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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 2/ISSUE 25
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014
The gods have spoken Andrew Rogers of Palm City and Christina Reagan of Stuart take on their role of Gods of Water and Death respectively during the StarStruck Theatre Production of ‘Once on this Island’ for four shows last weekend. Mitch Kloorfain chief photographer
More opposition to All Aboard Florida rolling down tracks
Sales tax heads to voters Patrick McCallister
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TREASURE COAST — The Save Sailfish City Coalition is more of an idea than actual organization. “The only organization we have is one cause — saying no to All Aboard Florida,” organizer Darrel Brand said. On Sunday, April 27, the loosely-formed coalition will hold its first Save Our City Flotilla. Boats will gather at the western side of the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart around 10 a.m. Captains can mon-
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MARTIN COUNTY — After about a year of talking about it, the Martin County Commission opted to send a local-option sales tax referendum to the voters in November. That was at its regular meeting on Tuesday, April 14. Commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, dissented in the 3-2 vote. However, he believes it’s important for voters to pass the local-option sales tax in the general election. “I will immediately start supporting what’s on the referendum,” he said in a telephone interview after the meeting. “I’ll explain we have to
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