Carl Hiassen’s Column
Opinion Column | Miami Herald | By Carl Hiassen Sir Richard Branson, the charismatic British billionaire who founded Virgin Atlantic airlines, has come to Florida to lose his marbles. Sir ...
Indian River Neighborhood Assoc. joins County in Lawsuit Against Virgin Trains
The Indian River Neighborhood Association has joined Indian River County in its fight against Virgin Trains USA. Brightline Train Heading North Through Deerfield Beach The association filed a friend-of-the-court" brief (Amicus) ...
Point of View: Working together is the only way to tackle issue with Lake Okeechobee levels
Maggy Hurchalla is a Board Advisor to The Guardians of Martin County Published by the Palm Beach Post A recent series of hearings on how to manage Lake Okeechobee water ...
Building of new reservoir to save Lake Okeechobee could be sped up
Finally, some good news on the EAA Reservoir Project: The South Florida Water Management District submitted permit applications to start building a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee. Summer of 2018 ...
Tremendous Victory for Everglades Restoration
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Florida’s efforts to restore the Everglades received a $60 million boost Monday from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Photo: Adbar [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]Monday, the DOT matched ...
Washington Post Story : An In-Depth Look at Pineland Prairie
He wants to give Martin County a new town Proposed Pineland Prairie Town Center BY THOMAS HEATH, THE WASHINGTON POST "Kiplinger, 71, is inventing a city of 10,000 people that will rise ...
Story: Virgin/Brightline/FEC Trains about to become Quieter. Deadlier, Too?
By Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach Reporter "There have been dozens of deaths and injuries in Broward and Palm Beach Counties on the FEC Railroad tracks since the launching of Brightline ...
Veto HB 7103: Our Letter to the Governor
In the last few days of the 2019 legislative session, HB 7103 became a magnet for bad amendments that would undermine the power of locally elected officials and citizens to ...
“HB 7103 Strips Away Voice of M.C. Citizens”
Martin County Commissioner Harold Jenkins urges Governor DeSantis to veto HB 7103 in a letter sent on behalf of citizens in District Three. (Hobe Sound as well as a portion of ...