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Martin County Taxpayers Association: County must choose funding source to dredge St. Lucie Inlet based on sound reasoning, not politics

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/feb/23/martin-county-taxpayers-association-martin-must/

Editorial: Lake Point restoration project illustrates folly of Martin County entering into decades-long agreements

  The Stuart News editorial regarding  how County officials should make a rule: Don't tie the hands of future commissions by signing decades-long agreements like the one the county has with ...

Customs facility at Witham Field inches closer to becoming reality

With Chairwoman Heard questioning the projected income and costs presented for the customs facility at Witham Field, the plans to bring the facility to fruition continue. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/feb/16/vision-for-witham-field-customs-facility-now/

Sarah Heard: Thanks, President Obama, for supporting Everglades restoration project; please help us complete the job

Chairwoman Heard pens a letter to President Obama while he visits the Treasure Coast. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/feb/15/sarah-heard-thanks-president-obama-for-project/

Commentary: Demand that Scott, Legislature restore Florida’s rivers

The following article is written by Bob Graham, former Florida governor and U.S. senator along with Nathaniel P. Reed, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior & ...

Floridian Golf Club’s developers will proceed with waterfront homes plan

Martin County Commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of denying a rehearing of the development plan to build a series of waterfront homes 25 feet off the shore of the C-23 canal. ...

Why “The Guardians” support revising the Martin County Comprehensive Plan

Peter H. Conze, Jr., President of "The Guardians of Martin County" urges Martin County Commissioners on February 12th, 2013 to approve the proposed revisions to the Comp Plan. Mr. Conze ...

Lake Point sues Martin County in dispute over mining operation

Lake Point files a lawsuit against Martin County, accusing the County of breaking an agreement to allow rock mining on the 2,200-acre Lake Point property and interfering with a $1.5 ...

Martin County Commissioners question value of Lake Point Restoration project

Martin County Commissioners are asking tough questions about the benefits of investing considerable amounts of money into the proposed Lake Point Restoration stormwater facility. Read the article here: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/feb/05/martin-county-commissioners-question-value-of/