posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:47 PM
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administrator
Royal Palm Beach, FL, Candidate Wants Alarm Response
The Town-Crier in Royal Palm Beach, FL, is asking questions of candidates for the March 9, 2010
elections.
This week’s questions: “Are you happy with the current management/operation of the village? What, if anything, would you like to change?” and “Why should voters choose you over the other candidate(s) in this race?”
VRICHARD VALUNTAS replies regarding Village Management.
Overall, I am happy with the current management/operation of the village. Most of the residents I have met during my campaign have made positive comments about the village and the way our government is run.
Even though our village operates quite well, there is always room for improvement. For example, I would like to change how the county’s alarm ordinance is currently being enforced within the village. Under the county’s alarm ordinance, law enforcement is not required to respond to all burglar alarm calls. I believe this is unacceptable, and I would like to have the village enact its own alarm ordinance that would (1) require law enforcement to respond to all burglar alarm calls, and (2) hold those responsible for “false alarms” to bear their fair share for the unnecessary expenditure of our resources. Such an ordinance would help increase the safety of our residents.