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The measure expresses a consensus view by the Florida Legislature that President Obama should approve Keystone XL. By executive order, only the president can issue a permit for proposed oil pipelines that cross U.S. borders — the executive order came by way of George W. Bush.
“The Legislature is adding to the voice of others that have expressed the same view, including labor unions,” Robert Sanchez, policy director for the Tallahassee-based James Madison Institute, told Watchdog.org.
“The speculation is that the president is concerned about offending environmental activists — an important constituency — even though environmental studies have shown that the pipeline will cause minimal damage. In fact, more damage is caused by refusing to build the pipeline because it’s a more energy efficient way of transporting petroleum products than trucks and trains,” Sanchez said.
Palm Beach County’s effort to build a new two-team baseball stadium got a boost Friday when Florida lawmakers approved a bill that sweetens financing options for building spring-training stadiums that the Legislature just created in 2013.Remember to click here to support Spring baseball in Palm Beach County!
“We’ve been working on this for such a long time,” said County Commissioner Shelley Vana. “This is another step in the right direction.”
The county already has Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter for the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals, but county officials have been in discussions with the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals about building a spring training facility that could house them both somewhere in the county. Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and John Prince Park west of Lake Worth have been some of the locations most recently discussed.
Take advantage of Florida’s beautiful weather and the financial benefits that come along with riding your bicycle to SunFest. Ride your bike to SunFest and park it for free in a secure area near the festival gates! Valet bike parking is like a coat check for bicycles. Patrons are issued claim checks in exchange for their bikes and staff members guard them in a secure corral. When you are ready to leave, present your claim check to get your bike back. The bike valet service is located on North Clematis Street at Centennial Square and the fountain, near SunFest’s Clematis Street gate. The service is available Wednesday through Sunday during regular SunFest hours.
“We will work with them the best we can for a solution,” Biery said. “But lights can’t be visible from the beach either directly or indirectly by causing illumination.”
Some violators may be given the opportunity to retrofit existing lighting fixtures by adding sheet metal shields so stray light doesn’t reach to the beach. Amber LED lightbulbs also may be substituted at some locations to reduce glare.
The law also requires that all beach furniture be removed each night to make movement easier for sea turtles. A turtle surveyor must give approval each morning before the furniture can be returned to the municipal beach.
Coastal municipalities have the option to either let the county enforce its turtle protection law on their beaches or to adopt a municipal law that is equally strict.
Manalapan opted into the county law and Ocean Ridge is working to do the same. Boca Raton chose to adopt and enforce its own law.
The California-based foundation said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's own study recommended the change in 2007 because of the manatee's improving prospects. This year, a single-day count found 4,834 manatees in Florida, well above the minimum stated by the federal government, the foundation said.
"It has been seven years since the federal government's own scientific review signaled that the manatee should be removed from 'endangered' status," said Christina M. Martin, an attorney in the foundation's Palm Beach Gardens office. "But no action has been taken. Everyone who values responsible environmental management should be concerned by this foot-dragging and failure to follow scientific findings."
“We’ve tried to get this bill passed because it’s something we truly believe in,” Thurston [House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston] said. “It’s not something that we’re doing because it’s politically expedient.”
The Senate voted 26-13 in favor of the tuition bill after an hour of impassioned speeches for and against the measure.
Speaking against the bill, Sen. Aaron Beach, R-Jacksonville, asked the same question he posed during earlier debates: “Does being an American matter any more?”
“NextEra Energy delivered very strong operational performance and financial results during the first quarter,” said Jim Robo, chairman and chief executive officer of NextEra Energy.This FPL advertisement is about the Indiantown solar - natural gas hybrid plant. I've been there for a tour and the nearby Barley Barber Swamp, home to some of the oldest cypress trees in Florida.
“FPL’s customer metrics reflect a strengthening of Florida’s economy and business climate, and we are executing on our major capital projects that will enhance a customer value proposition that already includes excellent reliability, award-winning customer service and the lowest typical residential bill in the state,” Robo said.
What is missing in Cerabino’s fictional tale is any understanding of the reality that FECR cannot operate any passenger service on its property; and conversely, All Aboard Florida cannot operate freight. The owners and investors of All Aboard Florida won’t spend their money for improvements to a business they have nothing to do with and from which they receive no benefit. And why would they? If FECR desires to expand its infrastructure to accommodate growth, it has the unencumbered right and ability to do so.
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Rather than get distracted by the tales of conspiracy and intrigue conjured up by Cerabino, we remain focused on doing once again what this railroad has done in the past — building a backbone upon which Florida can grow and compete with other places in the country that are committed to a better, smarter tomorrow.
The original plans, as approved in February by the city’s planning board, call for a 108-room, 75-foot-high, 92,063-square-foot hotel with 2,650 square feet of meeting space and a 5,000-square-foot waterfront restaurant and bar. It would include a three-story, 131-space parking garage and a 44-space surface lot.
