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Lots of CRA money to be spent here. Awaiting Director Lisa Bright’s reply for more info (READ from the bottom up): —– Original Message —– From: Victoria Castello To: Bright, Lisa Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:54 AM Subject: Re: Ocean Breeze project May I have the names of the respondents to date and will you kindly inform me whenever others come [...] …not fast pretty pictures in PowerPoint presentations. This morning I emailed Lisa Bright: From: Victoria Castello I am an accountant. You, my readers, may [...] Tonight’s meeting is VERY IMPORTANT 7/20: 6:00pm, Special Community Redevelopment Agency Board meeting: City Hall, Commission Chambers, (view Agenda). This editorial from the Palm Beach Post tells you: In Boynton, two options: Bring CRA under city staff, or suspend agency director. “Boynton Beach city commissioners have only two credible options at today’s special meeting to deal with the infighting [...] Reading the Palm Beach Post headline “Boynton CRA director refuses office access to Mayor, calls Police”…. made me realize how destructive the actions of our present Boynton Beach CRA Director have become. At this point it renders her totally ineffective At the 6/8 CRA Board meeting the Board has requested that CRA Director Lisa Bright and [...] Broward land developer, GL Homes has requested our County Commissioners consider a trade of about 900 acres of publicly owned farmland in the Agricultural Reserve for about 5,000 acres in Loxahatchee. Why are we (our County Government) being asked to bail out this developer who purchased 5,000 acres in Loxahatchee/ The Acreage area during the real [...]
It takes hard work and dedication to improve blighted areas. CRAs are formed for that purpose. There are times when the CRA director/staff have to set aside thoughts of “political suicide”, egos, personalities or personal comfort and step up to the plate and support its mission. We have heard from our newly elected Mayor that next year our City faces a 5 Million dollar budget shortfall. With property values falling, property tax revenue is down significantly. Other cities have bitten the bullet by workforce reduction such as laying off staff, furloughs and hiring freezes. Our past mayor frowned on that but [...] Tomorrow (5/4) night’s City Commission meeting has on the agenda the request by Commissioner Orlove to consider changing the meeting time from 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Since previous commission meetings have been running into the late hours, this may not be a bad idea. Will it deter citizen participation? It need not. With the [...] A vibrant downtown begins with a well-run creatively developed BOYNTON BEACH MARINA. Our Marina is one of the last working marinas in Palm Beach County. It is part of Palm Beach County’s strategic plan to activate the Intracoastal Waterway as a means of commerce. A public meeting will be held in the Marina on Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:00 [...] Mayor Rodriquez is on record for an independent CRA Board. The last item on tonight’s (4/20) City Commission meeting: Item14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS : A. Review of application packet and process for CRA appointments. City Commission is asked to review the application materials and selection process for appointment of two additional members of the Community Redevelopment Board. [...] We don’t want it to be “business as usual” because that hasn’t gotten us very far. Just look at our dismal downtown. We need your well-thought out ideas, not just complaints. Mayor Rodriguez was energized by the good attendance at the “Inaugural Commission Meeting” and asked for continued good attendance. There were lots of feelings of [...] FOR MAYOR: The winner was Jose Rodriguez with 1,896 which was 35.49% of the votes . The others were: Brian K. Edwards 1,693 31.69% Ronald Weiland 948 17.74% Carl McCoy 419 7.64% Mack McCray 320 5.99% Cliff Montross 41 0.77% Dr. Piotr Blass 26 0.49% In FOR DISTRICT 3 The winner was Steven Holzman with 764 which was 58.59% of the votes. Mark Karageorge received 540 for 41.41%.
Absentee ballots are handled strictly by the Supervisor of Elections. If you have questions in this regard, please call 656-6200. The last opportunity any of the candidates will have to accept contributions will be at midnight on March 4, 2010. There is a $500 per person limit. Check out the candidates. Call them at the number which is public record. If they are not accessible now… do you think they will be accessible later if elected? Finally, try to meet and question them at public forums. FOR MAYOR: Commissioners Jose Rodriguez (561) 628-5792) and Ronald Weiland (561) 214-1079) are on our City Commission and CRA Board and have been for several years. [...] It will take some work, however, if we all do our share and spread the work among people of good will, it will be a labor of love. We all have different talents. Let’s put them to good use for the betterment of our City. I would love to hear your suggestions. I will be giving [...] Attending a City Commission meeting is an experience! Try it…you’ll like it! The Boynton Beach Commission Chambers in City Hall is pleasant and inviting and COLD so bring a sweater. Preparing should be easy as you can get the AGENDA online. Is The City’s website user-friendly? What do you think? Let me explain how I did it: [...] |
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