Another anti-RR group
CARE holding fundraiser for support
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Be safe and sound Sheriff talks gun safety
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At the Flagler Center
Get your ‘Hands on a Hardbody’
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PALM CITY/TESORO
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 3/ISSUE 18
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
2014 state of the county: looking up Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
MARTIN COUNTY — The 2014 State of the County address is out. “After years of stagnation and limping along, our economy is improving,” county administrator Taryn Kryzda said in the videotaped presentation.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015
Horsin’ around Jacquie Kamm of Palm City raises the Olympic torch to begin the Special Olympics of Martin County ‘Equestrian Ride ‘Em, Rope ‘em County Games’ Sunday, March 1 at the Captain’s Quarters Equestrian Center in Palm City.
Topping the evidence of that is 221 development applications the county got in 2014, along with more than 4,100 requests for service from the growth management department. “County staff is processing more applications and permits, and we’re conducting more inspections,” Kryzda said. “Our property values are increasing.”
See COUNTY page A2
Petition denouncing All Aboard Florida reaches 50,000 signatures STAFF WRITERS
TREASURE COAST — Florida Not All Aboard is celebrating a milestone. “As of today, we are officially over 50,000 people on our petition,” Palm City’s K.C. Traylor, co-founder, said. On Valentine’s Day last year, Traylor sat down at her kitchen table and sent All Aboard Florida a love letter. Well, more like a love-to-hate letter. It was a petition in the name of Florida Not All Aboard, addressed to the Federal PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FORT PIERCE, FL PERMIT NO. 248 ECRWSS
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Railway Administration, and Gov. Rick Scott posted on Change.org. It was one in a forest of petitions on the social-media web site for everything from opposing quack cures for autism to demanding the releases of political prisoners, along with a smattering of obvious parody petitions. Who would take seriously the upstart group that almost only existed as a new Facebook group taking on Florida East Coast Industries? Before 2014, Traylor was just one of many folks who occasionally spoke about various
Mitch Kloorfain chief photographer
See PETITION page A6
CARE FL Invites you to an Evening at The Lyric Theatre CARE FL is group of concerned community leaders, organizations and neighbors in South Florida and the Treasure Coast who oppose the rail expansion by All Aboard Florida. In combination with expanding freight traffic, the rail expansion will negatively impact our waterways, our access to first responders, and our overall quality of life. For more information about CARE or to make a donation or sponsorships, please visit www.care-fl.com.
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Patrick McCallister and Brandon Zeris
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