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The News Herald: Southerland tours local business
PANAMA CITY — U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland toured the ship the Guadalupe at Port Panama City on Friday as part of a National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) event designed to highlight the challenges government regulations pose for small business owners in Florida’s Panhandle. It was an opportunity for Linea Peninsular, which owns the Guadalupe, […]
WFTX-TV: Fertilizers may not be so bad for the environment
FORT MYERS, Fla.- It turns out, certain types of fertilizer may not be nearly as harmful as once thought to be. For some homeowners its a passion… keeping their lawn lush and green. But if you wanted to pick up some fertilizer at the local hardward and garden store, you couldn’t use anything with nitrogen […]
WBBH NBC: UF study questions fertilizer ban
Summer rains have brought additional runoff to area waterways, including the Caloosahatchee River. New research indicates fertilizer may not make its way into that runoff as easily as once thought. The nutrients found in fertilizer can contribute to red tide and algae growth, and several local communities, including Lee County, ban the use of nitrogen […]
Wall Street Journal: Let’s Not Follow EU on Broadband
Ev Ehrlich’s piece on the state of America’s high-speed Internet networks vis-à-vis Europe (“The Myth of America’s Inferior Broadband,” op-ed, Aug. 5) misses an aspect of EU broadband policy that many cities in the U.S. try to emulate, with predictably disastrous results: government-owned broadband infrastructure. Municipally built broadband networks have saddled local taxpayers with a […]
Orlando Sentinel: My Word: True reform leverages private market
By Dominic M. Calabro We were pleased to read Rep. David Santiago’s Aug. 4 My Word column (“Citizens’ reform a matter of fairness”). Florida TaxWatch has long supported reform of the state’s publicly-funded insurance entities in an effort to reduce the exposure of Florida’s consumers and businesses to increased assessments after a hurricane. Florida TaxWatch […]
The Gainesville Sun: City’s pension worsens, but officials expect a positive turn
In Detroit, a $3.5 billion unfunded pension obligation contributed to the country’s largest municipal bankruptcy. In Sarasota, the mayor drew attention, and criticism from fellow commissioners late last month, for this declaration on the future effect of pension obligations: “It’s not a question of if we go bankrupt — it’s just a question of when […]
Florida Today: New lawn legislation fuels a growing debate
To fertilize or not to fertilize, that is the question Space Coast residents face this rainy season. If they live in unincorporated Brevard County, for the first time they must heed an ordinance this summer that discourages fertilizing when rain is in the forecast. Rockledge goes further. Its new ordinance more specifically bans fertilizing from […]
Tallahassee Democrat: David Hart: Proposal threatens insurance in Florida
n disaster-prone Florida, businesses and homeowners rely on a healthy and stable property insurance market. Having affordable coverage options offered by private-sector insurers who are able to handle our state’s hurricane risk are key components to maintaining such a market. Earlier this year, Gov. Rick Scott approved Florida Chamber-backed legislation to cope with the unique […]