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Video of Gov. Rick Scott's speech added

We added video to our post about the Gov Rick Scott event at the Boca Republican Club.

Kids summer sports

It’s time to sign up for kids sports. Here are some of the options. If you know of any others please e-mail us.
Soccer: GBYSA tryouts are in late May. Registration is open now so sign up.
Basketball: There is a Boca Hoops Summer Camp (link is to a pdf). Prices go up if you sign up after June 1 so sign up soon.
Softball: Registration is now open for West Boca Diamonds. The season starts in late August.
Baseball: Registration is also open for the fall season of West Boca Youth Baseball.
Golf: The County has a few summer golf camps: Palm Beach County golf camps.
Hockey: The Saveology Ice Plex in Coral Springs has some Florida Panther summer hockey camps.
We hope to do a post soon on the other summer camp options. Again, please let us know if you have other suggestions.

Carrabba's

We took a trip tonight to South Central … South Central Boca that is. Carrabba’s Italian Grill, a chain restaurant, is in a plaza on the northeast corner of 18th and Powerline.
The interior was dark but pleasant. Maybe the black ceiling makes it seem dark.

Our table had a good view of the kitchen.

They have an 8-page kids menu with several activities that our kids liked. The kid dishes are $6.50 including a drink. Most entrees include soup or salad. One of us had the Minestrone which was hearty with a variety of vegetables.

I had the Johnny Rocco Salad, which is one of the healthiest choices with shrimp and scallops over greens with a bit of cheese. It was good today but the grilled items were a little overcooked. I’ve had it a few times before and it was better. That might have been $15.

We also had the Italian Classics which includes lasagne, chicken parm and choice of asparagus, potatoes or pasta. The chicken and the pasta were both very good and the lasagne was not as great but more than adequate. It was $16.50.

Nice desserts too. This is the Limoncello Bread Pudding. The full desserts are $8. They also have a smaller dessert option served in a shot glass.

Good food at mostly reasonable prices with the most fun kids menu we’ve ever seen.
I should also mention they have some outdoor seating with a lake view. But beware the pesky ducks on the terrace outside – and don’t feed them.

West Boca Orthopedist in the News

We were pleased to see West Boca orthopedic surgeon Marc Golden in the news today. Golden has a new procedure for knee replacements that reduces the trauma of surgery. Read more about it in the Sun Sentinel.

Gov. Rick Scott at Boca Republican Club

–Update: Video of Gov. Scott’s speech has been added to the top of this post–

The Boca Raton Republican Club held an event tonight at the Town Center Marriott.
Incumbent State Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff introduced the Governor. Her primary opponent, Mike Lameyer, was in the audience. Strangely he was not invited to speak. Lameyer would cut $5B in state spending on illegal immigrants. He also expressed concern about pension abuse by state and local employees.
Gov Scott spoke about the importance of state legislative elections. He mentioned some other candidates and party officials.

He expressed appreciation for all the people who helped him elected. He talked about his early life, living in public housing as a child, served in the military, married now for over 40 years and now has a grandchild.
Scott said families want their kids to get a great education.
Eliminated tenure and added merit pay to improve teacher quality, plus easier to open charter schools.
Increased state funding for K-12 education.
Jobs – make sure Florida businesses can compete. Lower taxes, less regulation, shorter permitting and less litigation.
Cut taxes for small business, eliminated 1000 regulations. Unemployment at a 3-year low. Legislation focused on getting people to work.
Don’t let government raise the cost of living. Florida is growing because we like people here.
Cut back on PIP insurance. Should reduce that part of auto insurance 10% this year and 25% next year.
Supports 2nd Amendment. That drew a lot of cheers.
The US has the highest corporate tax in the world, the most regulation and massive deficits. Talked about importance of federal elections to make the US more attractive for business.
Sharply criticized Obamacare, increasing FL cost for Medicaid, and driving up cost of healthcare for businesses. It will kill jobs, raise taxes and destroy quality of care.
Talked about sunshine laws and efforts to make emails to and from him and top staff public.
Overall it was a good speech and well received, though we haven’t had an opportunity to fact check his remarks. We certainly invite comments.
Adam Hasner, candidate for Congress in East Boca, spoke after dinner. His speech was more about rallying the troops but didn’t include much substance. The audience, about 200-250, seemed to appreciate what he said.
State Rep. Bill Hager also spoke. He was rated 100% by the state chamber of commerce.