Friends of LHTE

Lake Park Mayoral Election

2011-05-22T07:42:00.000-07:00

Sat, May 21, 2011 8:43:16 AM

Fw: Lake Park Mayoral Election

From:	Nancy <ndrum@bellsouth.net> View Contact
To:	Nancy <ndrum@bellsouth.net>

After watching the total chaotic state that our local governing body has been thrown into because of the personal agenda of two individuals, I will fully endorse any candidate who will step up and help the remaining members of the commission to put Lake Park back on an intelligent path. If Lake Park is overtaken by the factions that are wholly self serving and irresponsible actions of a few people then our property values will reflect this unfortunate situation. I, for one, have begun to tell people that I live in North Palm because we will soon become identified as a backward, red-neck wide spot in the road that serves the needs of Riviera Beach...coupled with the fact that the properties east of U.S. 1 will be paying the burden of the tax load because we won’t have any entities in the western part of our town to be valued sufficiently to share the burden! Because of two people on the commission, I have watched a Chinese fire drill conducted at the public meetings!!!!! They have created stumbling blocks instead of stepping stones! I hope we can throw our support behind progress! Please forward this to any and all voters we can reach.

Dear Friends,

As you know, Lake Park is moving through a difficult time with the recent loss of our Mayor, Desca Dubois. With the mayor's passing we are mandated by Charter to hold an election to fill the vacancy within 60 days.

Over the past several days candidates have had the opportunity to file to fill this seat. While I have been flattered by the calls and emails from many of you requesting that I run, this election was not the right time for me. Additionally, a much better candidate stepped forward to fill the seat of Mayor of Lake Park. The candidate who stepped forward is a level headed, professional who has the best interest of our Town at heart, with no personal agenda to press.

We are blessed that the perfect candidate has stepped forward to run for Mayor of Lake Park. A man of immense integrity, humility and character. We are fortunate to have a man step forward to run for mayor who only wants to do what is best for the community and who can be the bridge needed to bring together divisive fractions of our community. The man I speak of is James Dubois!

I have always known James to be a man of immense integrity, he carries much of the same vision for our Town as Desca and he will help us all heal from the political discourse that has kept our Town stagnated over the past 18 months. Today I ask you to join me in supporting James Dubois for Mayor of Lake Park. We need James now!

Elect James Dubois, Mayor of the Town of Lake Park

Tuesday, June 28th

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Moving Lake Park Forward....Together!

Kendall R. Rumsey, Commissioner
Town of Lake Park Florida

GREAT CODE OF ETHICS FOR BOARD MEMBERS

2011-04-09T07:43:00.000-07:00

Comments welcome on this one, what do you think?

Model Code of Ethics for Community

Association Board Members

This model code of ethics is not meant to address every potential ethical dilemma encountered

by a community association board member, but is offered as a basic framework that can be

modified and adopted by any common-interest community.

Board members should:

Strive at all times to serve the best interests of the association as a whole regardless of their personal interests.

Use sound judgement to make the best possible business decisions for the association, taking into consideration all available information, circumstances and resources.

Act within the boundaries of their authority as defined by law and the governing documents of the association.

Provide opportunities for residents to comment on decisions facing the association.

Perform their duties without bias for or against any individual or group of owners or non-owner residents.

Disclose personal or professional relationships with any company or individual who has or is seeking to have a business relationship with the association.

Conduct open, fair and well-publicized elections.

Always speak with one voice, supporting all duly-adopted board decisions even if the board member was in the minority regarding actions that may not have obtained unanimous consent.

Board members should not:

Reveal confidential information provided by contractors or share information with those bidding for association contracts unless specifically authorized by the board.

Make unauthorized promises to a contractor or bidder.

Advocate or support any action or activity that violates a law or regulatory requirement.

Use their positions or decision-making authority for personal gain or to seek advantage over another owner or non-owner resident.

Spend unauthorized association funds for their own personal use or benefit.

Accept any gifts--directly or indirectly--from owners, residents, contractors or suppliers.

Misrepresent known facts in any issue involving association business.

Divulge personal information about any association owner, resident or employee that was obtained in the performance of board duties.

Make personal attacks on colleagues, staff or residents.

Harass, threaten or attempt through any means to control or instill fear in any board member, owner, resident, employee or contractor.

Reveal to any owner, resident or other third party the discussion, decisions and comments made at any meeting of the board properly closed or held in executive session.

