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DELRAYNEWSPAPER.COM MARCH | 2018
Delray Newspaper endorses Chard, Frankel for commission By: Delray Newspaper Editorial Editor’s note: The Delray Newspaper has decided to endorse in two of the three commission races this year. We have agreed not to endorse in the Mitch Katz vs. Ryan Boylston race because Mr. Boylston is a former owner of the newspaper. Individual owners and investors in the newspaper have endorsed and contributed to candidates including Mr. Boylston. This editorial also references Atlantic Crossing. One of our principals, Jeff Perlman, is an executive at CDS International Holdings, which used to own the site. The company has since sold the property. At no time, has Mr. Perlman been an owner or partner in the project and his compensation has never been tied to its success or fate. These endorsements are based on questionnaires sent to candidates, our viewing of candidate forums and our observations of candidates in the community. They’ve had their turn.
Melissa Schechter and Lynn DaVanso Korp, Marina District and Osceola Park residents, work on their cat murals for Osceola Park’s Art in the Alley to raise awareness for Palm Beach County Animal Control efforts. Photo by: David DiPino.
Masterpiece portraits of 35 cats and dogs murals now hanging in Osceola Park
Art in the Alley to bring awareness to PBC Animal Control efforts By: David DiPino Contributing Writer Christine Burch has eight cats one of which is the focus of her mural titled: Katz & Mous now displayed in the Art Alley just off of Southeast Second Street between Southeast Third and Fourth Avenues. Burch joined over 50 other artists just south of the new SOFA Building in Delray Beach to brighten the alleyway
with felines and raise awareness for the Palm Beach County Animal Control efforts. Burch said the theme of her work came from a postcard by Quint Buccholtz, a Dutch-German painter, illustrator and author. “This is my seventh year in a row
(painting murals in alleys around Delray Beach). I love this theme (“Cats & Dogs in the Alley),” Burch said. Laurel Hecht is an accomplished artist who’s been featured in galleries around the world. One of the first things she did after moving from the frozen tundra of Cleveland, Ohio to Delray Beach was to get involved in community art proj[CONT. PG 2] ects. Hecht lives in a
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Five years ago, Shelly Petrolia and Cary Glickstein were elected commissioner and mayor respectively in a contentious election in which Delray voters opted for change. Both candidates ran on reform platforms vowing to bid contracts, restore the Town Hall meeting and initiate strong budget controls. Five years later—we are bidding contracts, a step in the right direction, but hardly a profile in courage. Bidding large contracts is required by city ordinance—so merely following the rules --while laudable-- is hardly groundbreaking. But the Town Hall meeting was never restored—replaced by a Mayor’s Lecture Series in which a long list of urban experts came to Delray only to have most of their advice ignored by the commission. A cynic might conclude that the series was designed to show what is possible everywhere but here in Delray. It’s like going to a restaurant and being shown delicious specials only to find out the kitchen has no intention of cooking them. As for budgetary discipline, it’s hard to make a case for fiscal responsibility when you are engaging in endless and costly litigation, turning away revenue generating investments and experiencing record turnover at City Hall [CONT. PG 55] including a series of city managers, city at-