Saturday, September 13, 2008
From the Florida Red and Blue/SayNo2 Team
Saying the impact of Amendment 2, “…could cause great harm to the education of the children of Broward County…” the Broward County School Board unanimously voted to oppose passage of the amendment.Click here to read their resolution: http://sayno2.com/clientup
And today, the City of Miami officially added its voice to the chorus of growing opposition by passing their own resolution to oppose Amendment 2.
Click here to see their resolution: http://www.sayno2.com/clie
Their opposition follows similar public condemnation of Amendment 2 by the Broward County Commission and the City of Miami Beach whose combined 1.8 million residents could lose access to basic benefits if Amendment 2 passes.
Together, at least 5.1 million Floridians could lose access to basic legal protections or existing earned benefits if Amendment 2 passes.
We’re standing up for them – and all Floridians – by standing up to Amendment 2.
Will you stand with us today by making a financial commitment to stop Amendment 2? http://www.sayno2.com/inde
The Florida Red and Blue/SayNo2 Team
P.S. Recent polling shows the race is VERY close. So we need your help! Here are two ways to help right now.
The SayNo2 Facebook Team is happy to announce our new "Be a Top Recruiter" contest on Facebook! Over the next few weeks, we need everyone to invite all of their friends to our cause: http://apps.new.facebook.c
Or our group:
http://www.new.facebook.co
The top recruiters will win a "Say No 2" prize pack with tons of campaign goodies!! So get recruiting and check back daily to see who takes the lead in the SayNo2 Hall of Fame!!
Join and ask others to join our on-line campaigns on:
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Friday, September 12, 2008
NY City - Summer Streets Program
Click title for link. Not quite the same thing, but a grander scale version of Park(ing) Day which will be taking place right here in Downtown Lake Worth next Friday the 19th. Come down from 2 to 7 p.m. to the parking lot across from the Post Office. As of last Tuesday, all the parking spaces but two were taken by various community groups to plant the parking lot for day. I volunteered to be a judge for the event and will have my camera handy. It'll be a whole YouTube affair where communities around the nation/planet will post videos of their own Park(ing) Day to share with the world! Don't miss this!!
This is from Bogota, Colombia where they have what is called a "Ciclovia" - they were the first city to start this program of turning over city streets to pedestrians and bicycles one day a week:
New wave of Baby Boomers ready to descend on Florida
From the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research
The Sunshine State is about to boom with Boomers.More on this topic:
The Sunshine State is about to boom with Boomers.
Between 2010 and 2030, Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are expected to descend on Florida in even larger numbers and will increase their standing as the state's largest age group. The reason: They are nearing retirement age, the state's housing prices have become more affordable and Florida's tropical climate remains a draw.
Boomers made up about 23 percent of Florida's 15.9 million population in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2010, they will account for 27 percent of the 19.6 million people expected to be living here.
"The first of the Baby Boomers are just barely over 60 now, so over the next 10 or 15 years you'll see a real increase in that group," said Stan Smith, director of the University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research. "Lower [housing] prices could have some impact because historically Florida has been a relatively low-cost place to live but that has been going up in recent years."
New wave of Baby Boomers ready to descend on Florida - Sun-Sentinel - August 4, 2008
Boomer boom in the Sunshine State - Tampa Bay News- August 5, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
City Commission Workshop on Budget - 9/15
Apparently set at the urging of two Commissioners. Any idea who? You get four guesses and the first two don't count.
From our correspondent on N. L. Street...
Posted as a comment under the most recent 431 post.Lots of activity at 425 N. L today. This morning I called Det. Carreiro and had a very good talk with him about 431 and 425 N. L st and he gave me some good guidelines on what could be done.
Later today I noticed activity in front of 425 and being the inquisitive type I went outside to take a look. A neighbor told me that someone who had lived at 425 asked him to call the police for him. The person said that the people at 425 had "ripped him off" and that there was "major drug dealing" going on there.
A patrol car with a LW officer and a PBSO officer arrived. They spoke with the gentleman and also with my neighbor and I. The officer (I am sorry but I can't recall his name) was great. He seemed interested in what we had to say, and said that the fellow who had called the police had a story that "didn't add up".
I went inside and after a while noticed that three or four more police cars had arrived along with a supervisor's truck and two city trucks. In all there were ten or twelve officers and they were investigating the property. I saw that they posted a bright yellow notice on the back building (can't read it from my property). They were speaking at length with an older tenet who has been at the 425 for at least four or five months.
It was quite a busy scene and I was unable to ask then what the outcome was. However they made the person who called in the complaint vacate the premises and as of 8:00 pm tonight there appears to be nobody home at 425.
Later I spoke with a friend who told me that she had contacted police about someone trespassing at 431 this afternoon and they arrested someone for trying to steel the wiring from the outside of the building.
Big kudos to the Lake Worth Police Department, PBSO and the concerned citizen who alerted police to the trespasser.
Lively times on North L!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
From Joel Morganstern, LW Police: Gas Stations and Publix's W/Generators
Thanks Joel!By the way, there is only one gas station in the 33460 zip code that has a generator. Many communities now are requiring them - note to Planning staff.
Tri-Rail ridership up 28.8 percent over same time last year
Click here for for report - click title for Sun Sentinel article.
Delray Beach's CRA to help fund tennis tournaments
Excerpts from article:
The community redevelopment agency will dole out a half-million dollars to help pay for the city's high-profile tennis tournaments next year.
CRA board members said their financial investment in tennis is sure to return to the city through increased business from visitors.
The board tonight also discussed other aspects of its $23.7 million budget, which includes only the second decrease in tax-increment financing dollars in two decades.
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