All Quiet in Bradford County
We are looking for word from Onsite Environmental Consulting to Bradford Co. with news of their impending report. First promised by the end of September 2018, then Oct., we are still waiting. It appears […]
Drama for the Toll Roads
A group of about 75 people gathered at Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville yesterday, May 15, to draw attention to the unplanned and unwise Legislative bill 7068 to construct several new toll roads in […]
Rocky road Costumed protesters warn against toll roads plan
Clockwise from center on ground, OSFR President Mike Roth, Jaime Bach, Suwannee St. Johns Sierra Club President Whitey Markle, your historian, unknown, Florida Springs Council Executive Director Ryan Smart, unknown. The aim of the protest […]
FLASH MOB TOLL ROAD PROTEST ROCKS GAINESVILLE
For Immediate Release May 15, 2019 Contact: Sarah Gledhill, 904-347-6490, SGledhill@biologicaldiversity.org Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, 352-222-8893, Merrilleeart@gmail.com **PRESS RELEASE** FLASH MOB TOLL ROAD PROTEST ROCKS GAINESVILLE One-of-a-kind protest urges veto for HB 7103 and […]
Governor, veto toll roads bill–
Poor planning, or rather, no planning. Poor thinking, or rather, no thinking. The transit problems can be solved by using current corridors and avoiding sprawl. The governor will show his colors on this issue. Read […]
SRWMD Board Hears Words of Truth
The Suwannee River Water Management District aboard members heard words of truth and wisdom today, May 4, 2019 at the Live Oak monthly board meeting. No battles were won, but perhaps seeds were planted. The […]
More roads are not the solution
As DesChenes suggests, high speed monorails over existing highways would eliminate environmental impact and give much more mobility. We have the means easily in our grasp if only we would abandon the insane and useless […]
Listing Process for Impaired Waters in Suwannee Basin
A public meeting was hosted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Tues. May 7 at Live Oak to present the Listing Process for Impaired Waters. This is an on-going process, as state […]
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