Good news for parents of small children in Palm Beach County, where playgrounds are expected to reopen this week.
County Administrator Verdenia Baker made the announcement during Tuesday's County Commission meeting.
"That is an issue that we will be handling this week on the openings of the playgrounds. That is something that staff has discussed. We wanted to give the cities a heads up that we were contemplating opening our playgrounds, along with some other type of activities in our parks. That is an E-O [emergency order] that we will be completing, and we anticipate opening those, making it effective on Thursday of this week."
Tensions were high in the Commission chambers. The announcement about playgrounds came after a woman was trying to comment about her desire to have them reopened, but was told it was off-topic by County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay.
"Miss Eade, I'm sorry. Again, point of order."
That's when the woman, named Rachel Eade, shouted "Nobody here's actually sorry!"
"We will maintain a level of civility and decorum in this chamber," Mayor Dave Kerner told Eade.
"Decorum? Nobody here has displayed decorum!" Ead fired back. "Nobody listens to the public. Nobody listens to their emails. Nobody does their job."
Kerner then asked deputies to remove Eade, but she said:
"I don't need to be removed. I can take care of myself."
The woman then left the Commission chambers.
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