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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 3/ISSUE 39
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015
Chane to protect Social Security and Medicare
For the love of dance
Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
TREASURE COAST — There are lots of issues to talk about in the 18th Congressional District. Democratic congressional candidate Jonathan Chane would like to discuss all of them, but keeps a laser-beam focus on two: Social Security and Medicare. “There are a lot of seniors in the district who are concerned about their Social Security and they need a strong voice in Washington,” he said. The 42-year-old is an attorney who’s active at his synagogue. He said both his career and spiritual life give him a strong sense of how important Social Security and Medicare are not just to seniors, but to the community. “I’m born and raised in Palm Beach County and I’ve been here my entire life,” he said. He added that the two federal entitlement programs affect people who greet him at area restaurants and those who even stand in his living room. “These are friends and neighbors and people in the commu-
See CHANE page 12
Photograph courtesy of Liz Petrell Palm City resident, Renee Rivas performs a dance with Totally Belly Dance School in Fort Pierce. Rivas has been dancing since she was 4 years old and at the age of 12 she has no plan to stop. “I love belly dance because I love to perform and I enjoy learning from Yvonne (instructor).” The company has performances throughout the Treasure Coast. See story on page 8.
Commission nods to land swap PALM CITY — The Martin County Commission gave its nod to a land swap with the South Florida Water Management District. The unanimous decision was at the commission’s regular meeting July 21. The county will get 38 acres along All-American Ditch, on
the southern part of Southwest Mapp Road for its stake in Allapatah Flats alongside Southwest Martin Highway near Indiantown. The water management district gave its nod to the agreement about two months ago. “All-American Ditch is the No.
1 most polluted water that flows into the South Fork of the St. Lucie River,” commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, said after the meeting. “We get the opportunity to fix the county’s worst
See LANDSWAP page 10
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