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Page 6, The Shores
Clerk Alert Book Review

Learn More About Palm Beach
County’s Finances – Your What To Drink With What beverage combinations.
Chapter 5 lists foods
Clerk’s Office Is Here To Help! You Eat alphabetically, from
Acidic (Tart) Dishes,
April is Financial By Nils A. Shapiro Aioli, Almonds and
Literacy Month, a great One of my grandsons, Anchovies to Yogurt,
time to learn more about Seth, is a handsome Z a b a g l i o n e a n d
your personal finances – young man with a Zucchini Blossoms – a
and check in on the financial charming personality. list so comprehensive
health of your government. During a couple of it includes Asian,
As Palm Beach County’s summer vacations while Mexican and other
Chief Financial Officer, attending college – he is ethnic cuisines, as well
Treasurer and Auditor, now married and a doting as many foods you have
the Clerk of the Circuit father – he tended bar at likely never tasted, and even goes so far as to include
Court & Comptroller is a local nightclub popular McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish Sandwich (!) – with multiple
your source for important among friends his own wine recommendations (sometimes also beers, teas and
county financial information. We have the tools you need age near his home in Scarsdale, N.Y., for side income. other beverages) for each and every one of the foods
to understand Palm Beach County’s finances, from how Now he has turned that experience into the position of listed.
much tax money is coming into the county each year, to sommelier at a world-famous resort hotel, with an eye Then, Chapter 6 reverses the information, listing the
how that tax money is invested and spent. toward gaining knowledge about the hospitality and wines alphabetically, with a recommended assortment
Our office’s award-winning Checks & Balances Guide restaurant business that will prove valuable when he of the foods that go best with each of these wines.
provides an easy-to-follow overview of the county’s fiscal opens his own sit-down wine café in the college town The result is that whatever your situation – whether
health and other economic indicators for our community. where he and his wife have settled down. you are starting with a specific food and are deciding
The highlights for fiscal year 2021 for Palm Beach County I thought of Seth when I happened to come across what wine to select, or have a bottle of wine on hand
include: this beautiful award-winning volume. Confident that and need to decide on what food to order – here is the
• Record Property Tax Revenue: Palm Beach County it would serve as a wonderful reference source for information you need at your fingertips: thousands
collected $1.34 billion in property tax revenue in FY his job, I had a copy shipped to him and purchased of recommendations accompanying the food or wine
2021, an increase of 5 percent over the previous fiscal a second copy for my wife, Linda, and me. When listings, the most highly recommended appearing in
year. it arrived at our home it was even more than I had boldface type.
• Taxpayer Savings: Our office’s management of hoped for, fully deserving of having earned such Rounding out the text are pairing menus from some
the county investment portfolio earned $28 million in honors as “IACP Cookbook of the Year,” “Georges of America’s finest restaurants; a delightful section with
investment income during FY 2021. That’s a savings of Duboeuf Wine Book of the Year,” “Gourmand World comments by the nation’s leading beverage experts on
$43 for every county taxpayer. Cookbook Award,” “Los Angeles Times Bestseller” the wines and dishes they would want to have with them
• Higher Sales Tax Income: Palm Beach County and “Entertainment Weekly Bestseller.” if they were stranded on a desert island, and a number
collected more than $201 million in sales tax revenue An appropriate subtitle printed on the dust cover’s of beautiful color photographs that further enhance the
during FY 2021, an 18 percent increase from the previous flyleaf reads as follows: “The most comprehensive enjoyment of this truly elegant volume.
fiscal year. Of the $201 million collected, more than $99 guide to matching food and drink ever
million was the county’s share of infrastructure sales compiled,” by the IACP- and James
tax revenue used to complete a backlog of repair and Beard Award-Winning author team of
replacement projects. Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page,
Checks & Balances also illustrates how your tax dollars with practical advice from more than 70
pay for parks, roads, public safety and other services. In of America’s leading experts on pairing.
fiscal year 2021, the average cost per taxpayer for county In an eminently readable
services included: conversational style, this is the
• $91 for parks and recreation definitive guide to pairing food with
• $47 for community services wines, as well as beers, spirits, coffee,
• $32 for public safety teas – even water. For example, in a
• $31 for engineering and public works chapter about wines from different
You can find the FY 2021 Checks & Balances report, parts of the world, Rule No. 1 is:
also known as the Popular Annual Financial Report “Think Regionally ... If It Grows
(PAFR), online at www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/pafr. Together, It Goes Together ... that is,
Checks & Balances is just one resource available on pairing a dish with a beverage native
the finance page of our website, www.mypalmbeachclerk. to the same region can take you at least
com. You can also find Palm Beach County’s Annual 50 percent (and sometimes even 100
Comprehensive Financial Report, updates on Palm Beach percent) of the way to the perfect pairing.” Examples: For any family that entertains guests – or simply
County’s investment portfolio, and reports on the CARES “The red sauce of pizza and pasta pairs beautifully enjoys the good life – owning What to Drink with What
Act and American Rescue Plan Act payments. with Italian red wine, especially Chianti. Tapas shine You Eat is like having your own sommelier within
Our financial reports and information are just one with a dry sherry. Sashimi is sensational with sake.” reach, full time, to add to the enjoyment of dining at
way we demonstrate our commitment to government Those few, of course, are obvious. But in Chapters home ... or to refer to before a night out on the town.
transparency in Palm Beach County. We hope it is a 5 and 6 you will find thousands of food and Very highly recommended.
valuable resource for you and for our entire community.
Regards,
Joseph Abruzzo, Advertise! (561) 746-3244
Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
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