“Talkin With NoMo” – Ms. Melissa – we talk yard signs candidates & contributions

$1,000 per person (or entity) per election under Florida state law is the maximum single contribution allowed. This is the statewide limit that applies to candidates for Village of Indiantown Council (and other municipal offices). Local governments in Florida are expressly preempted from setting different contribution limits. Key Details from Florida Statute § 106.08 Indiantown […]

Bread & Circus in Indiantown

Panem et Circenses Bread & Circuses in Indiantown Economic Capture, Institutional Capture, and Zoning by Fiat A Roman Lens on How Superficial Benefits Enable the Industrial Conversion of Rural Martin County By Eric D. Miller “…the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions—everything, now restrains itself and anxiously […]

The Trojan Horse at the Village Gate

If the Greeks were trying to take Indiantown today, they would not need a wooden horse. They would simply repeat a few carefully chosen phrases until enough residents stopped asking hard questions. That is the real power of official messaging: it can change a place before the people who live there realize what is being […]

25 Years Later – Disband the CRA’s and use for budget shortfall after the referendum passes

The Experiment Continues An Update to “Disband the Martin County CRA’s” ( the original paper follows this discussion) August 2026 In May 2015 I wrote that after roughly fifteen years the Martin County Community Redevelopment Agencies had run long enough. The structure diverted growing property-tax increments away from the general fund and into geographically favored […]

Can a Leopard Change it’s Spots?

It is an old question. The answer, in its original form, is no. The leopard does not become a different animal. Its markings are not temporary. They are part of what it is. Yet there is a more precise version of the truth that still respects the proverb: the leopard cannot change its spots, but […]

Indiantown Data Center Map Locator – Are You at Risk?

all distances are approximate to the best accurate data available from the Village of Indiantown CLICK A FLAG FOR MORE INFO RISK ANALYSIS Data Center Impacts on a Rural Agricultural Fringe Heat • Infrasound • Night-Sky Degradation • Water • Electrical Community Reference Document • August 2026 This analysis synthesizes available evidence for five primary […]