Category: florida
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Florida Inc: Thank you League of Woman Voters!
Florida Inc: Thank you League of Woman Voters! Gerrymandering has been going on in Florida for a long time and it truly has been a bipartisan activity. It took the very awesome and very bipartisan League of Woman voters to get the whole mess straightened out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering “In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering…
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The Destruction of FLorida: DInner Island Ranch
A little while back Jules and I traveled down to STA 5 and 6 where we were dismayed to find not a lot of water going anywhere but over to US Sugar lands. One the way back we stopped here and hung out with the cows. Out here you are seriously out in the middle…
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Stuart City Hall 5 PM monday. Support our local music.
To the Stuart CIty Commission: I thought it was to be a nice quiet afternoon in the hood and I could do something like read a book, finish watching my movie, clean the closet. Around here it just never ends. Now we have people threatening to sue over noise and the City Commission is caving.…
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Bring it on Home: The Pacific Legal Foundation and Martin County.
Look who is right here in our hood! Bring it on home! Let James help you cause we sure do got dem blues! A love affair with the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Economic Council of Martin County. Wow! Who would have thunk? The Pacific Legal Foundation. Pacific Legal Foundation 1002 Se Monterey Commons Blvd,…
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Who is the Pacific Legal Foundation and why are our Panthers, Manatees and Bears their Business?
Remember when Michael Grunwald was here and he said “Big Sugar has a right to be in business” and everyone groaned. Well, that’s true. They do. What I don’t think they have the right to get subsidies to stay alive when the rest of the businesses have to put themselves out there and if they…
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Alzheimer’s and “Still Alice” : Caring for those who can’t care for themselves.
@Gayle_Harrell @FLGovScott @joenegronfl I’m sending this blog post to my state rep, rick scott and my state senator. None of these people actually care about anyone especially older people who are ill. They are under some kind of delusion that these people can have help. In the case of Ms Harrell she thinks people can…
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Big Sugar Summit: Wolfram Alderson “Sugar is Toxic “
Big Sugar Summit: Wolfram Alderson “Sugar is Toxic ” “The only food item that isn’t on the label is added sugar.” Wolfram Alderson, Founding Executive Director, Institute for Responsible Nutrition I’m looking forward to the final video with all the slides but this will get you really excited about seeing the entire finished product. This…
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Big Sugar Summit: Julia Hathaway, Is Big Sugar Burning Your Lungs?
Big Sugar Summit: Julia Hathaway, Is Big Sugar Burning Your Lungs? Here is our amazing friend Julia Hathaway at the Big Sugar Summit! I learned so much from her speech and now I know all the things that can be done with sugar cane if it is green harvested. Brazil and Australia do it! We…
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Big Sugar Summit: Keynote Address: Chairman Colley Billie, Miccosukee Tribe
Big Sugar Summit: Keynote Address: Chairman Colley Billie, Miccosukee Tribe So honored that Chairman Collie Billie came and he was the keynote speaker at the Big Sugar Summit. http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2014/02/meet-native-america-colley-billie.html Meet Chairman Collie Billie “I would like to take this opportunity to bring attention to the plight of the Florida Everglades in the hopes of inciting…
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Big Sugar Summit: Richard Grosso, Environmental Legal Eagle!
Big Sugar Summit: Richard Grosso, Environmental Legal Eagle! Richard Grosso is Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Clinic. Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University. http://evergladeslaw.org/about/history/ History of The Everglades Law Center Our Beginning “In 1990, a small group of law professors and lawyers created the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center, Inc. to establish…
