Keep Lake Worth Beach Waterfront Parks Public.

While Lake Worth Beach residents demand solutions to citywide public safety concerns, Mayor Betty Resch is quietly pushing a very different agenda — one that puts public land on the chopping block. Behind closed doors, she allegedly encouraged private landowners to pursue abandonment of a long-used shoreline access point at 13th Avenue South. Instead of enforcing the City Charter or addressing root issues, Mayor Resch has chosen the path of least resistance — one that favors wealthy property owners over everyday residents. This isn’t just negligence. It’s a failure of leadership.

Mayor Betty Resch’s alleged suggestion that a private homeowner apply for abandonment of public shoreline access as a solution to crime is not just misguided — it’s a potential violation of her fiduciary duty to protect public assets and uphold the City Charter. Using public safety as cover to help private residents increase property value through the loss of public land sets a dangerous precedent. Public land is not hers to give away. It belongs to all of us — and abandoning it without a vote is both unethical and illegal. Residents must demand accountability and vote NO on Resolution 21-2025.

Bryant Park is visibly neglected, while out-of-town consultants quietly draft a vague “master plan.” Residents are connecting the dots between these isolated decisions, long-term city neglect, and a larger pattern that threatens public access and transparency in Lake Worth Beach—one shoreline giveaway at a time.