Tag: martin county
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In the Hood: Motels turn into rehabs for people out of state.
In the Hood: Motels turn into rehabs for people out of state. So this morning I saw this email from a friend of mine. “JUST SAYING- Monterrey Inn and Marina closed now too. It has become a half way house with the same owner from my understanding. It seems like a number of motels have…
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Keep calm and put your thinking cap on: Septic Tank Eve. Let’s be environmentally creative.

So maybe while we’re waiting to hash all this out this answer to the question is not lawsuits to inspect but actually voluntarily helping the citizens of Martin County maintain their septics. Why does everything have to end up in court? This will just create more angst for our citizens who have enough angst already.…
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On the Snout : Septic Tanks , Martin County, Stupid Headlines.

On the Snout: Septic Tanks and Martin County When I first moved here I lived in my house for about nine months before I bought it. I love my house. I wanted to live in an older house near the Indian River Lagoon on the same land the AIS Indians lived on thousand of years…
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New Poll: Florida Legislators Reading List. PLEASE VOTE! and why reading matters.
A few weeks ago I put out a call for books that people thought would be good for our Florida Legislators to read. I got a great response. Thank you all so much. I put up my poll. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the 27 people who cared and took the…
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Stupid pills: Throwback Thurs Marco goes to Stuart.

Stupid pills: Throwback Thurs Marco goes to Stuart. http://martincountytimes.com/wpbf-senator-rubio-meets-his-indian-river-lagoon-critics-at-stuart-city-hall “Where have you been for the past 13 months?” called out one protester.R Another held a wanted poster with Rubio’s face on it, calling him “No Show Rubio” and accusing him of “murder of our rivers.” After begging him for a year he finally showed up.…
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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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Lakepointe and the Pacific Legal Foundation

When it looks like a duck, and walks like duck, quacks like a duck it’s a duck. Or in this case a big polluting rubber ducky.
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Sinkholes: Its the Geology stupid!

#Florida Sinkholes: Its the Geology stupid! So after I wrote my blog I was wondering if we get sinkholes here in Martin County. Will my house get get sucked up in a hole. Will I be calling 911 saying “I’m in the ground!” Yikes. I live on a ancient sand dune by the Indian RIver…
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Jail is the new state mental hospital. Where are the diversion programs?
@joenegronfl @MaryLynnMagar Jail is the new state mental hospital. and Florida is one of the worst places. If its “our money” we’d like to keep it and not waste it on housing people. We need a real solution. Stop wasting our money on a solution that doesn’t work and hurts people. Here is a TC…