More history about the Luddites in Martin and Palm Beach counties.

From Palm Beaches Remembered
on Facebook (see photo below):

After much opposition from the NIMBY residents of Jupiter (in northern Palm Beach County) and much of Martin County where the highway path would be, the LAST segment of I-95 was completed in 1988 with the link to Ft Pierce.


The opposition in Martin County to Brightline and the future of passenger rail in Florida makes more sense now doesn’t it? It’s not the train the Luddites in Martin County oppose. They just oppose progress. Progress of any kind is a threat to them. And they constructed and maintain a line of defense against progress: a line of septic tanks from Lake Okeechobee to the Atlantic Ocean (read more about that below).

Looking East: I-95 ending at PGA Blvd in 1976.

Click on image to enlarge.

And then thirty years later is this,
“IT’S ALL ABOUT RISK!”

Here is actual news from July 2017 by Jennifer Sorentrue* at the Post which reads more like an April Fools’ joke than an actual news story (no fault of the reporter who was just tasked with reporting this nonsense):


In a 6-page letter sent to federal transportation officials on Monday, attorneys for Martin and Indian River counties and the anti-rail group CARE FL argue a loan from the Federal Railroad Administration to help pay for the Brightline project would create “unique financial concerns” for the Trump administration.

And get this!

The attorneys [for CARE FL] also argue that the location of the Florida East Cost Railway tracks, where Brightline will operate its passenger trains alongside other freight traffic, could create a safety hazard for the president [President Trump]. The tracks are located about 1.5 miles west of the Mar-a-Lago club.

And lastly, as far back as the administration of President John Kennedy, developing “new methods of sewage treatment” was a major concern.

His brother, Robert F. Kennedy said. . .

Published in Martin County Currents, “The time is long overdue for residents and communities to do their part by addressing the significant threat to public safety posed by septic system pollution. There are still thousands of septic tanks within the urban services boundary in Martin County.”

*UPDATE: Jennifer Sorentrue is no longer a reporter at the Post. To follow Sorentrue on Twitter click on this link to find out about her latest endeavors.