Visit www.caionline.org; write cai-info@caionline.org; call (888)224-4321 (M-F, 9-6:30 ET)

Visit www.caionline.org; write cai-info@caionline.org;

call (888) 224-4321 (M–F, 9–6:30 ET)

Worth a Read!

2011-03-10T07:23:00.000-08:00

Check out the Florida Condo and HOA Legal Blog link, interesting article regarding allowing service and comfort animals.

Who needs Comcast?

2011-03-09T08:46:00.001-08:00

For channel surfers, a new wave of online TV comes with different pricing, features
CANDICE CHOI AP Personal Finance Writer
First Posted: March 02, 2011 - 4:12 pm
Last Updated: March 02, 2011 - 6:53 pm

NEW YORK — Forget the giant flat-screen TV. It could be time to downsize to a laptop.
Amazon's launch of its free on-demand video service last week adds yet another option to the growing market of online programming.
Access to the retailer's free video library is only available to select customers and still fairly limited. But the new service underscores the movement away from the living room TV set to computer screens and even mobile devices.
For some households, online programming could be a way to cut down on expensive cable packages that can easily top $150 a month. The features and prices you'll find online vary greatly, however, so you'll want to go over them carefully.
The market is still scattered, with the same programming often available from multiple sources. But here's a look at what you get with three well-known providers:
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Amazon
The new online video service for Amazon's Prime customers isn't exactly free. The price of admission is $79 a year for free two-day shipping and low-cost next-day shipping on all orders.
It should be noted that customers only have access to a limited set of free titles; about 4,000 TV episodes and 1,600 movies. Some newer titles are included, but most of the material is at least a few years old. So it's a nice perk if you were thinking of becoming a Prime member anyway, but streaming video shouldn't be the only reason you sign up.
Besides, the site has a vast online library of 90,000 titles that anyone can access without committing to a subscription. Customers can rent or buy movies and TV episodes a la carte. That makes it a good option if you're not an entertainment junkie but enjoy the occasional reality TV marathon.
Prices vary depending on the title and whether you rent or buy. For example, "The Social Network" costs $3.99 to rent and $14.99 to buy. Older movies cost less and TV episodes are usually 99 cents to buy. Episodes of recently aired shows, such as the current season of "Top Chef," are $1.99 each. Fans can buy a pass for the entire season to lower the cost to $1.89 per episode.
Unlike the free programming networks make available on their sites, the TV episodes sold on Amazon don't have commercials.
If you want to watch Amazon's programming on a large screen, there are several HDTVs that can connect to your broadband access. There are also several devices that do the same job. For more: http://tinyurl.com/66rnw3 .
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Hulu
This is a popular site that gathers a broad range of current hit shows from networks including ABC, Fox and NBC. The TV shows, including "Glee," ''Jersey Shore," and "The Office," are usually posted the morning after they air but only stay up for a couple weeks. Entire seasons of older series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "The A-Team" are also available.
It's hard to complain when something is free, but there are a few downsides. To start, the shows have commercials during the same intervals as you'd get on live TV and there's no way to fast forward through them. The selection of movies is also much more limited at 1,100 mostly older titles.
Visitors may have recently noticed logos for Hulu Plus. For $7.99 a month, this new service gives customers the option of watching shows on their iPhones and iPads as well. Customers also get access to entire seasons of 45 current shows and 90 past shows.
The shows still come with the same amount of ads. And not all programming available on the Hulu site is available through the apps.
Hulu Plus can also be streamed to several HDTVs. For more: http://tinyurl.com/4j4yyl2 .
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Netflix
Most people know Netflix for its DVD delivery service. Increasingly, however, customers are turning to the company's online library to catch up with TV shows and movies.
For $7.99 a month, customers get unlimited access. The company says it has agreements with networks including ABC, Fox, NBC and Disney to make some newer shows available. But Netflix generally relies more heavily on older material.
As with Amazon, the TV shows are ad-free.
It should also be noted that the online library is far more limited than the company's DVD rental catalog of about 100,000 titles. Netflix says the online library has more than 20,000 titles, but declined to provide further details.
Customers can pay $2 more a month — or $9.99 — to get one DVD rental at a time in addition to the online programming.
To find out more about watching Netflix's online library on your TV, go to http://tinyurl.com/ydfvx7z .