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April 2015

LAWSUITS AGAINST ALL ABOARD FLORIDA TO BE HEARD MAY 29TH- WASHINGTON

Lisa Broadt - TCPalm

Martin and Indian River counties will ask a Washington, D.C., federal judge May 29 to block issuance of tax-exempt bonds to All Aboard Florida.

It’s essential that sale of the bonds — key financing for the passenger rail project — be delayed as Indian River County pursues more permanent legal action, according to Dylan Reingold, county attorney.

“If the bonds are sold, then the merits of our case would be meaningless. The case is done the second the bonds are issued,” Reingold said Monday, shortly after filing for the temporary injunction.

SUMMARY OF MARTIN COUNTY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST ALL ABOARD FLORIDA

Thomas Hewitt, V. Michael Ferdinandi and Martin County, Florida,
Plaintiffs,
 vs
United States Department of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation and Peter M. Rogoff, Undersecretary of the United States Department of Transportation,
Defendants.
 

PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS JOIN SUIT AGAINST ALL ABOARD FLORIDA

Palm Beach Post
Two Palm Beach County residents joined Martin County in a federal lawsuit filed Monday to block All Aboard Florida from getting money it calls a “linchpin” to finishing its express passenger rail line.

MARTIN COMMISSION RELEASES FUNDS FOR ALL ABOARD FLORIDA LITIGATION

MARTIN COUNTY HOMETOWN NEWS

Martin County Commissioners took the financial cuffs off April 14 in the fight against Florida Cast Coast Industries' plans to send 26 high speed trains a day through downtown Stuart.

CARE FLORIDA PRESS RELEASE Poll: Treasure Coast & North Palm Beach County Voters conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION TO "ALL ABOARD FLORIDA" RAIL PROJECT

STUART, Fla.—Four out of every five registered voters in the Treasure Coast and North Palm Beach County oppose the All Aboard Florida (AAF) rail project, a new poll shows. AAF wants to build new rail lines between Orlando and Miami, which would
sharply increase freight and passenger rail traffic throughout the region, and also create safety and quality of life issues for local residents.

POLITICIANS WHO SUPPORT ALL ABOARD FLORIDA WILL PAY A PRICE - CITIZENS WILL REMEMBER

Robert Crandall, TCPalm

Truth really is stranger than fiction, to paraphrase Mark Twain.

Especially when it comes to the All Aboard Florida rail project.

RICH CAMPBELL REGARDING ALL ABOARD FLORIDA BOND REQUEST.

TCPalm

I’m about to spit into the wind.

I fully expect this request to fall on deaf ears.

Still, it is a request that must be articulated — even if it is ignored or rejected.

FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THAT CITIZENS PAY FOR QUIET ZONES TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM RAILROADS - MAYBE TIME FOR A CHANGE IN LAW?

Lisa Broadt - TCPalm

Elected officials will face tough choices, with multimillion consequences, when quiet-zone discussions move from northern Palm Beach County into Martin County and up the Treasure Coast.

For months, local governments have said they would reject any funding offered by All Aboard Florida to help build quiet zones along the Miami-to-Orlando corridor where it plans to run 32 high-speed trains a day.

RAILWAY DONE RIGHT

http://www.futurism.co/links/view/japan-maglev-train-breaks-world-speed-...

A Japanese magnetic levitation train has broken its own world speed record, hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near Mount Fuji.

TOWN OF JUPITER LOOKING TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OFF ALL ABOARD FLORIDA

TCPALM

As 'All Aboard Florida' moves ahead with plans to get trains on the tracks by next year, the fight to keep them from running up our coastline is gaining speed.

For many in the town of Jupiter, it's a project that is literally on the wrong track.

LIVE COVERAGE TODAY: AAF bond hearing in Tallahassee

TCPalm
Treasure Coast leaders and All Aboard Florida opponents are here today for a public hearing on the proposed issuance of $1.75 billion of tax-exempt funding for the $3 billion high-speed passenger rail project.

The Florida Development Finance Corp. — the quasi-governmental agency that would issue the bonds — will hold the hearing from 9 to 11 a.m.

Treasure Coast Newspapers will cover today’s meeting live. Look for real-time updates on Twitter, Facebook and tcpalm.com throughout the morning.

PHYLLIS FREY WRITES ABOUT ALL ABOARD FLORIDA

At the beginning of 2014, when a handful of concerned citizens in IR, Martin and SL counties learned about All Aboard Florida’s intent to operate 32, 110 m.p.h. trains per day through 42 towns along the Treasure Coast between Miami and Orlando, we began a volunteer research project that drilled down into the financial, corporate and political structure of this project. What we found began a revolution due to the grassroots movement that spread like wildfire from Brevard to Broward. 

FLORIDA IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE

Letter from Phyllis Frey, former airline captain and FAA Safety Check Airman

I want to focus on what is to me, the greatest threat of all from All Aboard Florida to our community, and that is safety.

PLANS FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TRANSPORT BY RAIL

NEWS BREAK - AMERICAN LNG MARKETING HAS APPLIED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO EXPORT LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS

 

 

 

 

 

Questions/Concerns regarding Application of American LIMG Marketing LLC for authorization to export Liquefied Natural Gas