Saturday, July 19, 2014
Finance Advisory Board Welcoming New Members - from Chair Robert Guyer
Lake Worth 2020? Keep the lightly used Casino pool despite it losing $260,000 per year? What to do about Lake Worth’s $1.5 million budget deficit- what to cut, what to keep, raise revenue through metered parking, bring in new jobs? Lake Worth FAB Chair, Robert Guyer, is seeking Lake Worth voters willing to make finance-based recommendations to City Government. Previously unutilized and mired in conflict, with new city leadership the FAB is being rebuilt to contribute as Lake Worth faces hard and unclear budgetary choices. 3 immediate openings and more expected. A heart driven by service and a commitment to meet as the FAB one time per month is the primary qualification. If you understand budgeting, then all the better. Call Robert Guyer at 561 582 0501 if you would like to know more. Or apply directly for the FAB at this link. It’s our Lake Worth, we as a city have great potential, and we must act to ensure our better tomorrow. Please join the Finance Advisory Board today.
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Citizens Against Unfair Taxation Treasurer, Atlantis Resident, Dennis Dorsey
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Worth watching again...
This is the District #1 meeting which took place on May 22nd on the Lake Worth 2020 plan. These three videos in the playlist are the question and answer session after the presentation. Make sure to check out the 2:40 mark in the third video. It is pointed out that Mr. Dorsey is not a Lake Worth resident.
Parrot Cove Meeting Monday July 21, 7:00pm - Come See the Plans for the Gulfstream Revitalization
Parrot Cove General Meeting Monday - Presentation by Gulfstream Redevelopment Team on the Plans for the Redevelopment of This Historic Lake Worth Site - Believer's Victory Church - 10th and N Lakeside.
This is an open meeting and we invite all our neighbors outside of Parrot Cove to feel free to join us for this very interesting presentation.
Our guest speaker will be Sarah Martin and the Gulfstream redevelopment team, who will be going over the plans for the revitalization of the Gulfstream and what will be happening with the renovations. They will give a presentation with pictures and designs to let us all know their plans and how they fit into our historic area. We will be hearing about the plans for the restaurant, the pool area, possibilities for the roof top and the lounge, as well as the entire site and what is to come in the next couple of years.
They will have a scanner on hand so if you have any old pictures with the Gulfstream in them, please bring them along to help build the archives of this local icon.
We will also be having a more detailed review from our PBSO liaison as it relates to recent activities of concern to our neighborhood, what we can do as homeowners, what the PBSO responses are, and the recent PBSO initiative. Please feel free to bring your questions.
This is an open meeting and we invite all our neighbors outside of Parrot Cove to feel free to join us for this very interesting presentation.
Our guest speaker will be Sarah Martin and the Gulfstream redevelopment team, who will be going over the plans for the revitalization of the Gulfstream and what will be happening with the renovations. They will give a presentation with pictures and designs to let us all know their plans and how they fit into our historic area. We will be hearing about the plans for the restaurant, the pool area, possibilities for the roof top and the lounge, as well as the entire site and what is to come in the next couple of years.
They will have a scanner on hand so if you have any old pictures with the Gulfstream in them, please bring them along to help build the archives of this local icon.
We will also be having a more detailed review from our PBSO liaison as it relates to recent activities of concern to our neighborhood, what we can do as homeowners, what the PBSO responses are, and the recent PBSO initiative. Please feel free to bring your questions.
Editorial: Concern over All Aboard Florida loan sounds more... | www.mypalmbeachpost.com
Strong editorial about the All Aboard Florida project which calls out politicians who suddenly see ghouls and goblins when it comes to federal loans to private entities. The Post calls out a few previous examples of public/private relationships that were designed to benefit the region and where was the outcry then? Click title for link. From the article:
Because if this is not the case, if Negron and this growing cadre of skeptical politicians truly oppose All Aboard Florida chiefly as a troubling example of crony capitalism, then surely they must also have opposed:
If these politicians also opposed these investments, it’s reasonable to take their complaints about All Aboard Florida’s federal loan at face value. If not, let them explain why this project is different. If they can’t, ask them to offer the real reasons for their opposition.
- The $310 million federal grant to the private Scripps Research Institute to build its campus in Jupiter.
- Jupiter’s Roger Dean Stadium, built with $28 million of county tax dollars to house spring training operations for two private baseball teams.
- Palm Beach County’s $27 million subsidy toward the building of a private Hilton hotel alongside the county’s convention center.
- The $89 million federal proposal to dredge the Port of Palm Beach to encourage greater use by private container ships and cruise line.
CAUghT - Characteristics of the Great Walled City of Atlantis
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| From the Citizens Against Unfair Taxation (CAUghT) PAC filing papers. |
Friday, July 18, 2014
The After-After Raft Race party at South Shores this Sunday 7/20
South Shores Tavern and Patio Bar invites all the 2014 Great American Raft Race Fans to celebrate the victors and the vanquished at an After Rafter Party on Sunday, July 20th from 4 - 10pm. A special slide show presentation with more than 400 photos from the raft parade and races will be playing all evening long. Special Thanks to Leonard Bryant Photography for sharing his professional photography along with our many generous shutterbug friends and neighbors who all took such great pictures. Bring your trophies if you got one and let's start planning strategies for next year!
Endangered Florida Forest Will Be Destroyed To Make Room For Walmart And Chick-Fil-A | ThinkProgress
EF! Look over here. Where is your outrage? Click title for link.
Council approves $17.6 million plan for Midtown, South End... | www.palmbeachdailynews.com
A lot of money being "invested", really spent, by the Town of Palm Beach in beach restoration. This may last 3 to 5 years or so. Decision for work on the south end, around the Lake Worth Beach, is being delayed until August due to concerns over the quality of sand material. Click title for link to the Shiny Sheet article.
The plan calls for 918,500 cubic yards of sand to cover beaches from Casa Bendita in Reach 2 to Banyan Road in Reach 4.
Of that, about 130,000 cubic yards will be hauled by truck into reaches 7 and 8 to help maintain storm protection until a larger project scheduled for the winter of 2015-16. The town awarded a $1.3 million contract to Rio-Bak Corp. for the South End truck haul.
The decision was delayed Tuesday after one of the two prospective contractors raised concerns about the town’s specifications and bidding process.
After rejecting November bids that came in over budget, the town re-solicited bids in April and received two: one from Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. for $13.5 million and the other from Weeks Marine for $17.6 million.
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