Tag: martin county. florida
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I’m so sorry Frances Langford!
If Frances Langford was alive I’m pretty sure she would have been a River Warrior. She loved Martin County and loved this corner of the universe I live in. Everything around here has her name on it. She had died a few years before I got here but she was everywhere here on the ancient…
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What will Martin County Become?
I moved here to Martin County six years ago. I literally was running away from Palm Beach County. The whole place was closing in on me. The people, the traffic, the constant building way, way out to the Everglades, the traffic. I had driven up here for years for work. I even came up after…
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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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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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Volunteerism : Medical Reserve Corp : Here when you need us
Volunteerism 44% percent of American’s volunteer. I feel like all the work I do for the water is a full time job. It was great this week that I got to take a day off and do some training with my fellow Medical Reserve Corp volunteers. http://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/emergency-preparedness-and-response/disaster-response-resources/mrc/ The Florida Medical Reserve Corps Network was established…
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Toxic Algae Eve : Protest: Buy the land! May 3. St Lucie Locks
@JaxStrong @SteveCrisafulli @JoeBiden #buytheland #sendcleanwatersouth #nomoredischarges #saveflwater #savetheeverglades On May 3 we had a protest. https://www.facebook.com/events/831962766840242/ ***VIDEO CHALLENGE AND PROTEST*** DEMAND CLEAN WATER! Meet us at Phipps park and we can all stand together! Ask your elected officials to CANCEL THE DISCHARGES and BUY THE LAND! This Sunday, make a video on your phone, make…
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Discharges stopped for the moment.
@BarackObama @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli @MaryLynnMagar @Gayle_Harrell So this what happened. Thursday, Kenny Hinkle Jr. and Captain Mike Connor went up to Port Mayaca and made a video and took photos showing green algae. Then Senator Negron saw and told them to shut it down. http://www.tcpalm.com/franchise/indian-river-lagoon/health/possible-bluegreen-algae-found-in-st-lucie-canal_46291092 “Senator Negron Calls on Army Corps to Immediately Suspend…
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K.c. Ingram Traylor: The Engine behind Florida Not All Aboard
Always happy to be invited to the Martin County League of Woman Voters for lunch. The League of Women Voters of Martin County is a non-partisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Today’s speaker was K.C.…
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Eula Clarke, LWV Honoree of the Susan B. Anthony Award
Today Eula received the LWV Honoree of the Susan B. Anthony Award from the Martin County League of Woman Voters. Thank you to Candidate Mary Higgins for inviting me. https://www.facebook.com/maryhiggins82 https://www.facebook.com/lucasfor83 http://www.lwvmartincounty.org/home Eula http://elections.tcpalm.com/candidates/eula-clarke
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