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 TCPalm’s Eve Samples: If you thought last year’s elections were a death knell for Hobe Grove, the mega-development proposed for a rural area west of Hobe Sound, don’t send flowers to the funeral home just yet. The New York-based company behind the project is intent on keeping it alive. … Click here to read more  TCPalm’s Eve Samples details the “Viva Florida 500″ arguments for several different landing sites: Jupiter Island almost was omitted from the debate about Ponce de Leon’s arrival — until longtime island resident John Payson spoke up. “I said, ‘I’m here to make a claim for the town of Jupiter Island and the Jupiter Inlet,’” recalled Payson, an art dealer who is planning a daylong celebration on Jupiter Island for April 2. … Click here to read more  TCPalm’s Eve Samples details some local results: “In one of the most-watched national races of the night, Tea Party darling Allen West West was unseated by 29-year-old political novice Patrick Murphy, a Democrat who used to be a Republican … Murphy landed 32,486 votes in Martin County, even though there are only 27,003 registered Democrats in the county.” … Click here to read more  The Stuart News’ Eve Samples quotes former Digital Domain CEO John Textor: “I think Martin County is really being wronged by the crowd that fights economic development at every level,” Textor told [Samples] during a 2009 interview at his Jupiter Island home. He likened the skeptics to the National Rifle Association. “They know automatic weapons are bad, but they don’t want to give an inch because they’re afraid of the slippery slope,” he lamented. … Click here to read more  Eve Samples of The Stuart News: “Whatever your take is on the good, bad and ugly from this campaign season, don’t forget to vote. That would be really ugly.” … Click here to read more  Stuart News columnist Eve Samples interviews Jupiter Island resident John Payson, conservationist and famed art dealer, who has little respect or sympathy left for Martin County Commissioner Patrick Hayes, who cast one of three votes in support of the Extreme Sports park. The park is planned for 111 acres on Bridge Road between I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike — what is now a largely agricultural parcel. … Click here to read more  The Stuart News’ Eve Samples gave her view on last week’s Jupiter Island Residents’ Association’s Martin County Commission Candidate Forum: “Before a standing-room-only-crowd, the candidates in Districts 1, 3 and 5 provided an early glimpse of dynamics that will influence the November elections.” … Click here to read more From Eve Samples at The Stuart News: “In terms of sheer dollar amount, it is the biggest real estate sale in Martin County since December 2007, the month the recession officially began.” The public outcry began months ago. Now this deal raises the stakes as the landowners gamble that the Martin County Commission will alter its growth rules to allow a new urban area west of Florida’s Turnpike. … Click here to read more Eve Samples updates the progress (or lack of) at the new Martin County Aquatics Complex: “Blankenship left his job in May 2010 for a private-sector gig, offering no public explanation. Ciampi decided not to seek re-election. Instead, he is running for clerk of court, where he would have no responsibility for the aquatics complex…” … Click here to read more |
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