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The recommendations by Florida’s Innocence Commission should be standard operating procedures for law enforcement agencies on the Treasure Coast.
Treasure Coast Palm Bradenton has sharp designs on improving Village of the Arts as one of the keys to the city's economic and cultural growth,
Bradenton HeraldBay County government to pursue an agreement that could open up playgrounds, and other facilities to be utilized when school isn’t in session.
Panama City News HeraldResidents will have to decide whether tackling the panhandler problem is worth an escalating price tag.
Northwest Florida Daily NewsThe administration either needs to get the rules changed or get the work done in time to make real differences in the county.
Miami TodayNext Monday, Inverness will begin curbside single-stream recycling and while the idea has broad support, the startup has not been without hitches.
Citrus County ChronicleSanta Rosa County commissioners on Monday are expected to begin evaluating proposals dealing with the future of the Navarre Beach Pier.
Pensacola News-JournalThe Dunnellon City Council is proposing repealing the city’s River Corridor Protection Area ordinance because it infringes on property owners’ rights.
Ocala Star-BannerFlorida Atlantic University should look close at home when it buys more water monitoring devices for the Indian River Lagoon.
Treasure Coast Palm The commission wants to build public support for a possible transportation tax that would provide revenue for mass transit.
Gainesville SunThis new property-tax money would have otherwise gone to county, city and other local government entities.
Daytona Beach News-JournalThe city announced that a new segment of Riverwalk running under Kennedy Boulevard should be in place by late next year.
Tampa TribuneMayor promises renewed focus on speeding up jobs project at ICARE meeting.
Florida Times-UnionWe encourage the Lee County board of commissioners to approve the incentive to a company that has committed to bringing 700 jobs to our county.
Fort Myers News-Press Ten years ago, few people would have raised questions or looked askance at the County Tax Collector’s contract with a marketing consultant.
Palm Beach PostThe county commission says it may come up with the full $41 million annually needed to operate an emergency dispatch system — without raising taxes.
South Florida Sun-SentinelCredit Runcie for reconsidering a bad proposal that sends the wrong message about accountability and rewards students just for showing up.
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Letter To The Editor
Communities across the country have reached into their pockets, bonded future tax revenue and given short shrift to libraries, roads and other...
Tampa Bay Times
How would you like to be served by someone who may not have the best interest of you or your loved ones care?
This could happen if Lee...
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
The approach that Mr. Smith took to “resolve” his disagreement with school board member Jenny Prior Brown confuses me (“South Olive feud boils...
Palm Beach Post
Recent news of yet another Sarasota police officer brutalizing a citizen is very alarming. The two recent police-inflicted batterings happened to...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
For the second year in a row, the decision makers for the annual Christmas Parade have chosen a route that avoids downtown businesses on Stuart...
Lake Wales News
So, please, don't expect those of us who live around Lake Hollingsworth, and love it as it is, to ever approve or accept the construction of...
Lakeland Ledger
Tell us your plans for how you will spend that money. Give politicians more to spend, they will find a way to do so.
If more money is truly...
Pensacola News-Journal
Op Ed
Tampa Mayor Buckhorn, the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Chairs' Coordinating Committee of our area MPOs, the Tampa Bay...
Tampa Tribune
Six years ago I wrote to the Florida Department of Transportation's Tampa office saying it was plain to see, based on my two years of...
Tampa Tribune
For most people with a "part time" job that means no more than 30 hours per week, and that they are paid per hour on a regularly set...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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