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Sally SwartzFebruary 1, 2016

Martin Commissioner John Haddox knows how to push a plan that has little public interest or support. First, schedule a meeting that doesn’t include any representatives of the general public or anyone who doesn’t support the plan. Next, declare that all the folks who attend support the plan, even if they don’t. Haddox used the […]

Guest AuthorDecember 30, 2015

The good news about Martin County’s new $275,000 website: It displays nicely on mobile phones and tablet computers. There’s also a lot of bad news: No staff directory. No easy way to locate agendas, minutes, documents or just about anything else. And so many complaints and disgruntled users the county could use another website just […]

Sally SwartzDecember 29, 2015

The good news about Martin County’s new $275,000 website: It displays nicely on mobile phones and tablet computers. There’s also a lot of bad news: No staff directory. No easy way to locate agendas, minutes, documents or just about anything else. And so many complaints and disgruntled users the county could use another website just […]

Sally SwartzNovember 2, 2015

You could call Jeff Wittman an eternal optimist. The Hobe Sound resident never has stopped believing that a 46-acre chunk of Florida scrub wilderness between U.S. 1 and Alternate A1A, south of Bridge Road, should belong to the people forever. For almost a decade, the land has been the prize in a tug of war […]

Sally SwartzJanuary 14, 2015

Martin County firefighters and paramedics soon will have to repay a small portion of the more than $200,000 their staff overpaid them in salaries over the last several years – ranging from less than $1 to more than $5,000 a year. Credit Martin’s Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Carolyn Timmann for catching the […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 14, 2015

Martin County firefighters and paramedics soon will have to repay a small portion of the more than $200,000 their staff overpaid them in salaries over the last several years – ranging from less than $1 to more than $5,000 a year. Credit Martin’s Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Carolyn Timmann for catching the […]

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Sally Swartz: Martin commissioners need research before deciding whether to move Fairgrounds

Sally Swartz: New public website looks good, has little to say

Sally Swartz: New public website looks good, has little to say

Sally Swartz: Long-delayed land buy now turns to Joe Negron, Amendment 1

Audit finds Martin firefighters overpaid – literally

Sally Swartz: Audit finds Martin firefighters overpaid — literally