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PALM CITY/TESORO
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 2/ISSUE 18
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014
Martin commish In her sights considers sales tax Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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MARTIN COUNTY — Half cent for three years? Full cent for 10? Somewhere in the middle, say a full or half cent for five years? At its last February meeting, the Martin County Commission considered details of a proposed additional sales-tax that will likely go to voters to decide in the November general elections. At its Dec. 3 regular meeting, the com-
“I feel like I’m at an auction,” Commissioner Anne Scott, Hobe Sound, said at the meeting.
mission gave a 4-1 nod to staff moving forward with investigating a proposed local-option sales tax to help the county close the gap on an about $225 million maintenance backlog. “I feel like I’m at an auction,”
See TAX page A4
Sheriff isn’t mething around with drug makers Staff writer
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TREASURE COAST — Martin County Sheriff’s deputies took down a meth house in Tropical Farms, making four arrests. That was on Feb. 25. This is the fifth methamphetamine lab the Sheriff’s Office has uncovered and taken down with arrests since PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FORT PIERCE, FL PERMIT NO. 248 ECRWSS
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November 2012. “Five is indicative of an issue and we’re going to deal with it,” Sheriff William Snyder said. “We are dealing with it.” Snyder said there’s a visible uptick in meth use in Martin County, on the Treasure Coast and in Florida. “It’s everywhere,” he said. “Any
See METH page A10
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Megan Schroeder of Palm City practices her skills as an archer during target shooting last week.
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