by Bright Light | Jun 21, 2015 | Local, seven50, Watchdog Indian River, Watchdog Martin, Watchdog Treasure Coast
Local counties have dedicated millions to fight All Aboard Florida and spent hundreds of thousands already. So it is with the funds Indian River ($2.7 million) and Martin ($1.4 million) counties earmarked in February to fight All Aboard Florida’s Miami-to-Orlando...
by Bright Light | Jun 11, 2015 | Local, seven50, Watchdog Indian River
Indian River is blowing up to $2.7 million of tax victim money on All Aboard Florida while warning they may need to raise taxes. This is despite county theft receipts rising as property values have climbed nearly 7%. “At first glance it seems like ‘happy days...
by Bright Light | May 23, 2015 | Battlefield, Local, prohibition, Watchdog Indian River
The war on drugs is evil and a boneheaded continuation of the failed policies of alcohol prohibition. In a twist a former narcotics officer was busted with narcotics Howard Rizio, 44, served with the Sheriff’s Office from 1999 to 2004 and worked on the...
by Bright Light | Feb 4, 2015 | Local, Watchdog Florida, Watchdog Indian River, Watchdog Vero
Government bureaucrats from the state sided with local overlords to grant monopoly privilege to the Vero Beach electric services though 62% of the people live outside the city and most of whom want the freedom to choose a provider than be stuck with a monopoly. The...
by Bright Light | Jan 8, 2015 | Battlefield, Local, Watchdog Florida, Watchdog Indian River, Watchdog Treasure Coast
An Indian River County Sheriff deputy has been caught falsifying his report to try to substantiate an illegal arrest of a man falsely accused of child neglect. The victim of kidnapping, Craig Kovaleski, was illegally taken into custody by Deputy Michael Cavanaugh...
by Bright Light | Nov 22, 2014 | Learn Liberty, Local, Media, Watchdog Florida, Watchdog Indian River, Watchdog Treasure Coast
It’s a serf’s life in Indian River County and a recent resolution by the Indian River County Commissars proves just that. Tuesday, the County Commission passed a resolution in response to one by the city of South Miami, which proposes cutting Florida in...