Amy Cosentino, lawyer for St. Ann Catholic School, just a few hundred feet from the hotel site, told commissioners, “the St. Ann community is fearful one of our staff or children will be hurt, or worse, if you allow this project to proceed.”
Most in the audience Monday were from the Waterview Towers condominium, next to the hotel site. Many Waterview residents oppose the hotel as proposed.
Faced with a looming July deadline, a Miami-Dade County task force examining the threat of rising seas wrestled Monday with how to rally support for a plan that could cost billions of dollars.
“We’ve all heard enough to know we need a plan,” said Harvey Ruvin, Miami-Dade County’s clerk of courts and chairman of the Sea Level Rise Task Force. “But we’ve got inertia.”
The seven-member panel that has been meeting since November said the county, which has repeatedly studied the issue over the years, needs to take more decisive steps to fortify its infrastructure. Chief among the recommendations: hire engineers to develop a specific plan, not unlike the $20 billion plan.
County-wide hotel occupancy increased 3.5 percent from January through March of this year compared to the same period last year, according to tourism statistics compiled of Palm Beach County. Year-to-date numbers show Palm Beach Count’s tourist development tax collection was up 12 percent.
Laurel Baker, executive director of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, said she hasn’t noticed significantly more visitors to the island, but she has noticed that parking enforcement officers are out earlier and longer, and they are more diligent in their tasks.
“We have received an increased number of complaints about the enforcement and the high costs,” she said. “The costs are excessive given the low inventory of parking and the lack of alternative approaches to the on-going problem.”
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The project is headed to Congress where it is expected to win approval as part of the Water Resources Development Act. Congressional approval would not guarantee funding for the $88.3 million plan, and the Port of Palm Beach still would have to figure out how to pay its $35 million share.
Port officials say a deeper and wider inlet will make it easier for vessels to maneuver in and out of the port. That, in turn, will stimulate the local and state economies, they say.
The town, and civic organizations and residents opposed to the plan, say a wider, deeper inlet will result in an higher storm surge that will threaten waterfront properties with flooding. There also is concern that larger vessels might throw larger wakes with the potential to damage privately owned sea walls or bulkheads, and cause erosion of properties.
Third, well Commissioner Amoroso just does not get the truth and uses circumstance that have not played out yet to make commentary during a meeting that was reversed.Sort of the rambling diatribe we've come to expect. Remember this from the City Commission meeting?
The story is that John Prince Park is now back on the table again. Why? Because our own County Commissioner Shelly Vana (read the article below) Actually could care less about our neighborhood and its impact to this park....why?
This is her last term and she even showed up at the Lake Worth Marriage Equality Rally to show not just support for that issue but to prove that she is in collaboration with Lake Worth's Political Folly for the Baseball Park.
PLEASE Understand that we are FOR a spring training park but NOT in John Prince Park and we have to wonder the motive of Lake Worth City Manager Michael Bornstein when he encouraged a history of the park to be printed in the Palm Beach Post.
John Prince Park was dedicated in the honor of a WWI Veteran for the people of Palm Beach County and these Politicians just simply want to throw that memory away with no regards to the Veterans who served in WWI and WWII and other wars.
This is the commission we have in Lake Worth and Palm Beach County. Now and for all the things that the Lake Worth commission does good there are all the things they do not. Having code visit the edges of Lake Worth for easy code violations for people who can pay fines for code and not addressing the "middle earth" of Lake Worth that is hell bent on absentee landlords and rentals which is where our blight is so present is clearly a sin against he good tax paying residents of Lake Worth.
All the new regulations passed for Code Enforcement and yet no action, this commission is hoping on a dream and a prayer that a Spring Training Park will solve all their issues.
The Truth is that it will not do this and the only recourse for Lake Worth is to finally clean up its blight and not push for a whim like a Spring Training Park that is not in their City Limits with no commitment from the city to invest in this endeavor but giving up Very valuable Park and Nature Habitat Land. "Lake Worth Commission....Not on our backs" is the theme here and on the County Residents who use the park every day.
Here is the article from PBPOST:
“Last year, I went to a game in San Francisco and there were probably 2,000 people outside the stadium trying to catch a ball, either on the walkway or on the bay,’’ said Ferreri, whose firm was involved with the city of Palm Beach Gardens’ efforts last summer to build a spring training facility.
“What an amenity to have 6,500 people in the stands overlooking the lake with a cool breeze. We could have a walking trail along the (back of the) outfield,’’ he said.
The site still has challenges. Palm Beach State College would have to agree to allow its baseball field to be displaced by two practice fields and a parking lot. A dog park where the main stadium is proposed would need to be moved.
But civic leaders say the site’s benefits – it’s a short walk to the Tri-Rail station on Lake Worth Road – provide a chance to offer a major economic boost to the Lake Worth corridor.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for this area. For us not to explore the possibilities is irresponsible,’’ said Lake Worth Commissioner Scott Maxwell.
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