Bob greene: there's a Republican way to fll a pothole and a democrat way to fill it. He says democrats hire full time workers with health and retirement benefts. Greene: If you don't scout your "minor league" players, you end up with political players.
Bob greene: there's a Republican way to fll a pothole and a democrat way to fill it. He says democrats hire full time workers with health and retirement benefts. Greene: If you don't scout your "minor league" players, you end up with political players.
Bob greene: there's a Republican way to fll a pothole and a democrat way to fill it. He says democrats hire full time workers with health and retirement benefts. Greene: If you don't scout your "minor league" players, you end up with political players.
February 22, 2012 SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH EVERYONE Number 8
MUNICIPAL ELECTION ISSUE #2 of 3 Filling a Pothole What difference does it make who wins a Municipal Council seat? After all, theres only one way to fll a pothole, right? Wrong. Theres a Republican way to fll a pothole and a Democratic way to fll a pothole. The Republican way is to hire a private contractor who then hires the cheapest labor he can fnd--no health benefts, no retirement benefts, possibly illegals. The contractor makes a large proft and after the job, his employees are again out of work. The Democratic way is to hire full time workers, with health and retirement benefts at a living wage. And after the job, the employees are still employed. Vote Democratic! Local Elections Are Like Professional Baseball Often, voters feel that local Municipal elections are not important. But consider this: professional baseball is divided into two groups: the major leagues (the majors) and the minor leagues (the minors). The baseball clubs in the majors need a place where young players can develop their skills and older players can work on shoring up their weaknesses. A young player will usually spend some time in the minors before being recruited by a major league team. Without the minor leagues, major league baseball scouts would not know which players should be considered as candidates to be brought up to the majors. The same is true in politics. Local politicians (county commissioners, mayors, school board members) develop their skills and abilities in the offces they have been elected to. Their communities can assess their skills and abilities (in the minor leagues) and scout them for higher offce. If you, the voter, dont scout your minor league players, you are very apt to end up with political players, going to the majors, whose ideas are totally contrary to yours. Sometimes players go up to the majors without playing in the minors. However, they are not unproven. They have performed in other venues of the game, such as high school or college. Can you think of any major league team which selects a completely unknown? In the 2010 elections many unproven players with no political history were selected by voters, not by their proven record, but purely by the emotion provided in false advertising of the moment. If someone who has performed In This Issue: Filling a Pothole ...................................................................1 Local Elections Are Like Professional Baseball ..................1 Not Too Late To Apply For a Vote-By-Mail Ballot............. 2 Check Your Voter Status ........................................................ 2 Do You Know If Your City Has a Municipal Election on March 13th? ................................... 2 The Fourth of the Seven Biggest Economic Lies ................... 3 Republican Lie of the Month .............................................. 3 Fox News Uninformed .................................................... 3 Municipal Elections Chart .................................................. 4 [Continued on page 2, Baseball] 2 Check Your Voter Status For your peace of mind, its always a good idea to check the status of your registration and Vote-By- Mail application. You can quickly do that here: http://registration.elections.myflorida.com/ CheckVoterStatus. If you dont have a computer, phone your supervisor of elections offcetheyll be glad to help you. