I agree the flyover bridge holds merit to be strongly investigated. It was highly controversial in Tampa when they did their flyover above Gandy Ave., but it has made a huge improvement to traffic both ways. It will not take away from local business, those who need gas, food etc. will follow current 41, those who are traveling directly north can save a lot of time without suffering through the lights and traffic as it is right now.
Overlooked among connections of Gruters to the president is that Gruters is the master of all of the dark money traveling to the president — it all passes through the enriched purse of Gruters and into untrackable oblivion — of course Gruters is the eager * beaver * for the president and most appreciated by the president for keeping folks in the dark about his darkest secrets. Perhaps the governor should reconsider the plumb job given to Gruters's wife — does not look as if that has produced the desired effect for the governor, woneder whether that is being reconsidered? Of course, destroying New College of Florida was to be a stepping stone — not a millstone.
When calling Commissioner McCann/Aide Bailey I didn't get a live human being. After several rights I got a recorded message that "This person's phone number has not been set up to receive messages. Good bye." Not a good way to interact with the public.
The views of Joel make way more sense to me. I have been following him for years and plan to visit his farm this summer.
Joel Salatin invites Bill Gates to Polyface Farms to stand with his cattle in the pastures and see if these cows are doing more harm than good. (Hint, on a regenerative farm they are actually helping the planet!)
Bill Gates is raising millions of dollars to develop a vaccine to reduce cow burps and farts in order to help with climate change/global warming. Is this the best solution for the animals and healing our planet or is Bill Gates solving the problem from the wrong end?
Watch here for real answers. https://youtu.be/GLrT0EoNeWQ?si=JVd3k4wyqgemW65W
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I found Commissioner Bearden's angry-man theatrics during the Plat discussion to be a shameful embarrassment - he was loud and disrespectful. He was also dishonest because at no point did Mr. Bearden acknowledge that, when the board actually had the power to vote against development, Bearden consistently failed to do so - including one of the very same plats he was pretending to be angry about. Bearden spent his first 2 years being a rubber stamp for development because he thought that was his ticket to stay on the public payroll. After last year's election, he comes out in a complete 180 for the same reason - to stay on the public payroll. I understand that. But his antics last Tuesday went over the line, IMO.
I would really prefer that legislators were more prosecutable. They constantly take actions in alignment with their donors that cause harm to their constituents. There are some Representatives who are actually interested in doing the job, but a very high percentage in this state are in their position because a want to be oligarch put them there.
As former Floodplain Management Section Manager who had 23 years' experience in floodplain management, an exception cannot be made from the regulations. If FEMA discovers this, the first thing that happens is the county will lose its discount on all NFIP insurance policies in the county which is currently 25%. FEMA will give time to get back into compliance with the regulations in the Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations. If not done the county would be put on probation and additional money would be added to the policy. The last step if non-compliance continues, the county would be suspended from the program, and nobody would be able to get new flood insurance from the NFIP and policies as they expire would not be renewed.
My recommendation is that they look into getting Annie's listed on the FL State Master Site File (probably easier than the National Register). This would be acceptable to apply for a variance to rebuild as it originally was for FEMA. Contact the Clerk of Circuit Court Historical department to find out how to do this process and if they can do it. Just because it is old does not meet FEMA's requirement as historical. It has to be listed on the National Register or the Master Site File. Cathy Slusser when she was with the Clerk helped people through the process, so a variance was possible including the 1912 Schoolhouse.
The 50% Rule is designed to get structures more flood-resistant and compliant, so the NFIP doesn't have to keep paying for continued damages. I know of at least one house that had 8 claims which well exceeded the value of the structure. And they were in Zone X which is considered low risk. Nobody near the house had anywhere near that many claims or the amount of the claims. And I could only find permits for minimal repairs.
There is absolutely no reason to deny dreamers in state tuition. We now live in a time of gleeful cruelty and it will not end well for anyone. Jesus teaches us to have compassion for those less fortunate. To those that voted to take away the in state tuition for Dreamers, shame on you for hurting those less fortunate than you.
Every time I see reports showing decline in birthrates, I think about things like this. Chemicals that disrupt the human body are being used indiscriminately in America. Foolish.
It is cruelty for cruelty’s sake. Such hatred for immigrants from our own neighbors and coworkers. Hatred even though most have never spoken to an immigrant family. Hatred despite not ever having a negative experience. Immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes, they contribute not only much needed labor, but pay their fair share in taxes.
Wow, look at all that information available ahead of time! I love it.
I do hope they work on something with short-term rentals, because I and a number of people I know have had experiences with those that were not fun. Short-term rentals are usually in the middle of a neighborhood, and there are people around them who have work weeks.
And yes, yes, yes, to feasibility studies! For a while now people who recognize that they can do big grandiose things have had no interest in looking at whether or not they should, or what effect they'll have on their Community outside of the balance sheet.
Interesting.... I read that more as "let me move these things to where the laws will allow me and my business associates to control them more thoroughly."
Hope these and other sessions are well attended. Especially with all our new residents. Be interesting to hear if there are plans in the works to clean out all the storm dutches, prior to Hurricane season. At least I feel the PS Team and EM division learned from last year's errors.
In this time of misinformation and disinformation it would be helpful to know Mr. Fusco's credentials with citations for sources of information given. I'd love to pass this very concise, understandable, and well written piece on to others. I just wish it was also well documented. Thanks.
Facts are stubborn things....
China is, by far, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, putting more than twice as much into the air each year as the U.S. does.
China continues to build coal-fired plants. The coal power capacity that started construction in China in 2022 was six times as large as that in all of the rest of the world combined, according to a February report by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, appearing on "The Story with Martha McCallum," said that the Paris Climate Agreement "did not hold China and India accountable," and that "India didn't have to take any steps in the agreement to reduce CO2 emissions until they received $2.5 trillion in aid. China didn't have to take any steps until the year 2030
The EU represents about a fifth of the world's economy - and was responsible for around 9% of the global share of CO2 emissions in 2019, the third largest emitter.
If Americans would dumb down their spending on China junk products we all would be better off. Most Americans don't have the will or discipline to do it.... For the Record
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