A St. Pete Times story says it will cost $15 million -- not $30 million as originally thought -- to repair the Friendship Trail Bridge so that its life would be extended by 10 years........hereWe Spend About $255 Million Per Day On The Iraq War.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Only $15 Million To Fix Friendship Trail Bridge
A St. Pete Times story says it will cost $15 million -- not $30 million as originally thought -- to repair the Friendship Trail Bridge so that its life would be extended by 10 years........hereWe Spend About $255 Million Per Day On The Iraq War.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Lonnie Lea Napier Good Neighbor Award
The Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations is looking for nominees for the summer quarter 2009 Lonnie Lea Napier Good Neighbor Award. Individuals, neighborhood associations and community groups may make nominations to the Office of Neighborhood Relations until close of business June 12.........here
Monday, May 25, 2009
St. Petersburg Sued for Ordinances Targeting the Homeless
Three organizations just backed five homeless individuals in filing a class-action lawsuit against the City of St. Petersburg on behalf of all of the homeless people living in the city. The three organizations are the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, the Southern Legal Counsel, and Florida Institutional Legal Services..........here
Sen. Mike Bennett's Kool-Aid
Senator Mike Bennett-R who spawned SB 360. A bill that dismantles growth management. The bill promotes growth in dense urban areas by removing the state required costs of transportation concurrency and the duplicative development of regional impact (DRI) process within those areas.
(Nimby translation: Developers shouldn’t have to foot the bill for more growth by having to pay for infrastructure; that is what you taxpayers are for.)..........more
Gov. Crist Phone: 850-488-4441 - Email: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com
St. Petersburg Landowners Sue Over Pinellas Trail
The owner of the City Wide Mini-Storage at 1942 Second Ave. S in St. Petersburg, Vito Farese, is suing the city because he feels it should have compensated him when the Pinellas Trail was put in............more
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Miami: Stop Complaining and Get Off Your Ass
I typically don't like getting into politics, but when my friend Brad told me about the 100 Days of Obama event at Kafa Café in midtown Miami, I was more than happy to attend..........more
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