Martin County’s bill for AAF Fight Grows
from tcpalm.com MARTIN COUNTY — The county so far has spent less than half of the $1.4 million dedicated for its fight against All Aboard Florida. The County Commission on ...
Environmentalists: Divert Surplus Funds To Amendment 1
Environmental groups are asking a Leon County judge to intervene in how the state will spend a large chunk of the $700 million in funds set aside by voters for ...
Sally Swartz: Anti-SLAPP Legislation deals a long-await blow to lawsuits.
From The Palm Beach Post: Florida lawmakers did one thing worth celebrating in this year’s legislative session: They approved, at long last, a law that protects residents from SLAPPs — ...
Martin County votes to challenge AAF Bond Vote
From The Palm Beach Post: Martin County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to file a legal appeal challenging a state board decision’s to allow All Aboard Florida to sell $1.75 billion ...
Carl Hiaasen: Train-Load of Questions about a Train | Miami Herald
If you’ve got some extra cash lying around, here’s an idea: Sink all your hard-earned dollars into tax-free bonds for All Aboard Florida, the high-speed passenger train service that will ...
All Aboard Florida. It’s All About Risk.
Following the FDFC's approval on 8/5/15 of $1.75 Billion in high-risk bonds, The Guardians of Martin County ran a full-page ad about "Risks" associated with the project in the Palm ...
John Haddox: Treasure Coast is ‘collateral damage’ in eyes of All Aboard Florida backers
Guest Column published in tcpalm.com Extremely disappointed but not surprised. That was my reaction to Wednesday’s unanimous decision by the three-person Florida Development Finance Corp. board to authorize $1.75 billion ...
Mayo: What will happen to rail line if AAF defaults on bonds?
Michael Mayo from Sun Sentinel: Listening to all the rosy talk coming from All Aboard Florida officials and supporters, you'd think this Miami-to-Orlando rail system is a slam dunk. Then ...
Did Final EIS on All Aboard Florida really address Treasure Coast concerns?
by George Andreassi. tcpalm.com Concerns raised by Treasure Coast residents failed to convince federal railroad officials to derail or put the brakes on the All Aboard Florida passenger train project. ...