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. James Madison Do You Know If Your City Has A Municipal Election On March 13th? If so, do you know which candidate(s) are likely to fll a pothole like a Democrat? See the chart starting on page 4 for Palm Beach County Municipal elections being held in 2012 and candidate recommendations. as a school board member wishes to run for the Florida legislature, their actions as a school board member will tell you if they support your pothole- flling philosophy. The Republicans have been building their minor league bench for years. This has put them in an excellent position to move up to other elected positions. We need to set Democrats up for victory, not this year or next, but in 10 yearswhich is how long it will take to fll the pipeline. Only then will we garner enough candidates to be competitive and take back control of various offces. Remember, when you vote in local elections, you are scouting players who may eventually run for the majors. Know your candidates histories... and vote for them! d.i. Its Not Too Late To Apply For a Vote-By-Mail Ballot Vote-By-Mail Ballots will be mailed out on February 24th. If you havent already applied for one, its not too late. You can apply on-line by clicking on this link: http://www.fadems.com/ pages/request-a-vote-by-mail-ballot or by phone at (561) 656-6200 hours are 8:30 am to 5pm. One will be sent to you in plenty of time to vote before March 13 (Municipal Election Day). [Note: If your picture ID and your voter registration signatures are not exactly the same (such as middle initial on one and not on the other) your ID will be challenged and you may have a problem voting. When you go to vote, you will need an acceptable ID with a picture. If you do not have one, I urge you to vote by mail--no ID and no picture are required.] [Baseball, continued from page 1] Republicans would rather have Obama fail than to do something positive for the middle class. They just don't care. 3 The Fourth of the Seven Biggest Economic Lies. (Watch for Lie #5 in next months issue) Lie #4. Cutting the budget defcit now is more important than boosting the economy. Untrue. With so many Americans out of work, budget cuts now will shrink the economy. Theyll increase unemployment and reduce tax revenues. That will worsen the ratio of the debt to the total economy. The frst priority must be getting jobs and growth back by boosting the economy. Only then, when jobs and growth are returning vigorously, should we turn to cutting the defcit. --Robert Reich Pants On Fire Republican Lie of the Month Politifact rates claims and allegations as being Pants On Fire lies when they are baseless and without merit. Inside the stimulus package is anti- Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and student Bible study groups. --Newt Gingrich We havent seen anything that supports Gingrichs claim that the stimulus will stop church groups from meeting at public schools, nor Boy Scouts or Bible study groups. In fact, the clause on religion does not even apply to public schools. Inasmuch as this one seems aimed at unnecessarily infaming the conservative Christian base, wed like to retort with some fames of our own. We rate Gingrichs claim Pants on Fire. [For more details, go to www.TeRational Majority.org and click on the Snap-Dragons button.] Fox News Uninformed Fox News viewers are less informed than people who dont watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University. The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government and 6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government compared to those who watch no news. There is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who dont watch any news at all. commented Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickenson. The Democratic Voter www.PBCDemocraticParty.org 561-433-1112 Editor: Dan Isaacson Assistant Editors: Robin Blanchard Allen Robbins The Democratic Voter is a Voter Education newsletter. Please do your friends a favor. Show them, or email them, a copy and urge them to subscribe, too! To subscribe, send