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 | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 313 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
On a typical day, 15 oceangoing ships arrive at Jacksonville area terminals.At their
berths loading, unloading or waiting for cargo, these ships continue to run some
of their engines, in some cases burning the same extremely high sulfur fuel they
use on the open sea....
Can we stop our country's historic Village of Mayport from being paved over? The City Council of Jacksonville, Florida, may be about to destroy our nation's FIRST settlement seeking religious freedom, and...
opinion by diverdan363 | 48 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago 530 views | 30 recommendations | 7 comments
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...
created by diverdan363 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 94 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 124 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments