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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 4/ISSUE 2
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
The cost of Costco
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Crossing the line
Adam Laten Willson
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PALM CITY — Town Hall meeting saw some folks saying, ‘Hit the Road, Costco.’ On Nov. 4, Martin County District 5 Commissioner John Haddox hosted a town hall meeting at Peter and Julie Cummings Library in Palm City. Once the public clamor subsided and a particularly obstreperous townsperson left of her own accord, the commissioner and his panel of county officials were able to address the main concerns of the public. The modest library conference room was packed to its perimeter with four rows of standing room only. One reason for this, if not the sole reason for the meeting, was Costco’s recent development application. On Oct. 19th, Costco officially submitted an application to build on 28 acres in Palm City, along Martin Highway between the Florida Turnpike and High Meadows Avenue. The first public staff review of the application is slated for Nov. 19th. The development’s application — which includes nearly 153,000 square feet of floor plan, 700 parking spaces, and 18 gas pumps — will be reviewed by a county-designated staff who will assess compliance with city code and ordinance, first individually and then in a joint staff meeting. Costco may have to resubmit the application depending on the staff’s evaluation. Once the application is green-lit by the committee, it will be presented before the Local Plan-
See TOWN HALL page 12
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Martin Burnat crossed the goal line for Martin County High School with a 31-yard touchdown while Jensen Beach High School defenders Wolf Majette around his legs and Jamien Sherwood above him attempted to prevent Burnat’s score. Martin County lost the game 28-16 and is scheduled to play St. Cloud in the Regional 2-7A quarterfinal on Friday, Nov. 13.
President of the Senate — Joe Negron Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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MARTIN COUNTY — Sen. Joe Negron will become the president-elect of the Florida Senate on Wednesday, Dec. 2. In a press release on Monday, Nov. 9, the Senate President, Andy Gardiner, said that the
majority leader, Bill Galvano, has called the Republican caucus to elect Negron. “I am pleased to see the caucus unite around Senator Negron as our President-Designate and look forward to celebrating with Joe, his family, and their friends from Stuart, and across Florida, when we meet in December for his official designation as our next Senate President,” Gardiner said
in the press release. Negron is popular in his district, which stretches along the coast from northern Palm Beach to southern Indian River counties. Negron got 66.79 percent of the 175,505 votes cast in the race last year. In Martin, Negron got 40,756 votes against his Democratic challenger’s 13,865. That’s
See NEGRON page 10
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