James Has Resident Removed For The 3rd. Time
February 8, 2022
I arrived at the City Commission meeting (2/7/2022) late because all I wanted to do was make a “General Comment” and not discuss any other item on the agenda. I walked in with my mask on, sat down and noticed James was not wearing his, so I took mine off.
He asked me to put it on, and I asked if he was going to use one. James had the police removed me again (3rd. time) I told him I filled out a card and expected to be allowed to make my comment at the end of the meeting. I went to the library and checked out 2 books and headed back to City Hall where the police met me and said once I disrupted a meeting I would not be allowed back in. OK.
Below is what I intended to say to James and the Commissioners, but not being allowed and having a few people hear my comments, I’ll write a story where hundreds can read it, and if readers help me get the word by forwarding the story thousands can read it.
“West Palm Beach has a Mayor who is egotistical, full of himself and completely self-absorbed, self-centered, selfish and extremely arrogant, and let’s not forget vindictive.
Some people should never hold power over others because they don’t know how to handle the responsibility. The city’s “Strong Mayor” form of government should be used for reaching a helping hand down and pulling someone up, not using the hand to knock someone to the ground, as James so often does.
At the 12/13/2021 CC meeting James, for the 2nd time had me removed for refusing to wear my mask, but unfortunately we have a mayor with a sense of entitlement who makes the rules, and refuses to follow what he himself set. Before the meeting started a resident approached the dais, wearing a mask, to address James who was mask less. Click on the picture to enlarge.
At the last Commission meeting held 1/24/2022 James coughed and sneezed throughout the meeting and a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology noted that “germs from one sneeze could travel from 19 to 26 feet. What’s also unfortunate is how fast these germs travel: A sneeze can move 100 miles per hour, which makes getting away from someone when they sneeze close to impossible.”
What no one can accuse the mayor of is having empathy.
I remember sitting in chambers when the entire 8 million dollar contract was given to PSC Security, cutting out Giddens Security who worked City Hall and other areas.
People working for Giddens made comments, and one woman stood out telling the Mayor & Commission that she was previously homeless when Gidden’s took a chance and gave her a job, and she didn’t want to become homeless again. All this was said with tears running down her face. The Mayor’s reaction. “Pulling on our heartstrings is disingenuous.”
When neighboring city’s are starting Community Garden’s to help feed the hungry, James is shutting WPB farm down.
If James can’t relate to someone’s pain, he will have no qualms about causing it.
Just because someone has a law degree it doesn’t mean they are intelligent or have, or use common sense.
The end