Category: my martin county
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The Wood Stork is Back!
The Wood Stork is one of Florida’s signature wading birds, a long-legged, awkward-looking bird on land that soars like a raptor in the air. Like many Florida birds associated with wetlands, the Wood Stork has suffered from the destruction and degradation of our state’s wetlands. Today, the Wood Stork is classed “Endangered” by the State…
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Attention Martin County: Fracking Info please contact commissioners.
Attention Martin County: Fracking Info please contact commissioners. From Floridians Against Fracking Need your help here in Martin County, where FPL is headquartered and fracked gas is a commodity to be bought and sold from all over the United Sates and proposed to be shipped via Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline to here. We need…
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The very funny local Liberty Caucus. Striped men in tights.
The very funny local Liberty Caucus. Yesterday I had to laugh because if I just had clean water I probably wouldn’t even be sitting here on my day off computing. I would be in the water. Yesterday after I posted my blog I was having a conversation with my friend Kenny Hinkle and between the…
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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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Sugar U: The US Sugar Corp
@sugarcard2 In a few week we’ll be going to the Sugar Summit that is being put together by our great friends, the Florida SIerra Club. I thought it was a good time to bone up on who’z who and what’s what. Please feel free to chime in. Even at sugarcard2 – we want to hear…
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The Uninvited. Barking up the wrong tree.
So you know when you call someone on the phone and you talk and talk and then they interrupt and say ” You got the wrong number.” Then your embarrassed and apologize and try to figure out what number should have been called. Sometime’s you just dialed wrong and sometimes you have the wrong number.…
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June is educate your legislators in mental illness month. I said so!
@joenegronfl who said http://fcir.org/2012/07/26/florida-slips-even-lower-in-mental-health-funding/ “More specifically, state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Palm City, advocated cuts to so-called soft services, which include mental health and drug-addiction programs, because many of these services address what Negon views as “a lack of willpower, a lack of discipline, a lack of character.” Negron was the chair of appropriations for health and human services…
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Where are the Pet-Friendly Shelters?
@MartinCountygov @TCPalm @TCPalmAndreassi To Our Commissioners in Martin and St Lucie County. This past Saturday I attended our annual disaster conference. Our area includes Martin County, Port St Lucie County, Okeechobee County and Indian River County. The MRC (Medical Reserve Corp) are volunteers who assist in disasters. The only county that seemed to have it…
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Paddlefest 2015: RiverKidz
Paddlefest 2015: RiverKidz We have an amazing group of RiverKidz! This year, I caught up with Katy Lewey. Here is some video of the Riverkidz speaking out. The River Kidz have some cool new tee shirts. I just bought a bunch for my grandson and nieces. Nice white cotton. Perfect for the summer. and cool…
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Paddlefest 2015: Project L.I.F.T.
Paddlefest 2015: Project Lift http://www.projectliftmc.com How Project L.I.F.T. works Project L.I.F.T. combines job-training, community service and behavior modification with pioneering community solutions during difficult economic times. “At-risk” youth members of Project L.I.F.T. have the opportunity to literally affect the lives of hundreds of individuals in a positive way through innovative interventions and service learning experiences. This…
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