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JAXPORT NEW VERSION OF THE BERLIN WALL

Once apon a time Fishermen were allowed to fish anywhere they so choose like the indians from the past who sailed in their canoes along the banks of the river. But Now the Public along with the fishermen are denied...

opinion by diverdan363 | 2 days ago | updated 1 day ago
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Raising the Bar on the Air we Breathe

In the new rules, an air sample that filled a 1,000-liter container could have only 0.075 milliliters of ozone - 75 parts per billion - compared with 0.08 milliliters under the old rules, written in 1997. Ten...

opinion by diverdan363 | 4 days ago
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Living River Village

Earlier this year Birdman Productions released a film about Mayport Village and the threat of a cruise ship terminal being built there -- "One Village Same Ocean" played to packed theaters and brought standing ovations from the crowds. Just prior to the film...

opinion by diverdan363 | 3 wks ago
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Jaxports Dirty little secret about Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line are convicted felons. That’s right. They each pled guilty in Federal Court in Miami to felonies. These included polluting our waters and lying about it to the United States Government in repeated cover ups....

opinion by diverdan363 | 4 wks ago
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Jaxport Push to Dredge the St. Johns River :The Tragic Results

THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE of the Corps' impact upon the Florida environment(St. John's River) has yet to be measured in full. But one thing is certain: there is enough positive evidence that the end of a Florida that...

opinion by diverdan363 | 4 wks ago
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An open letter to port authority

Nancy RubinPublic Relations for Jaxport2301 Talleyrand Avenue, 32206. Dear Nancy:As to your response below: "Also, I would like to clear up an apparent misunderstanding...while JAXPORT employs only 150 people directly, the private businesses which lease...

opinion by diverdan363 | 5 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago
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Jaxport ship kills three manatees and one baby whale

Whales and Manatees need our help. Since Jaxport has allowed Larger Ships to enter the Narrow St. Johns River There were 337 Manatee deaths whales in jacksonville. last...

created by diverdan363 | 5 wks ago | updated 5 wks ago
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JAXPORT DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS

Talk about adding insult to injury violations of municipal codes and land use requirements are wavied for Jacksonville Port Authority regardless of its numerious infractions at least for the moment. To...

created by diverdan363 | 6 wks ago
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If you visit the City of Jacksonville,

If you visit the City of Jacksonville, You will find it very pretty. Just two things of which you must beware: Don't Swim in the water and don't breathe the air. Pollution, pollution, They got Foreign Flaged Ships from china, Asia and abroad that turns our River a dull...

opinion by diverdan363 | 7 wks ago
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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...

opinion by diverdan363 | 16 wks ago
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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...

opinion by diverdan363 | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago
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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...

opinion by diverdan363 | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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Orion Crystal Ice

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cruise ship takes away public access to river

Once again the public stands to lose more waterfront to cruiseship terminals and lose access to the historial river of the st. johns. In effect Jaxport along with the cruise industry demand a security zone accross...

created by diverdan363 | 39 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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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...

created by diverdan363 | 39 wks ago
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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...

created by diverdan363 | 44 wks ago
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