Palm Beach County Perspective

PALM BEACH COUNTY offers an abundance of educational opportunities for our children. As a community, we must ensure we provide a solid foundation of education for our children to allow them to thrive and achieve to their full potential. My guest, Monica Gupta, brings a unique perspective, forged in the intensity of the courtroom and tempered by the joys and challenges of raising children. As a former prosecutor and attorney, she's ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, like the rest of the country, embraces legal immigration. The infusion of capital (both intellectual and monetary) benefits our country. We are a country founded on the hard work of the people who came to the United States for a better life. However, over the past few years, the lack of effective controls over the onslaught of illegal migration has caused many to see immigration in a negative light. My guest in t...

PALM BEACH COUNTY has the third highest incidence of trafficking in Florida and Florida has the unenviable title of third highest incidence of trafficked people in the nation. Combating these gruesome statistics are a number of our “home grown” nonprofit agencies. My guest today. Alex Ortiz, is the Director of Development and Regional Advocate at FLITE (Fort Lauderdale Independence, Training & Education Center). The agency was ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is home to a large number of residents with close ties to Israel. Relatives and friends who have made aliyah (the process of moving to Israel and becoming an Israeli citizen). As a result, the acts of brutality visited on Israeli citizens (many of the civilians) hit particularly hard for our community. Multiple opportunities to help our brothers and sisters in Israel have been provided to our residents. One such o...

PALM BEACH COUNTY depends on residents’ willingness to help govern our community. Be it a club, condominium, homeowners association, a village, city or town, special taxing district or the county. This doesn’t even scratch the surface as the state and federal government require citizens to step forward and accept the responsibilities of elective office. My guest today accepted the call by our governor to step into a county commissi...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is a place where over 1 million people call home. It’s a community, rich in resources, including recreational and cultural amenities. Residents view themselves as fortunate to live in such a vibrant community of great wealth and abundance. However is it enough to be living an “good life” or should we be striving to be better? In Hebrew the term “Tikkun Olam” means to repair the world .. leaving it better than we f...

PALM BEACH COUNTY residents, like those residing in other communities, are increasingly concerned about illegal immigrants invading our country. However, we are a country founded upon the handwork of immigrants over the past centuries. My guest today, Al Zucaro, addresses how legal immigration is a boon to our country and offers his take on how to ensure we embrace those willing to contribute to our nation’s prosperity. Take a list...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, like the rest of the world, witnessed the 60th presidential inauguration as Joe Biden welcomed his predecessor back to the White House making President Trump our 45th and 47th President of the United States. My guest today, Karol Markowicz, adds her perspective to the changes we have witnessed between those two terms. Many of the events over the last four years have caused a repudiation of the policies of the Bid...

PALM BEACH COUNTY residents, like those residing in other communities, are bombarded by information, often skewed by political perspective. Our guest today, Michael Solomon, is returning for a second episode. As I mentioned last week, Michael is a former NYPD Special Investigator whose tenure in the intelligence division, where he was assigned to protect the Shah of Iran and Madame Chang of Taiwan, taught him to question what other...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, like other communities, is bombarded by information, often skewed by political perspective. Our guest today, Michael Solomon is a former NYPD Special Investigator whose tenure in the intelligence division, where he was assigned to protect the Shah of Iran and Madame Chang of Taiwan, taught him to question what others accept as fact. His analysis of the argument that climate change is more impacted by human activi...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is a community of great wealth and abundance alongside poverty and hunger. When I first entered into public service in the City of Boca Raton, I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of people in our affluent community who go to bed hungry. Even before the pandemic, many families were unable to afford enough food to feed their families without assistance. Post pandemic, the problem has only grown worse. My guest, to...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is the winter home of the President-elect. This is ground zero for news coverage detailing the presidential appointments and coverage of the business and political leaders making their way to Mara Lago to get an audience with President-elect Donald Trump. Our guest for this second of two podcast episodes is no stranger to foreign policy. Ken Abramowitz is a scholar, author and historian. His book, The Multi Front ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is the winter home of the President-elect. This has become ground zero for news coverage detailing the presidential appointments and coverage of the business and political leaders making their way to Mara Lago to get an audience with President-elect Donald Trump. Our guest for the next two podcast episodes is no stranger to foreign policy. Ken Abramowitz is a scholar, author and historian. His book, The Multi Fron...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is home of innumerable caring, giving individuals. Philanthropy and volunteerism are true virtues of many within our community who see those less fortunate than themselves as worthy of their help. Evan Darnell is pairing that spirit of giving back with a universal desire to enjoy a great event (great venue, food and theme). As the Secretary of Steak of the Red Meat Lovers Club, Even continues to identify worth non...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is no stranger to the nationwide focus on border security and immigration. Our country is founded on immigration and its continued prosperity depends on a strong economy fueled, in part, by immigrants ready to contribute to our economy. The total lack of control at our borders has created a major problem for our country as we have no comprehensive policy for absorbing these immigrants and/or ensuring we are admitt...

PALM BEACH COUNTY is often a county of transplants. Finding a native born Floridian over 40 is, generally, a difficult affair. The good news is many a “transplant” relocated to South Florida after success in business, up north. The infusion of newly minted residents with the drive and intelligence to succeed has produced a community of overachievers with a penchant for giving back. Brian Howie fits the bill as a recent transplant w...