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| Nothing to clean up? |
| Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| If Palm Beach County deserves an A for what it has done to end public corruption, as Commissioner Burt Aaronson opined in April, then Commissioner Aaronson's comments Thursday about former Commissioner Jeff Koons deserve an F.
"There was nothing to clean up," Commissioner Aaronson said of the felony extortion arrest that led Koons to resign Aug. 3 and |
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| Recovery in Residential Market the One Bright Spot for S. Florida |
| Monday, July 12, 2010 |
| Mike Jones, president and chief executive officer of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, isn’t optimistic about South Florida’s short-term economic outlook.
From the impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to government corruption and increased pressure to raise property taxes and other fees, South Florida will not recover from the recession anytime |
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| It takes heightened regional leadership to tackle South Florida’s critical issues |
| Friday, July 9, 2010 |
| Cohesive leadership hasn’t come easy for a region that started out being served by a barefoot mailman who took six days to walk and row the 65 miles from Palm Beach to Miami.
However, the Business Journal ‘s Critical Conversations panel on the state of regional leadership found signs of progress as South Florida has matured into the nation’s |
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| Cities and towns may vote to adopt county's ethics measures in November |
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| Voters may get to decide this fall whether Palm Beach County's 38 cities and towns should follow the same ethics reform measures that now apply to all county workers.
County commissioners on Tuesday will consider asking voters in November to approve a change to the county's charter that would give the county inspector general and ethics commission the |
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| Palm Beach County is pressed to make changes in new ethics rules |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| fl-ethics-rules-opposition-palm-20100615Opposition from local business leaders and tinkering from state lawmakers could bring early changes to scandal-plagued Palm Beach County's newly enacted ethics reforms.
Less than two months after the ethics rules took effect, the Business Forum of Palm Beach County this week has proposed watering down conflict of |
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| Palm Beach County Commission continues push for 1 cent sales tax for fire-rescue service |
| Wednesday, June 9, 2010 |
| WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday said they will to continue to push for a sales tax hike to help pay for fire-rescue services, despite a room full of angry residents who said they simply can't afford it.
The commission voted 4-3 in favor of asking voters in November to increase the sales tax by 1 percent to help cover the mounting |
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| Palm Beach County faces 13 percent property tax rate increase |
| Wednesday, June 9, 2010 |
| Palm Beach County property owners for the second year in a row face the possibility of a double-digit tax rate increase to head off a looming budget shortfall.
The county's proposed tax rate would go up about 13 percent — just one year after a nearly 15 percent tax rate boost — to help cover a $100 million projected shortfall, according to the county's |
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| Palm Beach County Commission preserves bid for sales tax increase |
| Wednesday, June 9, 2010 |
| Despite growing opposition from business leaders and community groups, Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday kept alive a proposed bid to put a sales tax increase for emergency services on the November ballot. The commission voted 4-3 against scrapping the proposed 1 percent sales tax increase. It returns to the commission on June 15 and would still |
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