GETTING IT Who Was Out, About in Palm Beach County
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INSIDE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2014 www.FloridaWeekly.com Vol. IV, No. 49 • FREE A season of art A look ahead at what’s in store at area museums. A25 w Thomas Former Andy Edison’s Federal Reserve Warhol’s greatest chairman Alan understanding successes were Greenspan of mistakes built on his testified how helped usher in failures wrong he was a cultural shift Networking/Society GETTING IT Who was out, about in Palm Beach County. A20-21, 36, 37 w WRONGOO BY EVAN WILLIAMS Exploring ewilliams@fl oridaweekly.com the value “And what if you’re wrong? What if one day, the sun didn’t rise in the East and the birds didn’t fly South in winter and for once of our in your life your compass was off? Huh?” errors — Oliver Stone, “Wall Street” Classical sounds “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Chamber music fall festival gets — Thomas Alva Edison underway. A25 w WHERE DO MISTAKES COME FROM? DO THEY SPRING from the worst versions of ourselves? From the corrupt and greedy perversions and false hopes that led us to invest in the overpriced real estate that sparked a housing meltdown — places like Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres were cited by the national press as “ground zero” — and led to a global financial crisis? Or is error an essential SEE WRONG, A10 w PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ERIC RADDATZ / FLORIDA WEEKLY; PHOTOS COURTESY OF SHUTTERSTOCK AND WIKIMEDIA COMMONS PHOTOS COURTESY / FLORIDA WEEKLY; BY ERIC RADDATZ PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Two more Palm Beach County Trader Joe’s opening soon to devoted fans The Dish BY SCOTT SIMMONS Beach store opened in August. The onion soup is simply ssimmons@fl oridaweekly.com The Palm Beach Gardens store is set to open amid great fanfare at 8 a.m. Sept. 19; merveilleuse at Pistache. A39 w Trader Joe’s arrival in Palm Beach County Boca Raton follows on Sept. 26. easily is the most anticipated local retail Why the attraction? event in recent memory. Call it team spirit. First came the Wellington store in May. During a pre-opening tour, members of Download Folks from all over the region drove to the crew were bustling around the space, our FREE the grocery store, traveling from Jupiter and filling shelves and checking inventories. App today beyond to Wellington for favorite cat foods, A wine expert offered tastings and tips to Available on BETTY WELLS/FLORIDA WEEKLY cheeses, wines and pantry essentials. the iTunes and Trader Joe’s is scheduled to open Sept. 19 in Customers lined up when the Delray SEE TRADER JOE’S, A16 w Android App Store. Palm Beach Gardens. PRSRT STD OPINION A4 REAL ESTATE A18 EVENTS A28-30 U.S. POSTAGE PETS A6 ANTIQUES A23 PUZZLES A32 PAID FORT MYERS, FL BUSINESS A16 ARTS A25 SOCIETY A20-21, 36-37 PERMIT NO. 715 HEALTHY LIVING A17 SANDY DAYS A26 DINING A39 A2 NEWS WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2014 www.FloridaWeekly.com GARDENS/JUPITER FLORIDA WEEKLY COMMENTARY The old becomes new again tionalt equity for all children as a national predecessors once were. battle. McGill chronicled these and the imperative.i The decision blew open the It is a brand of governance seldom other challenges of the region going doorsd of justice in every schoolhouse producing abundance and prosperity for forward, citing the racial divisions that leslieLILLY ini Dixie. Still, metaphorically speaking, people of modest means. Southern states existed throughout Southern society, sus- [email protected] thet party was not over. Defy and delay in majority occupy the bottom of the tained by housing segregation, employ- becameb the rallying cry; and the party ladder measuring their citizens’ quality ment discrimination, and inequality wasw eager to lead the vanguard of white of life; and “Thank God for Mississippi” under the law. The Party of Lincoln has learned a resistance toward a morally bankrupt is the theme song they sing in praise of The South still suffers from failures of thing or two about the politics of cyni- abyss. The tide went out for the Demo- avoiding dead last. its political leadership to do right when it cism. Their credentials are on full display crats when its leadership at the national Yet it has never been easy to step out deeply matters. It is a lesson not learned in Southern statehouses where the par- level threw its support behind the Civil of