

Commissioner
Scott Maxwell
City of Lake Worth, Florida
"...Confusing Activity With Acheivement"
Not too dissimilar from tactics used throughout the world of politics to divert attention from the tough issues that are intended to confuse activity with acheivement, The Art of Distraction is used as an effective tool to avoid dealing with or masking the real issues that face our City that are truly worthy of our undistracted attention and focus.
Anyone who has observed politics in Lake Worth during the past few years will tell you that inordinate amounts of time, energy, city resources and media attention have been devoted to issues and initiatives that have absolutely little positive or tangible impact on improving the quality of life for our citizens.
This mindset has created nothing less than a series of these so called "Distractions" that fly directly in the face of common sense and the sound prioritization of resourses required to deal with the core issues that impact our City's ability to keep pace in a rapidly and constantly changing economy.
To be clear, the negative and perhaps unintended consequenses of this perpetual mindset has contributed significantly in placing our City in the severe economic crisis it finds itself today.
This page intends to highlight and chronical examples of these such distractions that have prevented our City from keeping pace with our neighbors in terms of economics, neighborhood development and blight eradication, crime reduction and quality of life enhancements.
After reviewing this page, it is hoped that you will share your thoughts with your friends and neighbors and encourage them all to reach out to your City Commissioners and demand they cease in "The Art of Destraction" and rechannel and refocus on truly dealing with the peoples' work!
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The Palm Beach County Cultural Council's new headquarters 601 Lake Avenue, the revamped former Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art. (J. Gwendolynne Berry / Palm Beach Post)Copyright 2010-2012 Scott Maxwell. All rights reserved.