Opinion articles written by staff or guest writers
Reading time: 4 minsBocaFirst is rallying the people of Boca Raton to express informed interest about the quality of life in Boca and to stand up to interests that have agendas inconsistent with quality of life of Boca Raton residents
Reading time: 3 minsContrary to resident wishes, large office buildings are popping up all over Boca. And the downtown has become a bee’s hive of multimillion dollar condominiums and expensive luxury rental.
Reading time: 6 minsLooking at individual frames of the video at the time of that statement, I found unusual reversed and double exposed images. And as shown below, you can see that the flags flip to the other side, and one frame appears as a double exposure.
Reading time: 7 minsShowing the project was ill-conceived in this economic environment, Aletto is converting to residential units after bring approved as Class A office space.
Reading time: 5 minsTaking control of pushing their pet projects through the system, Boca’s Council bypassed staff and resident objections to the beleaguered Aletto hi-rise downtown. Vote wisely March 19th.
Reading time: 4 minsWhen it comes to standing up to developers, city council has a bite without teeth.
Reading time: 6 minsWith all that’s going up (approved and in the planning stage) in downtown Boca these days, the acronym should be NIMFY—not in my front yard.
Reading time: 3 minsSingle family zones are in the crosshairs of every developer, and it’s happening right here in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 3 minsMulti-use development is failing, isolating downtown from the average resident, and making Mayor and Council irrelevant to many.
Reading time: 4 minsIt looks like another done deal. This time it’s the proposed hotel to replace the Mizner Plaza shopping center and downtown post office