an email to SubscribeDemVoter@gmail.com with the word Subscribe in the subject line. To unsubscribe, insert the word Unsubscribe in the Subject line. If you want to join the Democratic Party Call 561-340-1486 Send contributions to: Palm Beach County Democratic Party 8401 Lake Worth Road, #132 Elections 2012 Mark Your 2012 Calendar! General Election General Election Day: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Primary Election Primary Election Day: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Authorized and Paid For By The Palm Beach County Democratic Party Absentee Ballot Requests Made Before January 1, 2011 Have Now Expired To get your absentee ballot: By Phone: Right now, before you forget,call your Florida Supervisor of Elections at 561-656-6200 and request an absentee ballot for all the elections through 2014. Your vote is important! On the Web: You may also fnd your Supervisor of Elections at: http://www.pbcelections.org/ [Ed.: If your Municipal Election ballot does not arrive for you in the mail, Im willing to bet you wont go out to the polls to vote in the Municipal election! Order your absentee ballot now! And VOTE] Avoid Floridas New Voter Suppression Laws. VOTE FROM HOME 4 Municipality City Clerk Name/form of government//phone/email/web/ Positions Open. Names of Recommended Candidates CITY OF ATLANTIS 260 Orange Tree Drive Atlantis, FL 33462 ph: (561) 965-1744 fax:: (561) 642-1806 Jude M. Goudreau (City Council) 561-965-1744 email: web: http://www.atlantisf.gov/Pages/At- lantisFL_Gov/index
Council Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month in the Council Chambers. No Municipal Election in 2012 CITY OF BELLE GLADE Municipal Complex 110 S.W. Ave E Belle Glade, FL 33430 ph: (561) 996-0100 fax: (561) 993-1814 Debra R. Buf CMC ph: (561) 996-0100 email:dbuf@belleglade-f.com Seat C, William Grear, Jr
CITY OF BOCA RATON 201 W. Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, FL 33432 ph: (561) 393-7700 fax: (561) 393-7704 name: Diane King ph: 561-393-7740 email: dking@myboca.us web: http://www.ci.boca-raton.f.us/ Seat C, Anthony Majhess
Seat D, Constance J Scott CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH 100 E. Boynton Beach Blvd P. O. Box 310 Boynton Beach, FL 33425 ph: (561) 742-6000 fax: (561) 742-6011 Janet M. Prainito, MMC ph: (561) 742-6061 email: Prainitoj@bbf.us web: http://www.boynton-beach.org/ government/departments/city_clerk/ index.html No Municipal Election in 2012
TOWN OF BRINY BREEZES 4802 N. Ocean Blvd Boynton Beach, FL 33435 ph: (561) 272-5495, fax: (561) 274-1988 Shari L. Canada, Deputy Town Clerk, (mayor/aldermen) Nancy Boczon, Town Clerk Pro Tem ph: (561) 272-5495 email: brinytownclerk@yahoo.com web: http://www.townofrinybreezes-f.com/ contact/contact.htm No Municipal Election in 2012 2012 Palm Beach County Municipal Elections/Recommendations 5 TOWN OF CLOUD LAKE 100 Lang Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406-3222 ph: (561) 686-2815 fax: (561) 683-5120 Dorothy C. Gravelin, council (561) 686-2815, townofcloudlake@msn.com; http://www.pbcgov.com/countycommis- sioners/district3/cloudlake.htm No Municipal Election 2012 CITY OF DELRAY BEACH 100 N.W. First Avenue Delray Beach, FL 33444 ph: (561) 243-7000 fax: (561) 243-7199 Chevelle D. Nubin CMC (City Commis- sion) ph: (561) 243-7051 email: nubin@ci.delray-beach.f.us web:http://www.mydelraybeach.com/ Delray/Departments/City+Clerk/ City+Clerk+Directory.htm Website listing of those who have fled. http://mydelraybeach.com/Delray/De- partments/City+Clerk/Quick+Links/ City+of+Delray+Beach+Elections.htm Seat 2, Al Jacquet, Esq.
Seat 4, Angeleta Gray Victor Kirson TOWN OF GLEN RIDGE 1501 Glen Road Glen Ridge, FL 33406-3215 ph: (561) 697-8868 fax: (561) 697-1755 Michelle Suiter (Manager) (Mayor- Council) (561) 697-8868 glenridgetownof@bellsouth.net http://pbcgov.net/countycommissioners/ district3/glenridge.htm No Municipal election in 2012 VILLAGE OF GOLF 21 Country Road Village of Golf, FL 33436 ph: (561) 732-0236 fax: (561) 732-7024 Carol Marciano ph: (561)732-0236 email: villageclerk@bellsouth.net web: http://www.villageofgolf.org/Ad- ministration.html No Municipal Election in 2012 CITY OF GREENACRES 5800 Maleluca Lane Greenacres, FL 33463 ph: (561) 642-2006 fax: (561) 642-2004 Denise McGrew (Council-Manager) ph: 561-642-2006 email: dmcgrew@ci.greenacres.f.us web: : http://www.ci.greenacres.f.us/ dept_administration/City_Clerk_Staf. htm Dist 2, LaVerne Beres
