The Boca bashing continues. On Thursday, June 26th Steven Colbert had Congressman Robert Wexler as a guest on The Colbert Report. Colbert noted that Congressman Wexler's district is comprised of Boca Raton and that it was therefore safe to say that no one from the district was awake watching the show at its 10:30 p.m. airtime. Colbert further unsuccessfully attempted to coerce the Congressman into saying that people in the district look like lizards.

While we certainly have our share of elderly residents and I enjoy a joke as much as the next person, the problem is that the ageism stereotype has become accepted nationwide. People who do not know that Boca has a vibrant multigenerational community just assume because of the publicity that it is composed of old retirees.

In fact, Boca Raton is a wonderful community made up of all ages, races, religions and ethnicities. It would be nice if instead of using the old person characterization, the media would recognize Boca for what it actually is - a suburban South Florida community that is a great place to live in.

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