Opinion Submission from Post reader
Your Feb. 25 editorial, “In Wellington, ethics have been put out to pasture,” helped describe the corruption-infested government we have in Wellington. There needs to be an investigation of Mayor Bob Margolis and council members Matt Willhite and John Greene.
These three ran as a slate in Wellington’s election last March. They cynically claimed that they would clean up (nonexistent) corruption. Instead, they introduced corruption on a broad scale.
Your editorial points out just a few disturbing items. Mr. Greene has taken vacations in the Hamptons and lived with Neil Hirsch who, as your editorial points out, has material interests in votes of the village council. Mr. Hirsch, along with Victoria McCullough, who has sued the village, are now Mr. Greene’s employers. And Mr. Greene won’t divulge such basic information as where he lives and works until he is forced to.
Mayor Margolis and Councilor Matt Willhite have solicited cash contributions for so-called “legal defense funds.” Expenditures from these funds are unaccounted for and can be for personal expenses. And let’s not forget, as documented by The Post, that all three were supported by $600,000 from the Jacobs family, which wants to dismantle the equestrian industry. The Jacobs’ goal? They don’t want the public coming around. They want their own private club, not an industry that attracts spectators and creates jobs and tax revenue.
Unfortunately, new Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg actively supported this trio during the Wellington election, so action will likely be needed from the feds or from Tallahassee. Let’s hope the corruption stops before permanent damage is done.
FREDRIC DOBBS
Wellington
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