From The Palm Beach Post’s Sally Swartz: “Tuesday was a happy day for Martin County residents, a day many who watched previous commissions gut the county’s protective growth plan worried they might never see.” … Click here to read more
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 Civic activist and attorney Donna Melzer asks the important questions concerning campaign contributions to pro-developer Martin County candidates on the August 14 Primary election ballot. For example: “Why did out-of-state and out-of-county contributors make up more than 55 percent of Mr. Hayes’ campaign chest, 40 percent of Mr. Smith’s, 70 percent of Mr. Tucker’s and 49 percent of Mr. Ciampi’s.” … Click here to read more  Update from former Martin Commissioner and Martin County Conservation Alliance Chair Donna Melzer: Extreme Sports was delayed to May 8 after a rewrite was proposed by the developers. Many taxpayers of Martin County spoke against this anti-urban boundary, anti-concurrency proposal. For paraphrased comments of Stuart attorney Virginia Sherlock and video of public comment by Guardians of Martin County President Peter Conze … Click here to read more  Civic activist, attorney, former Martin Commissioner, and Martin County Conservation Alliance Chair Donna Melzer reminds all residents to tell commissioners NO to compromising Martin’s urban boundary for a project west of Hobe Sound. The developer is not showing who (or how) will pay for roads and utilities. … Click here to read more  Register now for this informative March 17th forum sponsored by the Martin County Conservation Alliance (MCCA) and 1000 Friends of Florida; learn how good growth management can save both taxes and the quality of life for county residents. … Click here to read more Jupiter with Stuart, Sewall’s Point, Jupiter Island: No to Developments of Regional Impact in Martin Civic activist and former Martin County Commissioner Donna Melzer updates the latest information on the proposed Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) in South Martin. These DRIs will affect all area residents with the negative impacts of overdevelopment: increased taxes, crime, traffic, and compromised schools, parks, roads, beaches, public libraries and social services. … Click here to read more  Civic activist, attorney, teacher and Palm City resident Donna Melzer provides an alarming analysis of the agenda for the upcoming February 7 Martin County Board of County Commissioners meeting. As she suggests, “Speak out or pay the bill.” … Click here to read more 1000 Friends of Florida and the Martin County Conservation Alliance (MCCA) have filed a notice today to seek review by the Florida Supreme Court of a First District Court of Appeals ruling requiring the groups and their attorneys to pay the attorneys’ fees of the state, Martin County, and a developer after their appeal of a land use decision was dismissed by the Court. … Click here to read more Recently, developers filed applications to build large cities west of Hobe Sound with 8,300 new homes plus more than 7 million square feet of commercial/industrial. The two new towns are being called Hobe Groves and Harmony. For comparison, the city of Stuart, including land north of the Roosevelt Bridge, has only 7,701 households. … Click here to read more |
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