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Outside cash flows into Martin County elections
Some of the pre-primary election hype is real. E-mails detail campaign contributions from far away places, from folks arrested for gambling in Georgia and from a Miami man who went to prison for...
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Faraway PAC meddles in Martin County politics
If voters choose a growth-friendly commission majority in the Aug. 14 primary, those massive developments on farmlands west of Hobe Sound will be approved in a heartbeat.Sally Swartz Doubt it? Look at...
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Local candidates try to claim they aren’t linked to out-of-town PACS
Sally Swartz After the primary election Tuesday, the impact of statewide political action committees, which got involved in Martin County elections for the first time this year, will be clear. Some...
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Martin shocker: Carfeful-growth majority finally wins
For the first time in 12 years, careful growth proponents will be a voting majority on the Martin County Commission. Some expected and many hoped for that outcome in Tuesday’s primary, but it’s still a...
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Martin election highlights, including Queen Anne’s grace
The 2012 elections are almost history. In Martin County, about to move into a new era in county government, there are moments worth remembering. — New Martin County Commissioner Anne Scott, the first...
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Martin County clowns close their sad circus
Elephants, peanuts and a flying trapeze were missing from the circus that was the pro-growth majority’s last Martin County Commission meeting on Tuesday. But clowns ruled and dozens of logic-defying...
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Back to open government, careful growth in Martin County
Residents in the careful growth crowd are easy to identify. Sport shirts, shorts and jeans and no ties for the men, capris and cotton tops for the women. Flip-flops and sandals rule. The Jupiter Island...
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Martin County’s best and worst of 2012
Sally SwartzIt’s been an entertaining year in Martin County. Consider the best and worst of 2012. Martin residents, former Commissioner Maggy Hurchalla, retiring Sheriff Bob Crowder, the Sheriff’s...
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New Martin commission cracks down on the Business Development Board
On Tuesday, the new Martin County Commission majority voted to tighten the leash on the Business Development Board, the spoiled and pampered darling of Martin’s business community and the old...
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Witham Field noise issues impossible to solve? Maybe not
On Tuesday, Martin Commissioner John Haddox opened new chapter in the long, sad story of residents who live near Witham Field, Martin County’s airport.Sally Swartz Commissioner Haddox, bless his...
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Outside cash flows into Martin County elections
Some of the pre-primary election hype is real. E-mails detail campaign contributions from far away places, from folks arrested for gambling in Georgia and from a Miami man who went to prison for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Faraway PAC meddles in Martin County politics
If voters choose a growth-friendly commission majority in the Aug. 14 primary, those massive developments on farmlands west of Hobe Sound will be approved in a heartbeat.Sally Swartz Doubt it? Look at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Local candidates try to claim they aren’t linked to out-of-town PACS
Sally Swartz After the primary election Tuesday, the impact of statewide political action committees, which got involved in Martin County elections for the first time this year, will be clear. Some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Martin shocker: Carfeful-growth majority finally wins
For the first time in 12 years, careful growth proponents will be a voting majority on the Martin County Commission. Some expected and many hoped for that outcome in Tuesday’s primary, but it’s still a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Martin election highlights, including Queen Anne’s grace
The 2012 elections are almost history. In Martin County, about to move into a new era in county government, there are moments worth remembering. — New Martin County Commissioner Anne Scott, the first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Martin County clowns close their sad circus
Elephants, peanuts and a flying trapeze were missing from the circus that was the pro-growth majority’s last Martin County Commission meeting on Tuesday. But clowns ruled and dozens of logic-defying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back to open government, careful growth in Martin County
Residents in the careful growth crowd are easy to identify. Sport shirts, shorts and jeans and no ties for the men, capris and cotton tops for the women. Flip-flops and sandals rule. The Jupiter Island...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Martin County’s best and worst of 2012
Sally SwartzIt’s been an entertaining year in Martin County. Consider the best and worst of 2012. Martin residents, former Commissioner Maggy Hurchalla, retiring Sheriff Bob Crowder, the Sheriff’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Martin commission cracks down on the Business Development Board
On Tuesday, the new Martin County Commission majority voted to tighten the leash on the Business Development Board, the spoiled and pampered darling of Martin’s business community and the old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Witham Field noise issues impossible to solve? Maybe not
On Tuesday, Martin Commissioner John Haddox opened new chapter in the long, sad story of residents who live near Witham Field, Martin County’s airport.Sally Swartz Commissioner Haddox, bless his...
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