Category: July

Those two deaths follow the death Wednesday of a New Jersey man who died while diving off Key Largo. On Thursday, a Georgia man was found dead in the water near the Carysfort Reef Light also off Key Largo. Then on Friday, a sailboat from Boot Key Harbor in Marathon struck the Seven Mile Bridge and a 62-year-old man was taken to shore. He was later discharged from Mariners Hospital in Key Largo after complaining of chest pain.

To do justice to any scenario, one has to leverage the equation, not as a big brother but as an honest broker with muscle behind words. I know, I’m dreaming

A number of residents and fishermen have learned that the FKAA plan for wastewater effluent at Cudjoe Regional could seriously harm our near shore waters.  Please go to this link for more information and to learn how you can help. Link

I love the B Pine Restaurant, been going there for years. Good food, good portions, and fast service.
Suggestions: 1: move the counter out another 12″ to broaden the working area, put some large sky lights in that roof for free light with adjustable shades on pulleys, give free refills to the idiots who buy bottled wawa. It’s water!

It’s your money they’re giving away! Wanna stop this bs? Stop paying taxes!

But not everything is wrinkles and perdition in Broward. Years ago Broward voters tired of the same old – same old, and voted in term limits. Currently Broward commissioners are term limited 12 years, or three four-year terms. It seems to have worked. New blood comes in every now and then, and the individual commissioners no longer seem to get the “I am the King/Queen” syndrome. The whispers of corruption by power and profit are not totally silenced, but are substantially toned down.

Term limits are a shield that protects you and me from unbridled power, and the “I know better than you” syndrome on the part of elected officials. It is impossible to argue against the fact that the longer a politico is in office, the more power he/she accumulates, and the bigger and bigger their ego grows.

Deer Friends, we truthfully live in paradise, part of it is the surroundings, part of it is the people. But that doesn’t mean that it can’t be improved. Let’s support which ever candidates will pledge to support term limits. Thank God for Presidential term limits. It works for our Governor’s office and our State Legislature, and it works in many county commissions throughout the state.

Part 2) It’s only about 100 days until the election. It’s time to start really thinking and comparing records so as to make a reasoned decision as to who should be our next governor. Should it be Rick Scott or Charlie Crist?

Please consider that Charlie Crist was our governor from January 2007 through January 2011

In January 07, when Charlie took office, there were 8,868,374 Floridians with jobs. By January 2011, when Charlie quit the office of Governor, only about 8,226,371 Floridians had jobs. While Charlie was Governor he was concentrating on running for the Senate, and Florida lost about 642,003 jobs.

Today, since Charlie has been out to pasture and Rick Scott is Governor, there are 9,029,175 Floridians with jobs. That’s an increase of about 802,804 new jobs since Charlie quit the Governor’s office.

Deer Friends, these are not my numbers, nor are they the numbers of the Scott campaign, they are the official numbers of Obama’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Check them out for yourself at Link

It is no surprise that under Republican governance, Florida has been at the very forefront of job creation.

A savvy voter will wonder how we have managed to create so many new jobs, and why we are at the forefront of recovery from the Democrat recession.

The answers are available for everyone to study. It all involves creating a climate in which business can thrive. When business thrive, workers prosper, jobs are created.

In 2011, Governor Scott increased the tax exemption for business income From $5,000 To $25,000.

In 2012, Governor Scott doubled the tax exemption for business income from $25,000 To $50,000.

In 2012, Governor Scott reduced the productivity requirement for manufacturing tax exemption.

In 2013, Governor passed a manufacturing tax break that provides great incentives to an important group of employers … who grow the nation’s middle class.

 reduced the wait time for an environmental permit from 87 Days to 33 Days.

Governor Scott reduced the wait time for a professional license from 41 days to 2 days.

Florida leads the nation in payroll growth.

Florida leads the nation on international real estate sales.

The Sunshine State has the highest business birth rate in the U.S. Also, the state has a very high growth rate of self-employed individuals

Our liberal brethren and “sisteren” will claim that these reforms will rob the poor to profit the rich. But, they are flat wrong. In Florida, now that Charlie is history, we have a budget surplus. Thanks to that increase in tax revenue and the surplus that it creates, we are increasing spending on education and on infrastructure. Teachers are getting raises. Those who want to work now have jobs available for them. We should have pride that we are among the very forefront of job creation in the nation.

O.K., O.K., so it makes boring reading, but if you need a job, it’s damned exciting news.