A circuit judge heard Mack Bernard's challenge to Jeff Clemens' declared win in the state senate race yesterday, and ultimately confirmed Clemens as the winner, though by less than the number of votes determined by Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher:
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/lawyers-mack-bernard-palm-beach-elections-supervisor-not-counting-every-democratic-vote
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Black Teenagers Assault Car on Lake Worth Road
A woman driving on Lake Worth Road just east of the gas station on September 2 had her white Mazda pelleted by rocks or some other object thrown by three black teenagers who were walking on the sidewalk. All three were male, she told the sheriff's deputy who responded, and one of them was wearing all white. She said she saw one of the three "make a throwing motion" and then heard a loud noise in her car. The deputy saw a small gouge in the window and small scratches on the glass.
The incident happened just before 11 p.m. on Sunday, September 2, east of the gas station and close to the Tri-Rail train tracks on Lake Worth Road. A sheriff's deputy searched the area, but could not locate the suspects.
The incident happened just before 11 p.m. on Sunday, September 2, east of the gas station and close to the Tri-Rail train tracks on Lake Worth Road. A sheriff's deputy searched the area, but could not locate the suspects.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Brogues Owner Tackles Purse Robber!
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| Brogues Down Under at 621 Lake Avenue |
The owner of Brogues Down Under and his bartender chased down a man who grabbed a girl's purse inside the bar two weeks ago, tackling him and holding him until a sheriff's deputy arrived and handcuffed him.
Rod Regan, who owns Brogues Down Under with his family, and his bartender Mark Yokum, are the heroes of this story, chasing robber Benjamin Kairall and the pink purse belonging to customer Britnee Epps down South K Street until they caught up with him.
Nice work, guys!
This happened on Wednesday, August 29. The Lake Worth Sun just obtained the report of the incident from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office this week.
Miss Epps told the deputy that she'd been sitting at the bar with her purse directly in front of her when the man grabbed it and ran.
The man (Benjamin Kairall) had been trying to pay for his $14 bar tab with a credit card, which was declined. He told the bartender he wanted to go to his car to find "another method of payment," but instead grabbed the pink purse and ran.
Think Your Assessment is Wrong?
Deadline Nears For Challenging Proposed Property Tax Notice
Petitions Must Be Filed By September 17
Palm Beach County taxpayers have until September 17 to file a petition with the Value Adjustment Board (VAB) to challenge their property’s market value, classification, or an exemption.
Taxpayers have three options to file VAB petitions: online using myVAB, in person at the Clerk’s Governmental Center or branch locations, or by mail to 301 North Olive Avenue, Room 203, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
For more information, please see our Frequently Asked Questions for the Value Adjustment Board.
Best regards,
Sharon R. Bock, Esq.
Clerk & Comptroller, Palm Beach County
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Lake Worth to Spend More Than it Brings In
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| Pam Triolo, mayor of Lake Worth and a long-time Republican, voted to approve this budget |
City Commissioner Scott Maxwell jumped the gun at last night's city commission meeting and proposed to vote to approve the almost $29 million city budget as presented and move to schedule a second reading (as required by law) later this month even though the budget proposes to spend almost a half a million more than the city plans to bring in during the next fiscal year, which starts on October 1.
Oh, it's technically a balanced budget, because the big $423,000 hole is filled by taking that amount out of the reserve fund. That leaves a little over $2 million in the reserve fund. Fine, you say. But according to the five-year budget projection provided by city staff, that reserve fund is emptied out a little more than a year from now and by 2015 is showing a negative balance of $3 million.
Only outgoing city commissioner Suzanne Mulvehill seemed at all perturbed by this.
"We're just postponing the diasaster...is what is essentially happening," she told fellow commissioners.
She also questioned why the amount of money proposed to go to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is going up and up in future years when the city of Lake Worth was promised that the total contract amount will go down, with savings to the city over the next few years.
Police and Fire Pensions Shooting Up
Lake Worth is paying more than $14 million this year to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for police protection. Three years from now, the city is expecting to be paying $16 million to the PBSO, according to the city's five-year budget projection.
The increase, says city finance manager Steve Carr, has to do "totally" with pensions. The cost of paying out pensions to retired PBSO officers is expected to jump from just over $2 million this year to almost $3.5 million three years from now.
Those pension promises were made by PBSO. But Lake Worth has options, reminded Carr, as the amount Lake Worth pays to the PBSO will be revisited at the end of this year.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Hot Topic: 200 Block of North Lakeside Drive
Below is an artist's rendering of the home that Cabrera Construction wants to build on the 200 block of North Lakeside Drive. The city's Planning Department is having a public meeting TONIGHT at 6 p.m. at City Hall to discuss.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Work Slowdown at The Lake Worth Sun
The Lake Worth Sun is slowing down, with more infrequent postings while the editor spends a couple of months working furiously to establish a small neighborhood pre-school in the downtown Lake Worth area. I'm now at Step One with the city of Lake Worth and the Palm Beach County Health Department. Step One is where you get deep enough into reading through regulations and city code and go: "Oh Man, this is going to be one gigantic pain in the rear."
All I want to do is establish a small, wonderful little environment where my child and other Lake Worth children can spend their days. To do this, I'm having to learn about zoning, and parking and trees and irrigation and flooring and so many other things. But, Ok. It will all be worth it in the end. And when it's set up, the Lake Worth Sun will return with greater strength, with more sections, more topics covered in greater depth and breadth and in paper form, ..if all bank acconts are not emptied by that time!
To read more about what is provisionally called The Bryant Park Pre-School, click here.
-- Margaret Menge, Editor
All I want to do is establish a small, wonderful little environment where my child and other Lake Worth children can spend their days. To do this, I'm having to learn about zoning, and parking and trees and irrigation and flooring and so many other things. But, Ok. It will all be worth it in the end. And when it's set up, the Lake Worth Sun will return with greater strength, with more sections, more topics covered in greater depth and breadth and in paper form, ..if all bank acconts are not emptied by that time!To read more about what is provisionally called The Bryant Park Pre-School, click here.
-- Margaret Menge, Editor
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