Maxwell Linked To Hate Groups; Press Conference Today

I just had the following e-mailed to me:

Lake Worth Candidate Scott Maxwell Linked to Hate Groups; Press Conference Today

Religious leaders, human rights organizations and residents call Press Conference to expose candidate’s ties to hate groups and affirm Lake Worth as a City of racial diversity and tolerance

PRESS CONFERENCE

Thursday October 29, 5:30 pm at Martin Luther King Memorial. The public is invited to arrive at 5 pm

Corner of M Street and Lucerne Avenue, Lake Worth

Contact: Lisa Stewart 561-540-8913

Candidate for Lake Worth City Commission, Scott Maxwell has been cited as supporting hate groups on his recent radio programs called “Connecting the Dots on Illegal Immigration”. Audio archives of the radio program confirm Maxwell’s ties to the Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR) a recognized hate group by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who track neo-Nazi and other hate groups.

On his July 30, 2009 radio show on WBZT 1230 Clear Channel Maxwell refers to the hate group FAIR as a “wonderful organization” and encourages listeners to contact them for “advice” and to access them through the link on his website. The link to FAIR remains on Maxwell’s website to this day.

Scott Maxwell is growing a large national following, including members of the Minutemen, a right-wing border militia, who call into his radio show and commend him for his work. His website boasts over 800,000 visitors. Archived audio of his radio programs can be found at Maxwell’s recently blocked website at http://bordercontrolnow.com/radioshowarchives.htm

His racist comments have been transcribed http://www.whoisscottmaxwell.blogspot.com

Lake Worth Resident and member of Palm Beach County Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Adam Davis, responded to the news about Maxwell’s affiliations saying, “Lake Worth is one of the most diverse cities in South Florida. We are proud of our diversity and will organize against hate groups in our city. Every person deserves universal human rights, regardless of their skin color or country of origin.”

The SPLC added FAIR to their list of organized hate groups due to their ties to known racists and a long track record of bigotry. According to the ADL’s September 2009 data, FAIR accepted over a million dollars from The Pioneer Fund, a group that has been described by The New York Times as having been established for the express purpose of promoting research into eugenics, and which has sponsored projects based on the notion that Blacks are genetically less intelligent than whites. The ADL has also noted that FAIR has on its National Board of Advisors an editor of VDare, a ‘white nationalist’ group whose web site features the work of well known racists and anti-Semites.

At today’s press conference, speakers will address Scott Maxwell regarding his ties to hate groups and to express the need for guaranteed universal human rights for all residents. Speakers include Lucio Perez of the American Friends Service Committee, Dan Liftman of Congressman Alcee Hastings office, Bob Louis Juene of the Haitian United Task Force. Representatives will also be present from the following groups: Equality Florida, Palm Beach County Coalition Immigrant Rights, Friends Quaker Meeting. Other concerned business owners and community members will also be present.

PBCC student Genia Guirand who will be attending the press conference added, “We ask Scott Maxwell to address our concerns about his working relationship with hate groups such as FAIR. Maxwell has hidden the truth. As voters and community members we deserve to know about his affiliations with hate groups.”

Candidate Scott Maxwell has also been invited to attend

PRESS CONFERENCE

Thursday October 29, 5:30 pm at Martin Luther King Memorial

Corner of M Street and Lucerne Avenue, Lake Worth

Contact: Lisa Stewart 561-540-8913

Media Contact:

Lisa Stewart

561-758-8674

Inappropriate. . .

While walking downtown tonight I came across a campaign party for Scott Maxwell at Nature’s Way Café.  I dropped in to chat with Scott and several others there.

During the course of conversation the owner of Nature’s Way told several of us that he had received quite a few phone calls and voice mails from people who said they were upset that he was hosting the party for Maxwell.

He let us listen to several of the voice mails, and they were all the same, to the point of sounding scripted.  The callers said that Mr. Maxwell was affiliated with hate groups and if he hosted the party they would be telling people not to patronize his shop.

