Lowe and Behold. . .

At yesterday’s special City Commission meeting to swear in Scott Maxwell and Jo-Ann Golden, three events showed the continued sideshow like behavior of Lake Worth politics.

Protester Ana Rodriguez interposed herself at the podium to protest Scott Maxwell’s supposed involvement with hate groups.

Cara Jennings sniped at new Commissioner Scott Maxwell through a letter.

An elderly Lake Worth citizen hurled the F-bomb twice across a crowded City Hall lobby.

But the last laugh was had by Retha Lowe who reminded everyone that she handpicked her successor, Commissioner Scott Maxwell.

 

 

Guest Blogger: Grabbing the Bull by Her Horns (and Her Words) …

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It’s So Easy, Anybody Can Do It. . .

Like Father. . .

Ouch!

Results. . .

At Havana Hideout, with Jo-Ann Golden (winner district 3) and Laurence McNamara (runoff against Rene’ Varela ).

 

 

Here are the election results as tabulated by the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections:

Mayor

William Coakley  6.63%  207

Javier Del Sol 12.26%  383

John Jordan 1.92%  60

Laurence McNamara 26.26%  820

Loretta Sharpe 13.86%  433

Rene’ A. Varela 39.07%  1,220

District 1

Ron Exline 34.70%  1,005

Scott Maxwell 65.30%  1,891

District 3

Wes Blackman 41.99%  1,287

Jo-Ann Golden 58.01%  1,778

Lake Worth Question #1

YES 73.11%  1,971

NO 26.89%  725

 

 

Today’s the Day. Vote!

Scenes from this morning:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking of Right of Ways. . .

A little while ago I posted about the condition of some of the City owned right of ways and the desire of some people to utilize them as pocket parks (click here to read post).  Those right of ways dead-end onto the intracoastal waterway.  There are other right of ways in the City, some of which abut the golf course.

During today’s walk we happened upon some election signs that appear to have been placed on the right of way directly north of 830 North Golfview Rd.

As you can see the right of way is landscaped in a manner that prevents access.

The position of Golfview road is incorrect in this map from the Palm Beach County Appraisers website, however you can see the right of way.

An aerial view shows that like some of the right of ways that end at the interacoastal, this one has also been incorporated into the homeowner’s property.

If we are going to use the right of ways on the intracoastal waterway for public access are we also going to recover them from other areas of the City, or simply let the homeowners use them as their own property?

Candidates for Commissioner Views on Undocumented Workers. . .

Click on the image above to go to the Juice Blog at the New Times.  They will be posting the candidates for Commissioner views on Undocumented workers throughout  the day.

We asked all four city commission candidates to respond to three questions about policies for undocumented workers in Lake Worth. After the jump, excerpts from District 3 candidate, current vice-mayor Jo-Ann Golden. We’ll be posting responses from other candidates later today.

Radio Free Lake Worth, Candidates Last Chance. . .

Although it’s late notice, I have e-mailed all the candidates. . . Well, at least those who have e-mail, to say a few words on my radio show tonight. Tune in and see who shows up to have the last word!