Hundreds of Boca Raton residents packed a recent city council meeting to voice strong opposition to a controversial plan that would lease 30 acres of Memorial Park to developers for 99 years in exchange for a new downtown campus.
The heated public forum revealed deep community divisions over the proposed development, with residents and veterans arguing the plan threatens the historical significance of Memorial Park, which was named in 1947 to honor World War II veterans.
WATCH: Residents oppose development plan at city council meeting
Boca residents, veterans push back against development plan
“You guys are completely incompetent, hopelessly tone deaf, or think we are the stupid ones, but we’re not,” Joe Mages of Boca Raton said…