Dist 3, Rochelle Gaenger TOWN OF GULF STREAM 100 Sea Road Gulf Stream, FL 33483 ph: (561) 276-5116 fax: (561) 737-0188 Rita Taylor; 276-5116; rtaylor@gulf-stream.org; City Clerk Web address: none No Municipal Election in 2012 6 TOWN OF HAVERHILL 4585 Charlotte Street Haverhill, FL 33417 ph: (561) 689-0370 fax: (561) 689-4317 Janice C. Rutan, CMC, Town Adminis- trator ph: (561) 689-0370 ext 24 email: jrutan@townofaverhill-f.gov web; : http://www.townofaverhill-f.gov/ town_clerk.htm No Municipal election in 2012 TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH 3614 South Ocean Boulevard Highland Beach, FL 33487 ph: (561) 278-4548 fax: (561) 265-3582 Beverly M. Brown, MMC ph: (561) 278-4548 email: bbrown@ci.highland-beach.f.us web; : http://www.ci.highland-beach. f.us/index.aspx?nid=79 Vice Mayor Miriam Zwick TOWN OF HYPOLUXO 7580 South Federal Highway Hypoluxo, FL 33462-6034 ph: (561) 582-0155 fax: (561) 582-0703 Barbara Lee Searls ph: (561) 582-0155 email: hypoluxo@hypoluxo.org web: http://www.hypoluxo.org/256539. html No Municipal Election in 2012. TOWN OF JUNO BEACH 340 Ocean Drive Juno Beach, FL 33408 ph: (561) 626-1122 fax: (561) 775-0812 Vanessa M. Dunham, CMC ph: (561) 656-0316 email: vdunham@juno-beach.f.us web; : http://www.juno-beach.f.us/index. asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={5E87C7F1- 52A8-4E21-91FC-2C9F05DB5384} No recommendation
TOWN OF JUPITER 210 Military Trail Jupiter, FL 33458-5784 ph: (561) 746-5134 fax: (561) 575-9730 Boylan, Sally ph: (561) 741-2352 email: SallyB@jupiter.f.us web; : http://www.jupiter.f.us/Govern- ment/TownClerksOfce/index.cfm No Municipal Election in 2012. TOWN OF JUPITER INLET COL- ONY One Colony Road P. O. Box 728 Jupiter, FL 33468-0728 ph: (561) 746-3787 fax: (561) 746-1068 Malou Kuper ph: (561) 746-3787 email: kuperm@jupiterinletcolony.org web; : http://jupiterinletcolony.org/Ad- ministration_Staf.html No Municipal Election in 2012 TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE SHORES 1701 Barbados Road Lake Clarke Shores, FL 33406 ph: (561) 964-1515 fax: (561) 964-0685 Mary Pinkerman ph: (561) 964-1515 ext 10 email: lkclarke1@bellsouth.net web; : http://www.townofakeclarke- shores.com/profle/mary-pinkerman No Municipal Election in 2012 7 TOWN OF LAKE PARK 535 Park Avenue Lake Park, FL 33403 ph: (561) 881-3300 fax: (561) 881-3314 Vivian M. Lemley ph: 561-881-3311 email: townclerk@lakeparkforida.gov web; : http://www.lakeparkforida.gov/ content/town-clerk-vivian-m-lemley No Municipal Election in 2012. CITY OF LAKE WORTH 7 North Dixie Highway Lake Worth, FL 33460-3787 ph: (561) 586-1600 fax: (561) 586-1798 Pamela Lopez ph: 561-586-1662 email: plopez@lakeworth.org web; : http://www.lakeworth.org/index. asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={A5EB4287- 64F2-4418-A08C-34BF07749016} No Municipal Election in 2012 TOWN OF LANTANA 500 Greynolds Circle Lantana, FL 33462 ph: (561) 540-5000 fax: (561) 540-5011 Crystal Gibson ph: (561) 540-5016 email: cgibson@lantana.org web; : http://www.lantana.org/page. asp?PageId=588 No Municipal Election in 2012 TOWN OF LOXAHATCHEE GROVES 14579 Southern Boulevard, Suite #2 Loxahatchee Groves, FL 33470 ph: (561) 793-2418 fax: (561) 793-2420 Jan Moore ph: (561) 793-2418 email: jmoore@loxahatcheegroves.org web; : http://www.loxahatcheegroves.org/ index.php?go=pages.page&pageId=3 Seat 3 Ryan Liang Byrnes Guillaume TOWN OF MANALAPAN 600 South Ocean Boulevard Manalapan, FL 33462-3398 ph: (561) 585-9477 fax: (561) 585-9498 Lisa Petersen ph: 561-383-2541 email: lpetersen@manalapan.org web: http://www.manalapan.org/index. aspx?nid=157 No Municipal election in 2012 TOWN OF MANGONIA PARK 1755 E. Tifany Drive Mangonia Park, FL 33407 ph: (561) 848-1235 fax: (561) 848-6940 Sherry Albury 561-848-1235 info@townofmangoniapark.com http://www.townofmangoniapark.com/ contactus.html Mayor William H. Albury III
