Boca Viewpoint

Reading time: 3 minsWhat’s unusual is how aggressively One Boca has been promoted politically. There is now a full on political advertising campaign in progress.

Reading time: 3 minsThere are several key pieces of information that were missing from the Mayor’s update that make it misleading to residents not closely following this project.

Reading time: 11 minsThe police substation is missing from the Memorial Park land use concept diagram so expect that “whoopsie” to delete yet another amenity from “East Boca’s Patch Reef Park” to make room for the Transit District. Bye bye sports field?

Reading time: 8 minsUn-blighted city buildings and public lands that bring only the traffic and intensity needed to run the city and police station will be redeveloped into a series of 8-story high-rises for what urban planners call a Transit Oriented District that brings all their traffic and intensity into one of the worst congested areas in east Boca Raton. The older privately owned properties will remain.

Reading time: 7 minsBoca’s Government Campus proposal trades irreplaceable city assets for uncertain benefits. Once the land is developed, it cannot be recovered. Here are ten financial issues for why this project is not in Boca’s best interest.

Reading time: 2 minsStepping back  doesn’t mean stepping away. I’m committed to this community, and that commitment isn’t going anywhere.

Reading time: < 1 minBoca Raton’s Federation of Homeowners Associations are collecting questions from the public via a Google Form.

Reading time: 6 minsHow is it that in 2025, as we spend millions to fix the unfixable problems created by mindless construction of concrete boxes with windows and parsley on top, are we not preventing history from repeating itself in subarea D with Camino Square?

Reading time: 6 minsWe can rebuild and improve our city government campus while maintaining and preserving the invaluable natural elements and tree forests that make this city so special, unique and desirable.

Reading time: 3 minsIn memory of John Gore, we look at the de-beautification of Boca Raton. Notably, we examine the long term effect of the adoption of new architectural guidelines by the 2015 Boca City Council (against the wishes of residents) called the Interim Design Guidelines, was the perfidious moment that started a 10 year run on boxy buildings and, consequently, the erasure of Boca Raton’s unique and historic Mizner inspired look.