Grand jury now looking at Lake Point’s public records case The State Attorney’s office has apparently launched a criminal investigation into the Lake Point public records case in Martin County. The county was served a search warrant Sept. 20 by the state attorney’s office to …
Important to learn the other side of the story Yesterday, August 29, The Stuart News printed yet another column by former county commissioner Maggy Hurchalla, this time lauding the use of septic tanks. Currents publisher, Barbara Clowdus, responds to Hurchalla’s column line by line in …
Sales tax information to clear up confusion As August 29 nears – the day that Martin County registered voters decide on a sales tax referendum – both anti-and pro-sales tax rhetoric is escalating from a trickle to a torrent. The county’s administrative staff and county …
Chicken question posed to three city candidates Proponents of backyard chickens have vowed to bring the measure back to the Stuart city commission for consideration, following the unexpected reversal of Commissioner Jeff Krauskopf’s vote two weeks after the city approved the measure in June – …
One of the radical rewrites of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan by the 2012 commission, and engineered by Martin County’s “shadow government,” likely will be rolled back at Tuesday’s, Board of County Commissioners meeting. Finally. In 2014, the no-growth commission majority decreased the maximum flow …