Seat 5 Peggy Cook VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH 501 U.S. Highway #1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408-4906 ph: (561) 841-3355 fax: (561) 881-7469 Melissa Teal ph: 561-841-3355 email: npbclerk@village-npb.org web; : http://www.village-npb.org/ Group 2 Susan Tiedemann Bickel Doug Bush 8 TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE 6450 North Ocean Boulevard Ocean Ridge, FL 33435 ph: (561) 732-2635 fax: (561) 737-8359 Karen Hancsak ph: 561-732-2635 email: khancsak@oceanridgeforida. com web; : http://www.oceanridgeforida. com/TownOfcials.htm No recommendation CITY OF PAHOKEE 207 Begonia Drive Pahokee, FL 33476 ph: (561) 924-5534 fax: (561) 924-8140 Anika Sinclair (561) 924-5534 x 28 CITYCLERK@cityofpahokee.com http://www.cityofpahokee.com/City%20 Clerk/City%20Clerk.htm Vice Mayor, Henry Crawford, Jr Felisia Hill TOWN OF PALM BEACH P.O. Box 2029 360 South County Road Palm Beach, FL 33480 ph: (561) 838-5400 fax: (561) 838-5411 Susan A. Owens, MMC ph: (561)227-6341 or (561) 838-5416 email: townclerk@townofpalmbeach. com web; : http://palmbeach.govof- fce.com/index.asp?Type=B_ BASIC&SEC={A5B0DC7C-7C7F-482E- A916-A002A8B376D1} No Municipal Election in 2012 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 10500 North Military Trail Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 ph: (561) 799-4100 fax: (561) 799-4111 Patricia Snider, CMC ph: 561.799.4122 email: psnider@pbgf.com web; : http://www.pbgf.com/con- tent/72/124/default.aspx No Municipal Election in 2012 TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES 247 Edwards Lane Palm Beach Shores, FL 33404 ph: (561) 844-3457 fax: (561) 863-1350 Carolyn Gangwer 561-844-3457 cgangwer@pbstownhall.org www.palmbeachshoresf.us At large: Cindy Larcher VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS 226 Cypress Lane Palm Springs, FL 33461-1699 ph: (561) 965-4010 fax: (561) 965-0899 Virginia Walton, CMC ph: (561) 965-4010 email: vwalton@villageofpalmsprings. org web; : http://www.villageofpalmsprings. org/clerk.htm No Municipal Election in 2012 CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH 600 West Blue Heron Boulevard Riviera Beach, FL 33404 ph: (561) 845-4010 fax: (561) 840-3353 Carrie E. Ward, MMC 561-845-4090 cward@rivierabch.com www.rivierabch.com/cityclerk.asp District 2 Judy L. Davis Terence TD Davis 9 VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH 1050 Royal Palm Beach Boulevard Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 ph: (561) 790-5100 fax: (561) 790-5174 Diane DiSanto 561-790-5100 ddisanto@royalpalmbeach.com www.royalpalmbeach.com/index. aspx?nid=99 No recommendation. CITY OF SOUTH BAY 335 S.W. 2nd Avenue South Bay, FL 33493 ph: (561) 996-6751 fax: (561) 996-7950 Virginia K. Walker ph: (561) 996-6751 ext 10 email: walker@southbaycity.com web; : http://www.southbaycity.com/ Public_Documents/SouthBayFL_Clerk/ index No Municipal election in 2012 TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH 3577 South Ocean Boulevard South Palm Beach, FL 33480 ph: (561) 588-8889 fax: (561) 588-6632 Janet K. Whipple, C.M.C. ph: 561-588-8889 email: jwhipple@southpalmbeach.com web; : http://www.southpalmbeach. com/1035866.html No Municipal Electiion in 2012 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA P.O. Box 3273 345 Tequesta Drive Tequesta, FL 33469 ph: (561) 575-6200 fax: (561) 575-6203 Lori McWilliams, MMC (561) 768-0440 lmcwilliams@tequesta.org www.tequesta.org/index.aspx?nid=89 No Municipal Election in 2012. VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON 14000 Greenbriar Boulevard Wellington, FL 33414 ph: (561) 791-4000 fax: (561) 791-4045 Awilda Rodriguez ph: 561-791-4000 email: web; : http://www.wellingtonf.gov/de- partments/clerk.html Mayor Bob Margolis
Seat 4 Matt Willhite
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH 401 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401 ph: (561) 822-1400 fax: (561) 822-1424 name; ph: (561) 822-1210 email: cityclerk@wpb.org web; : http://wpb.org/clerk/ Website for candidate & referendum information: http://wpb.org/clerk/election-informa- tion/ District 1 Sylvia Mofett