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Does rail transit attract business and create jobs?
For a larger view click on image. In 2010, when Florida’s High Speed Rail was promoted in 2010 as a “must have” economic development project, rail advocates were singing the praises of rail describing...
View ArticleClimate Change: A lie by any other name
This was quite a week. In our Founders Fathers world all Americans were able to read and understand the Constitution. All Americans knew that America can’t by law default on its debt. All Americans...
View ArticleLetter sent to AG Bondi demanding investigation into misconduct by Florida...
A coalition of twelve Florida based organizations has sent a letter to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi stating, “We the undersigned, ask that your office immediately launch an investigation into the...
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The United Nations: On Florida’s Doorstep
Most residents of Florida would be shocked to realize how the United Nations has established a formidable presence in the sunshine state. As The United Nations casts its long shadow over...
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Opinion: Meet the Crony Special Interest Players Behind the Florida Seven50 Plan
Crony special interest New Urbanist’s will decide how resources are allocated across the proposed Seven50 region if the plan is not rejected by the local government jurisdictions. Of course, they are...
View ArticleFL: Woman goes to court to defend right to live independently
In what can only be described as a David vs Goliath challenge, the City of Cape Coral has taken a local resident to court; contesting her choice to live her life free from dependence on “the system” —...
View ArticleFlagler county engineer saves Florida taxpayers big money
Last week Historic City News learned that taxpayers will save $600,000 and preserve 12 acres of highway frontage in Palm Coast thanks to a quick thinking engineer who was reviewing recent drainage-rule...
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FL: UN’s World Environment Day coming to Sarasota
The Observer’s Alex Mahadevan reports, “Sarasota County may be a quickly-growing international tourism destination for its beaches, but now the United Nations has highlighted the community for its...
View ArticleFL: Are Sarasota County Commissioners violating their own Party Platform?
Many Sarasotans are wondering about their County Commissioners. In particular, their support for policies that are directly violating their own party’s platform. On June 5, 2014, Sarasota County will...
View ArticleFloridians press for final approval of Keystone XL
Consumer Energy Alliance-Florida Executive Director Kevin Doyle spoke with Historic City News Thursday, challenging the Obama Administration’s five year delay on approving the Keystone XL pipeline...
View ArticleMegabus arrives in Tampa but still working out the kinks
This month, Megabus began bus service to the public traveling from Tampa, Orlando, and Miami. For the rest of May they are offering One Dollar ($1.00) fares to encourage people to ride the bus, so my...
View ArticleFL: Sarasota residents protest World Environment Day event
Sarasota County is hosting the United Nations for World Environment Day. The Sarasota County website states: Sarasota County has been selected by the United Nations Environment Programme’s Regional...
View ArticleSenator Rubio not all aboard with All Aboard Florida rail system
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, today raised constituent concerns regarding the...
View ArticleOil drilling permits revoked and lawsuit filed in Collier County
Amid environment concerns, Dan A. Hughes Company’s oil and gas drilling permits have been permanently revoked by the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection today including filing a...
View ArticleCritical Analysis of the Sarasota 2050 Comprehensive Plan
If you Google the words “comprehensive plan Florida” you will get 11.6 million hits. Florida cities and counties by law have produced comprehensive plans. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity...
View ArticleSolar energy comes at a price to Florida wildlife
Florida Power and Light (FP&L) on its website states, “At our three solar energy centers throughout Florida, we’re making the most of our state’s sunshine, turning it into clean energy and using it...
View ArticleFL: Passenger rail turns back on 150-year-old roots
Thursday it was announced that Siemens has been selected to build the locomotives and passenger coaches for the All Aboard Florida passenger rail project that will connect South and Central Florida....
View ArticleFormer mayor accused of causing accident to get his way
When you are the oldest continuously occupied city of European origin in the United States and on the precipice of celebrating the 450th Anniversary of your founding, you take preservation of what...
View ArticleStuck in the 90′s: Tri-state water wars over ACF Basin may be delayed
A year after Florida filed a lawsuit in a long-running dispute with Georgia over the ACF [Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River] Basin, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli filed a brief, at the...
View ArticleFlorida lawsuit over water rights headed to Supreme Court
Today, Gov. Rick Scott announced to Historic City News that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up Florida’s lawsuit regarding Georgia’s over-consumption of waters that is impacting the...
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