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Martin gearing up for 2012 elections
The 2012 election is 17 months away, but Martin County already has a full slate of candidates for constitutional offices. One declared candidate and at least four others — not counting incumbents — are...
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Martin’s conservation crowd setting themselves up to lose
The 2012 election is a year away; 10 months for Martin County Commission races that could be decided in an August primary. So, with only a few declared candidates, it’s startling to see electronic...
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Is Harmony mega-development dead or playing possum?
Harmony, the development west of Hobe Sound that would build half a Stuart-sized city on Martin’s green farmlands, is dead — for now.Sally Swartz In two-sentence letters to the county and the Treasure...
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Fun water ski park vs. Martin’s careful growth rules
It’s a plot from an old movie.Sally Swartz Nice young people support a cable water ski park their leader wants to build on 112 acres in rural Martin County. Many residents like the idea, but not the...
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Vital facts Martin’s pro-development cartoon left out
Sally lSwartzA camera roves over beaches, water, woods and wildlife, with a quick glimpse of downtown Stuart. “Love what you have, then vote to protect it,” urge new TV ads from The Guardians, a...
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Martin County voters forced to become RINOs
In Martin County, it’s that time again, the time Democrats and Independents dread. Republicans rule in Martin. Almost half of Martin County’s 98,282 voters won’t get to cast ballots for sheriff or in...
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Forum shows where Martin candidates stand on growth
A forum at Hobe Sound’s Banner Lake community this week gave Martin County Commission candidates a chance to tell residents where they stand on a variety of issues. But their comments on economic...
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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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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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