Follow up on the the facts relating to the purchase of the Shore property (partial). Facts are facts. Documents cited.

How sad for Palmetto Bay. The present members of the Village Council who are running for re-election just appear to make things up - bogyman politics at play.

FACT - a resident obtained his own appraisal for the Shores property. Guess what. It confirms the value of the land.  This was originally reported in a PRIOR RELATED POST of April 16, 2021, Wow. Facts are facts. I believe that the current mayor, vice mayor and other members of the Village Council owe a retraction and an apology to former Manager Silva.

I am reposting the factual response by former manager (and long time Village resident) Ed Silva:

This Council continues to refer to the appraisal done by a private resident to claim that we didn't get the correct amount of land in the downtown area. I'm providing a copy of an appraisal with the letter of authorization in which the appraisal company has been directed to only appraise the .98 acres of land. Look closely at the document and you shall see that the appraisal authorization letter clearly states that this subject property is a part of a larger 2.27 acre site. Ironically the appraised value for just the .98 acres was $2,050,000. There was no instructions to provide a value for the bigger right of way parcel. Now again ask yourself why having these documents the Council has elected to question the integrity of the Village Attorney and Village Manager who both are no longer associated with the Village? Seems a bit vindictive doesn't it?

Here is a copy of part of that appraisal:

Please watch the Video posted below where the Hon. Dexter Lehtinen explains the facts relating to this purchase. Please take note that this village council knows better than to attack Mr. Lehtinen in regards to the purchase.

This is in follow up to another PRIOR RELATED POST of October 10, 2024, Campaign lies exposed. Get the facts and avoid campaign lies. A great purchase for the village.

Not only did the Village obtain valuable land (that the village still owns - which is probably worth even more than what was paid for it), but we stopped the 1,400 student charter school that then Mayor Stanczyk enthusiastically approved (see the post for the resolution). 

Sad that this is yet another example of their spin and deflection - and misrepresentation of the fact.  Only the substances of the controversy changes. But then again, “a leopard never changes its spots”. It continues to be apparent to me that drama, chaos and lack of civility from members of this current village council remain the preferred method of official business in Palmetto Bay.