Category: my martin county
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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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Dolphin Ecology Project: Let’s help our Southern IRL Dolphin Family
Dolphin Ecology Project Yesterday, I caught up with Nik Mader of the Dolphin Ecology Project at Paddlefest 2015. We have around 100 resident dolphins in the southern Indian River Lagoon. They live here like we live here. Nik reminds us what happens to the water happens to the Dolphins. So if this happens to us…
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Big Sugar Summit Buy your tickets now
Thanks to the Sierra Club, Florida @SierraClubFL Buy Your Tickets Here Now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-sugar-summit-tickets-16963454148 he Big Sugar Summit will pull the curtain back on the sugar industry. We’ll dig as deep into the muck as we can, in one day, to uncover just how profoundly Big Sugar affects us all. You’ll get the facts regarding the sugar industry’s influence and…
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Get to Know Know Your SFWMD Board of Govenors: Kevin Powers: Friends and Neighbors
@SFWMD http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb%20about%20us/governing%20board “The South Florida Water Management District is directed by nine Governing Board members who set policy for the agency. They reside within the agency’s 16-county region and represent a cross section of interests, including the environment, agriculture, local government, recreation and business. Governing Board members are unpaid citizen volunteers appointed by the Governor…
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SFWMD: ” You’ve been part of a propaganda campaign! ” US “hahahahah”
@SFWMD @PetersonMelanie SFWMD: You’ve been part of a propaganda campaign” Thank you Kenny Hinkle for this great video. This is great work. Last Thursday SFWMD voted to terminate the 46,000 acre option on the sugar lands where our reservoir was suppose to go. You know the one that was going clean and convey…
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DIrty Rats: SFWMD kicks us in the head
@SFWMD @JaxStrong @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli Nail in the Coffin. http://www.tcpalm.com/franchise/indian-river-lagoon/health/sfwmd-board-to-discuss-likely-reject-us-sugar-land-buy_14943889 “WEST PALM BEACH — As expected, the South Florida Water Management District board Thursday rejected the proposal to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land south of Lake Okeechobee. Board member Kevin Powers of Stuart made the motion to “irrevocably” terminate the option to buy 46,800 acres…