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Carl Hiaasen: Brazen theft of Amendment 1 Bucks

Miami Herald: Most embezzlers try to conceal their thefts, but not in Tallahassee. The looting of Florida’s Amendment One conservation funds took place in broad daylight, orchestrated by two poker-faced ...

Update from CARE FL on Opposition to Final Environmental Impact Statement

CARE FL's Comments on Final Environmental Impact Statement Actions To: Concerned Citizens From: Brent P. Hanlon, Treasurer of CARE FL Date: September 25, 2015 Subject: CARE FL’s Comments on Final ...

Sun Sentinel: Will Scott’s tantrum threaten Everglades restoration?

By Martha Musgrove Florida Gov. Rick Scott staged a Tallahassee tantrum this month aimed at the South Florida Water Management District. In short order and with no public explanations, Scott ...

PBPost: Bridge up; train stopped. Tequesta crews unable to reach wreck.

By Jennifer Sorentrue - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Photo: BRIANNA SOUKUP Tequesta resident Ariana Collado was leaving the Harbourside Place shopping and entertainment complex on Aug. 22 when the ...

Fortune: Why this private passenger rail faces heavy opposition

By David Morris CARE representatives claim the real motivation behind the project is to use those extra rails to carry more of FECI’s freight. All Aboard Florida, a subsidiary of ...

tcpalm.com: AAF foes spend thousands on response to closed report

With their official options for recourse dwindling, local All Aboard Florida opponents have gone rogue in their fight against the passenger rail project, spending thousands of dollars crafting responses to ...

Concerns continue over St. Lucie Bridge despite recent study

Only minor damage on St. Lucie River bridge, according to new report, tcpalm.com STUART — Rail expansion opponents have invoked the dangers of the 75-year-old St. Lucie River drawbridge in ...

Update from Martin County on All Aboard Florida

http://www.martin.fl.us/News 9/20/15 Dear Martin County citizen: As a subscriber to Martin County's general information email list, we thought you would also be interested in receiving periodic updates on Martin County's ...

TC PALM: Rainfall runoff lowering salinity, increasing risk of deadly bacteria

This week’s monsoon-like rainfall is dramatically lowering salinity in the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon, and that’s raising the risk of a potentially deadly bacteria. The fresh rainwater ...