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After sounding the alarm early, Palm Beach Soil and Water Conservation District Chair Rob Long now writes that he's gratified the Delray Beach City Commission is taking chemicals in the city's water supply seriously. He just hopes they'll do more quickly the next time.
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Boca and Delray Election Results & Ruminations
Shelly Petrolia was on Tuesday’s ballot.
She won. Barely.
He won. Big.
Petrolia and Singer, the mayors of Delray Beach and Boca Raton involved themselves in this year’s elections to an unusually high degree for these cities. Each was seeking to create a like-minded voting bloc.
Petrolia began her effort last year. She helped to defeat a well-financed, well-known incumbent, Bill Bathurst, and replace him with Juli Casale. In the last year, Casale has been a Petrolia loyalist on everything from firing the city manager to ignoring science on sea grape trimming.
Delray bans aggressive panhandling but won t enforce it immediately
Mike Diamond
DELRAY BEACH City Commission Thursday adopted an ordinance to stop aggressive panhandling but agreed not to enforce it until the community is made aware of the measure’s details.
Commissioner Shirley Johnson cast the lone vote against the measure. She argued that the crackdown was not warranted at a time when the pandemic had made it much more difficult for people to earn a living.
For nearly three hours, the commission heard speaker after speaker label the ordinance as an unconstitutional attack on the homeless. Summer Barnes, an area attorney, said she has represented clients arrested and jailed for panhandling.