed up exactly on time. They spent over two hours going through everything in my house. I was with them the entire time and they did a very thorough job. They were very patient answering all my questions. I was quite impressed. They were very knowledgeable and gave me several ideas to lower my electric and water usage. I would encourage everyone to take advantage of this free service. They even leave a kit with some energy efficient items and literature. They will also do a full report and come back to review it with me. It was a very positive experience and I wanted to share. This is a new program and I hope more people will take advantage of it."

Brendan Lynch

Another 10 a.m. City Commission meeting today - this time re Compass

Click title for back-up. Click here for live Internet stream during meeting.

Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech

Miami Herald asks online readers for donations

Click title for link to AP article.

Lake Worth's census coordinator resigns amid swirl of e-mails, politics

Click title for link to PB Post article.

"Much blood has been spilled at the altar of objectivity," Karson said in a letter read by Vice Mayor Jo-Ann Golden. "It's important to remember there are 30,000 residents who have not sent e-mails."

Huh?

Add/Delete for tonight's (12/15) City Commission meeting...

Notice item (F) under new business - a continuation of the Karson/Coolican caper concerning the Census Complete Count Committee. Commissioner Golden (see memo below) is asking the Commission to put this on the agenda to "give direction" to the City Manager regarding retaining Ms. Karson and Ms. Coolican in the city's employ. The way the City Manager/Commission form of government works is that the City Manager is the one that hires and fires staff - not the Commission. To even put this on the agenda is perverting one of the foundations of our city government - if "direction" is given and no action is taken before, who knows what will happen.

Film at 11.

Below is a "draft" memo from the City Manager regarding the matter. In it she says that she will be terminating Ms. Karson and asking that the Community Relations Board (CRB) take over the Complete Count task (a good idea!) This was read into the record last night at the CRB's meeting. Expect this to be a source of discussion if the above item makes it on the agenda.



A must read!

Christopher Morley

"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity."

Not in Lake Worth, but worth seeing...

Amazing Grace Techno - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

A handy term to know in Lake Worth:

red herring: Definition from Answers.com

n.

1. A smoked herring having a reddish color.
2. Something that draws attention away from the central issue.

[From its use to distract hunting dogs from the trail.]

Community Relations Board

The Community Relations Board meeting time is 6 p.m. at City Hall on the second Monday of every month. Tonight, the Planning and Zoning Board met for a short meeting, recommending approval of the plat for the future Publix property. Their meeting was over around 6:15 p.m. and I was able to listen to it over the Internet stream. There is no audio stream for the Community Relations Board meeting. Click here for area under Volunteer Boards for a description of the board. The only link available is a log of the members of the board. There is no agenda available.

Blog Users:

FYI - I have changed the settings for comments so you have go through an authentication step - just type the word that you see and that should be all you need to do. The blog was being hit by a lot of "bots" - hoping this cures the issue. Let me know if you experience a problem.

You'll notice that I added back the world map showing real time and historical blog hits. There was a bug that has been fixed and it seems to be working o.k. now.

Thanks for visiting!