the crowd and confront the strident that continues to trouble race relations ty’s brand dominates with super majori- Rights Act of 1964. Soon after, the Repub- voices that shout down calls for compro- nationally: think Ferguson, Missouri. ties; but then, they had good teachers. lican presidential candidate, Richard mise and moderation that might lead to Rule by a single party rarely serves us Their political predecessors were adept Nixon, came to town. an improved result. well, especially when political absolutists in using legislative tactics to perpetuate It was the beginning of game-over for Old conformities haunt our progress, lead and are unwilling to compromise or a status quo favorable to elite, special the Democrats’ Solid South. enforced by the power of wealth and seek consensus, no matter the political interests, too. Before the modern ascen- Given this history, there is irony in tribal privilege. Nonetheless, there are party that demands their allegiance. dance of the Republican Party in the how the old has become new again in those who go against the dictates of They spawn ingrown, corrupt dynas- states of the old Confederacy, the then sectional politics. Consider the absolut- their party, risking condemnation. Fol- ties that fuel a downward spiral in the “Solid South” was emblematic of single- ism with which present-day radicals of lowing the court’s Brown v. Board deci- security and economic well-being of party rule by Democrats. the right hold sway over GOP majorities sion, a little bravery went a long way in ordinary families as they consolidate For 70 years, they manipulated the in matters of political dissent. challenging political wrongs. Few white their reach and power. We pay as a levers of government almost at will. The radicals have successfully cowed Southerners voiced their support for region and nation a steep price for failing They turned white defiance of the rule of the party and it has become as oppres- peaceful and expeditious desegregation to hold them accountable. law into the threat of a hangman’s noose, sive in its approach to governance as of the public schools. It was a call to duty We should know better. They share challenging racial equity and perpetuat- the “Solid South” Democrats used to be. to country and above party. far too much in common with all the ing with White Citizens’ Councils the With their refusal to raise the minimum Ralph McGill was a syndicated col- infamous politicians we have suffered in enforcement of Jim Crow. As a governing wage, expand Medicaid, consider com- umnist and an antisegregationist editor the past. ■ majority, they had a policy checklist that prehensive immigration reform, uphold and publisher for The Atlantic Consti- included segregation; systemic disen- voting rights, and defend public educa- tution. He wrote movingly about some — Leslie Lilly is a native. Her profes- franchisement of legitimate voters; and tion from the encroachment of privatiza- of those individuals in his book, “The sional career spans more than 25 years discriminatory practices that sentenced tion, the region seems to have thrown off South and the Southerner.” The book in the charitable sector, leading major both blacks and poor whites to decades the bondage of one self-serving master notes, with few exceptions, the region’s philanthropic institutions in the South of peonage and illiteracy. only to have inculcated another in its most influential leadership in the white and rural Appalachia. She resides with In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a place. community, from the statehouse, to the her family and pugs in Jupiter. Email fatal blow to southern Democrats’ “sepa- The new conservatives governing the chambers of commerce, to the church her at [email protected] and follow rate but equal” obsession. The Brown v. statehouses are as committed to achiev- pulpits, engaged in white resistance fol- Lilly on Twitter @llilly15. Board of Education ruling put an end to ing the prosperity of the few at the lowing the court decision. its racial subterfuge, and affirmed educa- expense of the many as their sectional Those who resisted fought a lonely Medicine as serious as this guy. Helmet. Mouth Guard. Shoulder pads. Knee pads. Shin guards. Despite all his gear, injuries can still happen to your star athlete. That’s why Palm Beach Children’s Hospital is the MVP on your hometown team! A concussion can be a serious injury. 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