The owner went on to tell us that he received a call from Cara Jennings who identified herself as a City Commissioner and also told him that if he hosted the party she would tell people not to patronize his store.  He said that the call was on speaker phone and another person heard Commissioner Jennings.

If what the owner says is true, Commissioner Jennings acted in a wholly inappropriate manner.

Cara Jennings, the private citizen, can protest whatever she wants to her heart’s content.  But to identify herself as a City Commissioner and then proceed to tell a local Lake Worth merchant that she would tell people to stay away from his business because he hosted a party for a person whose views she does not approve of is inexcusable.

Shuffle Off To. . .

Today’s walk brought us by the shuffleboard courts where we noticed  half of them had been screened off and workers were replacing the scoreboards.  A large group of men who normally sit on the seats around the courts were lined up along the fences watching the work being done.  The portion of the shuffleboard courts that had been screened off have been cleaned  up and looked much better than it has recently.

 

Working

Watching

One of the City employees we spoke with said that there was a tournament being held there tomorrow and they we getting it ready.  He also mentioned that he had heard that there was a grant of some sort to put a fence around the courts in the future.

The courts look much better

Let’s hope that the fence does appear and that after all the hard work cleaning up the courts they are not trashed after the tournament is over.

For the Birds!

My internet connection has been not working just about all day!  Comcast says there is construction in my area and it will get better soon.  I hope to have more posts up later when the connection is better.  In the meantime here is a picture of my favorite local Halloween decoration so far this season.

Click on image to enlarge.

 

Think Outside The Box Folks. . .

Monday, October 26, 2009

Mayoral Candidate Del Sol

LAKE WORTH-  Javier Del Sol has seen it all when it comes to living in Lake Worth and has decided to run for Mayor.  Del Sol’s often wears a tee-shirt with the phrase Live Simply So Others May Simply Live and has fashioned his political platform around the Wise and Equitable Use of Land and Resources. He encourages people to think outside the box when it comes to finding solutions.

Faced with a lack of transportation from downtown Lake Worth to the beach, he thought long and hard about how to do it in a sustainable manner.  Del Sol said, “It occurred to me one day when I was riding my bike,  why not use Pedicabs?”  But he had one problem, who to get to pedal the cabs to and from the beach?  “Suddenly it hit me like a ton of tofu, we have a large surplus of  real estate investors. Why not get them to operate the new Pedicabs”?

Trial runs of the new Pedicabs have been taking place downtown and Del Sol said that other than a few pairs of Bruno Magli shoes falling apart it looks very promising.

Mayoral candidate Javier Del Sol and supporters take a test ride in a Pedicab powered by former real estate investor James Covington.

Radio Free Lake Worth Tonight at 7

I will be broadcasting Radio Free Lake Worth tonight at 7 PM from the Cyberbusiness Center downtown.  I will be talking about last night’s Candidate’s Forum at the Playhouse as well as a few other topics.  Drop by and say hi.

You can pose any questions or comments here or e-mail them to me at TLMCGOW@aol.com

You Can Lose Your Mind. . .

Remember The Patty Duke Show?  You know, the one about the two identical cousins who lived together.

And do you remember that catchy theme song?

Meet Cara who protests everyday
Does anything to get her way
But Jo-Ann can only sit and grin
Let Cara take the lead again
Is it yay or nay?

Cus’ they’re Commissioners,
Identical Commissioners all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day.

Where Cara adores her Florida yard
Cowboy boots and jailhouse guards
While Jo-Ann gives up all her control,
and helps out people on the dole
What a house of cards.

Still, they’re Commissioners,
Identical Commissioners and you’ll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike

You can lose your mind,
When Commissioners are two of a kind.

Shaken Not Stirred. . .

Ready For Prime Time Player?

Getting Ready For Halloween Part 6

Halloween will be here soon, so here’s another costume suggestion:

Loretta as Eva Perón