Shadows from the Glory Days...

Donald Rumsfeld

"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know."

I thought that this quote was appropriate given the limbo status of our latest election and the whole provisional ballot process. I would add that in Lake Worth we have another category which is the "unknown knowns." These would be facts that people consciously and routinely dismiss, agreeing as a group on what are the "truths" and use them in their place. When, in fact, it is all done it is an attempt to misrepresent reality. 

And here we have it...a correction to the correction!

Response to the other blogger's inflammatory post

Click title for link if you missed the post about it on this blog.

Florida Power & Light cooling canals at Turkey Point nuclear power plant still too hot - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

This is not comforting news and exposes some of the unintended consequences of nuclear power, especially when a power plant is located in an environment where there are already conflicting demands for water. Makes you wonder what the future will bring with rising sea levels. Click title for link. From the article:

To cool the canals, the Water Management District on Thursday authorized pumping up to 100 million gallons of water a day from a nearby canal system, but only if it doesn’t take too much water stored for Everglades restoration. The canals carry freshwater to Biscayne Bay and tamp down salinity, which can fuel algae blooms and harm marine life.
The 100 million gallons would be in addition to 14 million gallons a day from the Floridan aquifer that water managers approved in June, after high temperatures threatened to shut down the reactors.
With blistering heat this summer, the canals have proved difficult to manage. High temperatures, bright sunny days and little rain in that area, coupled with a festering algae bloom throughout the 168-mile canal system, caused water temperatures to spike, FPL officials said. Earlier this month, the Nuclear Regulatory Agency granted a request from the utility to up operating temperature limits in the canals from 100 degrees to 104 degrees to keep reactors running.

FPL customers who do not pay opt-out fees could be cut off

The perils of not paying your "opt out fee" for not using smart meters through FPL. If you don't pay, you risk having your electric service shut off. Smart meters send information on your energy consumption directly to FPL. There is no need for a meter reader. Click title for link.

Friedman had paid the power portion of his FPL bills, but has not paid fees charged for opting out of the utility’s smart meter program, said his daughter Jeri Friedman, who lives near him in Port St. Lucie.
“He calls me and says, ‘I just got a threatening letter from FPL. They are going to turn my power off if I do not pay their extortion fees,’ ” Jeri Friedman said. “My father opted out of smart meters for health reasons.”
Friedman and his daughter are among 843 FPL customers who have said no to a smart meter and no to the extra fees for keeping their old meters, FPL officials say.

Razing begins on West Palm Beach "chapel-by-the-lake" site

Despite pending lawsuits, developers have gotten underway with demolition of the Chapel-by-Lake site in West Palm Beach. This is the 22 story condominium along Flagler Drive, just south of the middle bridge. We stopped by on a bike ride to and from downtown West Palm yesterday and took some pictures.

According to Eliot Kleinberg's article in the Post, click title for link, they are going to start pre-construction sales soon. From the article:

Some three weeks after developers announced they had closed on the Chapel-by-the-Lake site, with plans to build a 22-story “ultra-luxury” condominium, demolition on the outdoor waterfront chapel has begun.
Congregants were told July 30 about the $21 million deal. The church has said the money would go toward building new churches and improving its main campus on Flagler Drive.
Developers and the city have moved forward with the process despite three separate legal actions on the project. Proponents have called it an attractive addition to the waterfront, while some residents decried it as an eyesore.

Someone is a danger to self or others, it appears...

Someone has some anger issues, you think?

For more information on the Baker Act in the state of Florida click here.

From the Lake Worth Herald on August 28, 2014, editorial titled "Will We Heal?"

Lake Worth is a split city, scarred by the political infighting that has made up the character of this quaint, quirky, call it what you want, city.
     It doesn't matter because this city needs some work. Work that doesn't come free. The piper is gonna come calling and he raises his fee every day. Stalling the inevitable will only make it costlier in the future.
     Property values will be what they may, they may be up, they may be down. One thing is for certain, the tax man is coming to town.

To read the entire editorial and read more news in Lake Worth visit LWHerald.com.

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There is a recount in the District 4 School Board race

The candidates with the two highest vote totals go against each other in a run-off that will be held as part of the November election. The recount is due to the close results between the second and third place finishers in that race. Sutterfield received 3,851 votes to his closest opponent Katz who received 3,798 votes, which amounts to a difference of 53 votes. In relation to the total number of votes cast in that race, that is a .34% difference, which is under the threshold of .5% for an automatic recount. The results of the bond ballot issue in Lake Worth resulted in a difference of .8%.

Here is the related Palm Beach Post story. Erica Whitfield will be on the ballot in November regardless. Go Erica!