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Republican candidates form a train of opposition to All Aboard Florida
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014
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Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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TREASURE COAST — They’re all on the same track. The six Republicans still standing in their bids to take down Democrat Congressman Patrick Murphy got together on Friday, June 27, at a candidates forum organized by Florida Not All Aboard. They unanimously denounced All Aboard Florida, the proposed high-speed railway that would cut a swath through the state’s 18th Congressional District, which includes St. Lucie, Martin and part of Palm Beach counties. On most questions, there was no sunlight between them. “We’re spending 15 minutes all saying the same thing,” candidate Nick Wukoson said about responses to one question at the forum. Their unanimous opposition may be largely inconsequential. If any unseat Murphy in November, they’d take office in January. By then, All Aboard Florida could be well past any regulatory hurdles. The company plans to start its service in 2016. Additionally, Murphy has in recent months become a loud critic of All Aboard Florida, too. It’s unclear what power, if any, Congress would have to nix All Aboard Florida, since it is a private enterprise that
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Sion Brinn, 41, of Palm City was the overall winner of the Aaron Vaughn Memorial Frogman 1k Swim Saturday, July 28, at Jensen Beach. The event is named in honor of Aaron Vaughn, a Navy SEAL team member that was shot down in August 2011 in Afghanistan. For additional information, visit www.operation300.com.
It takes two to tango, Sheriff Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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MARTIN COUNTY — Sheriff William Snyder has shimmied with a few criminals in his four decades as a lawman, but he’s
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