The Likely Trajectory — and the Uncomfortable Question If this pattern continues, Indiantown will follow the classic path laid out in the original analysis. Late-stage systems (even young ones that age quickly) display surface stability. Their procedures continue. Their authority remains formally intact. What looks like economic development will actually be the slow substitution of […]
Young and Vulnerable A young government does not become captured because it is weak. It becomes captured because it has not yet developed the institutional knowledge, memory, and self-correcting mechanisms that older systems — even flawed ones — eventually acquire through hard experience. The Village of Indiantown, incorporated on the last day of 2017, is […]
A discussion on Florida Annexation and the Creation of Rural Enclaves — Eric D. Miller, 2026 — The Story of the 5,700-Acre Annexation Let me tell you a story that is becoming all too common in Florida. Imagine a quiet stretch of rural land where families have lived for over a hundred years. Their grandparents […]
“The complaint is based on Florida State Statute 163.3215 which states that “Any aggrieved or adversely affected party may maintain an action for injunctive or other relief against any local government to prevent such local government from taking any action on a development order, as defined in s. 163.3164, which materially alters the use or […]
ON THIS EPISODE WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON THE WATER SYSTEM IN INDIANTOWN, AS WELL AS STAFF AND THE DIRECTION INDIANTOWN IS HEADING.
Once a smaller whole within a known whole is discovered, what was once perceived as micro becomes the new macro. Can there ever be a final, stationary position for either? It seems not. It is a matter of perspective and discovery — the wanderlust of idea and reality. Given a stationary frame in physical dimension […]
Dusk on the front porch of an old Cracker-style house just outside the village center. The air smells of orange blossoms and distant rain. Elias, 78, sits in a wooden rocker, a faded Indiantown Tigers cap on his knee. Maya, early 30s, sits on the steps with a copy of the draft 2050 Comprehensive Plan […]
Janet is not a newcomer to TalkAboutMartin. We have been very hard on her in the past. While we still have questions and she still has some things to say, we started our conversation from a place of understanding. In today’s world it is common and too easy to argue, fight and hate over things […]
“This will be a joint undertaking including the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Village of Indiantown. This project provides for the comprehensive historic restoration and rehabilitation of the Seminole Inn, a landmark structure constructed in 1925 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project will restore the building to its original […]
WHO PAID FOR THE LOBBYIST – YOU – THE TAX PAYER ? WHY SHOULD PUBLIC DOLLARS BE SPENT ON A PRIVATE PROJECT. HE BOUGHT THE PLACE KNOWING IT’S CONDITION FULL WELL.
