Joel Engelhardt
Writer at Freelance
Founder and Writer at OnGardens.org
Longtime newspaper reporter/editor, lover of good music, good at digging.
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3 days ago |
wlrn.org | Joel Engelhardt
As experts predicted, the nearly double-digit increases in the Palm Beach County tax rolls slowed this year after a three-year ride. Property values rose 7.7% countywide, a slower increase than in the past three years when values rose 9.6% in 2024, 13.5% in 2023 and 15% in 2022. Not since the 5.6% increase in 2021 has the tax roll increase been lower.
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2 weeks ago |
wlrn.org | Joel Engelhardt
A task force reduced the field of nearly 100 applicants for Palm Beach County administrator to seven last week, providing a look at the arguments likely to shape the debate over who should get the $400,000-a-year job. The seven-member task force established by county commissioners split over the strengths and weaknesses of frontrunners Patrick Rutter, the deputy county administrator, and Joe Abruzzo, the county’s clerk and comptroller.
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1 month ago |
wlrn.org | Joel Engelhardt
After an exhaustive seven-week trial, an administrative law judge has ruled against the city of West Palm Beach’s challenge of an environmental permit for the extension of State Road 7 alongside the Ibis Golf and Country Club. In a 134-page ruling, Administrative Law Judge Francine Ffolkes found in favor of the Florida Department of Transportation on every point disputed by the city. FDOT has pursued the 4-mile road extension from 60th Street to Northlake Boulevard since the 1990s.
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1 month ago |
wlrn.org | Joel Engelhardt
Text messages signed by a little-known group alerted West Palm Beach residents to a news story about a proposal in late March to sell 55 acres to megadeveloper Stephen Ross for a private school. “This land deal feels rushed and hidden from the public with no transparency,” the texts said. “No open process? No thanks.”The messages urged recipients to call their city commissioner. Many did. It didn’t stop the proposal from moving forward.
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1 month ago |
stetnews.org | Joel Engelhardt
No one lays claim to texts sent in the name of little-known political committee. Text messages signed by a little-known group alerted West Palm Beach residents to a news story about a proposal in late March to sell 55 acres to megadeveloper Stephen Ross for a private school. “This land deal feels rushed and hidden from the public with no transparency,” the texts said. “No open process? No thanks.”The messages urged recipients to call their city commissioner. Many did.
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