"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...
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. "...
created by VLOGZ | 4 years ago 164 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
opinion by diverdan363 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 889 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
opinion by diverdan363 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 136 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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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...
opinion by diverdan363 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 175 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
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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