Cruise Ships Dumping offshore of Jacksonville for Years!

"There have been cruise ships dumping offshore of Jacksonville for years", says Tony Orsini, Director of cruise ship and ferry operations for the Jaxport. as reported in the shorelines by drew dixon. Does the cruise ship director know something the general public doesn't...

Multinational forces storm Mayport beach for drills

Marines from the U.S. and six countries in Central and South America, as well as soldiers from Canada - worked together at Camp Blanding, fast-roping out of helicopters, firing weapons and sharing tactics. "...

Fruit of the Poisonous Tree

March 23, 2009 This week, CPR is profiling two insidious examples of government overreach which should have been recognized as bad public policy at conception, as their basis is a blatant disregard of private property rights: 1) The Jacksonville Port...

Failure of Public officials to protect the Environment

Regardless of where you live in the state Elected Public officials tend to forget the voters who put them in office in the first place. when  an issue that has great public interest  as the environment  The public officials cater more to the industry and the...

public trust joins Mayport to fight cruise terminal and pollution

The Village of Mayport is an historic, quaint fishing village. Scholars believe Jean Ribault landed here in 1562, two years before the establishment of Ft. Caroline which predates both St. Augustine and Jamestown.  Mayport has existed as a shrimping and fishing village...

Jaxport and city fail to honor public access to river

The city's idea and Jaxports balance is obviously very different to that of thousands of signatures collected along with Mayport residents who oppose the cruise terminal development in the village, I like to point out some of the more obvious flaws in their arguement. The...

How Clean Is Our Air in Jacksonville Fla?

While heredity, lifestyle and personal habits determine alot about a person’s health, more and more research reveals that human health is also determined by one’s surrounding environment. Consider the following facts about air pollution in Jacksonville Florida: The...

Pearl Harbor cited as a reason to move carrier from Norfolk

"67 years ago on December 7, 1941, the US Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor was attacked. On that infamous day, the three Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers were not in port. That tragedy is cited as...

Jaxport new asian partner Mitsui is mum about ship accident according to c...

North Pacific. July 25, 2007.In the hours since the Cougar Ace rolled, the Coast Guard and Air National Guard have scrambled three helicopters from Anchorage and, in a daring rescue effort, plucked the entire...

What jaxport is not telling you?

In the last decade, cargo tonnage at JAXPORT has increased by more than 40 percent, with more than eight million tons of cargo shipped through the port in 2007, including nearly 800,000 containers (measured in 20...

Officer Uses Taser During Struggle; Man Dies

Another taser death, there seems to be one everyday. "MAYPORT, Fla. -- A 21-year-old man died Sunday night after a routine traffic stop over a loud radio became a confrontation in which an officer used his Taser...

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