The folks at The Beacon Council says “we got a bunch of it wrong...” so here it is in their own words. Dear Mr. Miller: We write to correct the factual misstatements in your article about The Beacon Council as follows: 1. You stated: “The Beacon Council received 50 percent of the occupational license surtax.” [...]
The Howard Palmetto Baseball-Softball Association has opened registration for the 2012 fall season. Begun five years ago as a prelude to the winter season, the fall program is geared to allow improvement and participation in an atmosphere that is less time consuming and more relaxed than the regular season. Baseball games are played in three [...]
This has been a long time coming, but something happened that really brought it to a head. I was at a business association luncheon and Frank Nero, the president and CEO of the Beacon Council, was giving his usual glowing report about his organization’s successes in bringing companies and jobs to the area; I stood [...]
The Howard Palmetto Baseball-Softball Association opens registration for the 2012 fall season - Fall Ball Begun five years ago as a prelude to the winter season, the fall program is geared to allow improvement and participation in an atmosphere that is less time consuming and more relaxed than the regular season. Baseball games are played [...]
Those who study political history will note that most political establishments almost always need a perpetual enemy — real or imaginary. Take Palmetto Bay, where the current officials continue to bombard residents with far too many instances of the political bogeyman. First it was Palmer. What started out as a legitimate zoning dispute, but turned [...]
The 2012 Subaru Impreza is a good choice for consumers looking for a safe and comfortable all-around vehicle. It seats five, has excellent cargo space and was named a top safety pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This is the fourth-generation of the Impreza, available in four-door and five-door compact models. It has [...]
Give a politician a square peg and a round hole and they will stubbornly pull out a drill or sandblaster to make them somehow fit. changed state law to require comprehensive assessment testing (or FCATs) be mandatorily administered to all grade levels (Governor Bush’s 1999 A+ Plan), education in Florida has never been the same. [...]
Give a politician a square peg and a round hole and they will stubbornly pull out a drill or sandblaster to make them somehow fit. Since former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush changed state law to require comprehensive assessment testing (or FCATs) be administered to all grade levels (Gov. Bush’s 1999 A+ Plan) education in Florida [...]
Give a politician a square peg and around hole and they will stubbornly pull out a drill or sandblaster to make them somehow fit. Since Jeb Bush changed state law to require comprehensive assessment testing (or FCATs) be mandatorily administered to all grade levels (Governor Bush’s 1999 A+ Plan), education in Florida has never been [...]
he Pinecrest Tribune has joined with the Anacapri Italian Restaurant, one of our Village’s finest bistros, to host a gala wine tasting on Wednesday, June 13, to benefit the Howard Palmetto Miracle League. If you like wine, then don’t miss out on coming to this event! It will be a lot of fun and the [...]
Mark the day, Monday, May 21, 2012, the day in Palmetto Bay Council history when Mayor Shelley Stanczyk called the police to remove a concerned resident from a council meeting. The village’s founding mayor, Eugene Flinn, was able to complete his full eight years without once needing to ask any speaker to leave, let alone [...]
Hometown hero Marc Buoniconti had the good fortune to be approved by Miami-Dade County to build a long-overdue boat storage facility at Matheson Hammock Park. After more than 12 years of due diligence to research and see the project through to completion, Buoniconti and partner Andy Sturner are enduring slings and arrows aimed at them [...]
Palmetto Bay Mayor Shelley Stanczyk continues in her ill-advised rush to convert Thalatta Estate from a passive free bay view public park into a commercial business. On Monday, Mar. 12, the Palmetto Bay Council, in a divided 3-2 vote allowed Mayor Stanczyk to create a control group to be known as “Friends of Thalatta” and [...]
Last week, I picked up my son and his two friends while I was driving the hip new Lexus IS250. When they saw the car, their facial expressions were priceless. All three of them walked around the car and looked it over, carefully inspecting it from all angles. They opened the trunk and checked out [...]
