Orlando has been unsuccessfully combating downtown violence with restrictions on businesses and law abiding citizens. It’s not working as shootings in the City Criminal continue to blight the tourist town. Now they have suspended their first after-midnight liquor permit. What the city asks of these establishments is far beyond reasonable. Does Melbourne really want to do this to its downtown businesses?
Brevard politics are simply nasty. We have, for far too long, been electing some people who simply are not worthy of the trust placed in them. Ustaville has given us just the latest example and the hubris that goes along with it.
Ethics seem to be lacking among this class of politician. Anything goes if it’s personal power or wealth on the line. The idea of actually serving the community has been, for some, lost long ago.
The Space Coast arts community is aghast over a recent county commission decision to stop funding the Brevard Cultural Alliance.Brevard’s tourism development tax has been funding the group for years and it’s created a dependent class that now feels entitled. Now they’re entitled to figure out where next year’s budget will originate.
We’ll begin our day IN A HANDBASKET with the gender and sports question having two opposite reactions. In one, there is common sense. In the other, well, you just can’t talk about it.
IN A HANDBASKET
Guys out of Women’s Power Lifting
Snowboarding coach out for generic conversation
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FEATURED STORIES
Orlando suspends first after-midnight liquor permit
Former Ustaville councilman avoids jail, pays restitution
Legal is not the same as ethical
Brevard Cultural Alliance funding gone
Brevard Commission debates Future of Brevard Cultural Alliance
Brevard’s dependent cultural class
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FLORIDA & BREVARD
FL law barring Chinese land purchases upheld for now