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Just got the good word….The budget is available for viewing online via www.boynton-beach.org
Look at it and think of yourself as the business owner of Boynton Beach. More money is going OUT than is coming IN.
Yes, these are difficult times and we have to navigate them with care and good intention.
All ideas given with that thoughtfulness [...]

Subject:  Unable to access 2010-2011 Proposed Budget online

Hello City Manager Kurt Bressner

On www.boynton-beach.org it states:
The City Commission will hold a series of special meetings from Monday, July 19, through Wednesday, July 21, 2010, for the purpose of reviewing the proposed Capital Improvement program for FY2010-2011; the proposed budget for FY2010-2011; adoption of the preliminary Fire [...]

After a presentation of the ongoing improvements to the Marina, Mayor Rodriquez conducted a very fruitful meeting wherein the boat slip tenants “wish list” was discussed.
At the top of the list was parking.  Especially annoying to boat owners is that at 8 a.m. on Saturdays public parking becomes restaurant employee parking rather than the intended customer [...]

Get to know your Neighbors!… at the newly renovated Pence Park area (SE 5th Avenue and SE 4th Street).  Bring your gently used items out for sale and enjoy a pleasant time.

Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks will provide a FREE table to those who RSVP by May 1.   So call 742-6243 or email your name, [...]

Do we ever tell the City Commissioner who represents us?  Well I did this morning to the newly elected District 3 Commissioner Steven Holzman.  Let me share it with you:

“Good Morning Commissioner Holzman,
 
Thank you for representing me, and our District 3, so well at last night’s City Commission meeting regarding the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.  That our City [...]

Habitat for Humanity is ALREADY ACTIVE in the recovery…due to communication being knocked out, they have been unable to reach many of their staffbased in Port Au Prince – still gathering information on the status of the Habitat for Humanity homes, families, offices, etc. But, ARE AWARE that THOUSANDS will be in need of their [...]

We are all  part of this city…men, women, young, old,  black, white.  You name it, we are here.  Think of our community  as a symphony.  The music can be beautiful or it can be  discordant; devoid of harmony and accord.

Think of ourselves as players of  instruments as we hear the sounds in our minds which [...]

The matter was NOT discussed at the City Commission meeting on Tuesday night January 5, 2009

Commissioner Marlene Ross had a family emergency and had to leave the dais early, and she requested that the Old School be postponed until the next Commission meeting on January 19th. So we will have time between now and then [...]

Attended a 10am meeting at St. John Missionary Baptist Church 900 N. Seacrest Boulevard about education of black children. See http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/schools/black-leaders-call-for-palm-beach-county-school-161541.html
and a 5pm meeting at Fire Station 2 located at 2615 West Woolbright Road about Historic Resources. A part of this important issue is on TONIGHT’S City Commission meeting agenda.
I suggest that you go to [...]

Say that you are a Boynton Beach citizen who wants to be informed about what
is on the agenda for a Commission meeting. If you do not have a computer, you can go to City Hall
and there are copies in the lobby.

What recently occurred regarding the December 1, 2009 meeting was deceitful. Looking at the Agenda [...]

I want this to be the best blog for the residents of Boynton Beach.  I will do the very best to keep them informed.  I have no axe to grind…just want responsible  government

Got back too late from California to attend the last Commission meeting. Checked the audio on line: http://www.boynton-beach.org/government/elected_officials/audio_recording_2009-12-01_commission_meeting.html

 Read  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/boynton-beach-reverses-course-on-police-station-referendum-94078.html 

After reading the comments to [...]

Hear All About it!

A copy of the audio recording from November 17, 2009, City Commission meeting is now online at the City of Boynton Beach website.

The web page can be directly accessed here, and scroll down to Item III, under “Review presentations: Space needs of Police and/or City Hall”.

Last night the citizens of Boynton Beach witnessed  classic money controlled representation.   We are moving our central Police Department to a shopping center! 

Of the four proposals, only the THE PATRINELY GROUP  presented ideas for our southeastern district which are aligned with the redevelopment of our Downtown Master Plan,  the City Commission’s approved plan.

THE PATRINELY GROUP is [...]

Let treat this as a story line for a play…..

The characters are listed here:

http://www.boyntonbeachcra.com/craoverview_board.php.

Notice that the Boynton Beach CRA Board of Directors are also the elected officials of the Boynton Beach City Commission of Boynton Beach   http://www.boynton-beach.org/government/elected_officials/index.html

The first scene opens at [...]

You are cordially invited to participate in the Habitat for Humanity November 2009 Women Build Day. To RSVP click on flyer.

Many families in the communities in which Habitat for Humanity has built in Boynton Beach, struggle day-to-day to maintain their household, let alone the house itself and surrounding property. Build a Home – Build a Neighborhood (BHBN) is a new exterior “green” home preservation program has started this year that provides painting, landscaping and minor [...]

Homes and autos can be replaced. Good health is priceless and its loss a disaster which changes lives.
Change never comes easily in the United States. Valuing our system and the process I attended the town hall meeting August 20th in west Delray Beach. After being out in the relentless sun where I listened and watched [...]

Last night’s Boynton Beach CRA Community Meeting held at the Carolyn Sims Center was well attended in spite of impending bad weather.  The reason for the meeting was to give the residents of the Heart of Boynton an update on their community’s redevelopment plan, however, since there was a quorum present of the COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT [...]

Everyone has their own interests. Would love to hear yours.

For me…..I just love our City Library.  Lived nearby it for years and would walk to it to read ALL the current magazines and newspapers. A lot of the familar faces there have retired, however, the new ones are just as enthusiastic.

Frequently I saw  the Great [...]