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Edition 734 - 1
The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 734 • Year XVI
East and West Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, Deerfield Beach
Sept 4 - Sept 11, 2025
Memorial Park Controversy Shows How Tone Deaf Boca Raton’s Leaders Have Become During last Tuesday’s Boca Raton City Council Meeting, City Manager George Brown strongly implied Memorial Park facilities were not built out before 1959 and that Memorial Park did not have a strong association with veterans or memorial events. While Brown might be correct that recently most city memorial functions have been held at the Boca Raton Cemetery, historically many of these sorts of functions took place at Memorial Park. At the center of the conflict is a debate about whether the property was explicitly named a “war memorial” in honor of World War II, or if the name “Memorial Park” is merely a generic, non-specific designation. But what the city does not seem to understand is that perception is reality and tone-deafness around veterans issues can turn a citizenry against local government. See on Page 8
Protest in the City of Boca Over the Proposed Relocation of the Children’s Singing Pines Museum See Page 4
What Boca’s Other Park and Rec Leaders Did
Rotary’s Mayors Ball Tickets Go on Sale Sept. 1
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