Last week, in a crowded ballroom at the Hilton, Islanders heard a presentation from the City of Riviera Beach on the long-awaited, often-delayed A1A project. If the city's timetable holds, work will begin next year and be finished in 2010. After a hard-fought and often nasty campaign, two new Council people were sworn into office Wednesday night. Dawn Pardo replaced Jim Jackson as Singer Island's District 4 representative on the Council. Joining her was Judy Davis, newly elected from District 2, who replaces her opponent, Norma Dumcombe. After waiting hours for election returns, Islanders and West Side residents of Riviera Beach learned that they would have two new Council people as well as a new law banning baggy pants in public. The latter was led by Mayor Thomas Masters, who overcame ridicule by local media and some residents as he argued for some kind of community standards. Mayor Thomas Masters and Gary Ward, a member of the Charter Revision Committee, sat down last Wednesday night with members of the Singer Island Civic Associations board of directors to explain the proposed Charter revisions as well as the Mayors Baggy Pants' voter initiative. The Singer Island Civic Association held its annual meeting at the new Palm Beach Shores Community Center. Acting President and Chairman Tony Gigliotti introduced Mayor Thomas Mills who welcomed everyone to the new facility. The highlight of the e...
