Yeehaw Junction News

Crossing the digital divide to Grandma's house Crossing the digital divide to Grandma's house How do you get to grandma's house in the digital age? It's like asking five New Yorkers how to get to Brooklyn: Everyone's got a different answer and no one's necessarily wrong.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 8:48 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 8:48 p.m. It hit me as I was driving through one of the formerly remote sections of Central Florida's rural interior.

R adio host Jim Philips and I were talking this week about all the serious issues facing Florida - and how Gov.

The Orlando Sentinel put Tuesday's Cabinet vote to enforce the state's growth law in a Marion County case in a larger perspective.

With the state's housing market cratered and its population in decline, Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet waded into the debate over Florida's development future Tuesday when they rejected an appeal from developers of a 400-acre project outside Ocala .

The Sun Sentinel reports that Brogan, as Florida Atlantic University president, made a video pitch for a private 65-square-mile development in Yeehaw Junction.

Driving home from work the other day I saw a red-tailed hawk swoosh down after a squirrel.

I shared my thoughts recently about a Naples Renaissance , engaging facets of culture, identity and our sense of place, specifically affecting future architectural and site design.

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 4:49 p.m. It's summer, almost - that time of year when I think about all the places in Florida I've never visited, despite living here for 45 years.

In Central Florida, where the Ronald Reagan Turnpike meets Highway 441, lies a largely empty area of old cattle ranches and swamp known locally as Yeehaw Junction.

They may see themselves as victims, but local elected officials have no one to blame but themselves for last week's announcement that backers of Florida Hometown Democracy, a proposed constitutional amendment to manage growth, have garnered enough signatures to get it on the 2010 ballot.

Timothy Debrecht, deputy chief at Osceola County Fire Rescue, said the boat lounge chair that caused 95.3 FM radio DJ Erika Roman to loose control of her vehicle and crash on Florida's Turnpike May 1 belonged to his boat.

It may be hard to believe, but there actually are a few glimmers of hope in the next chapter of Central Florida and Florida trying to manage growth.

Dominion Development Partners recently announced it had signed an agreement with Destiny project interests to create what will be called the Alternative Energy Industrial Park near Yeehaw Junction.

Any doubts state Sen. Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie, might have had about his "inner voice" and his decision to retire from politics were erased Friday night when he couldn't make it to his daughter's graduation on time.

The growth-at-any-cost Florida House wants to return to the bad old days when a developer could plop down a new town just about anywhere in the state.

Even though the state Department of Community Affairs issued a report April 20 that could impact the proposed eco-friendly city of Destiny , two projects adjacent to the development expect to move forward, with or without it.

It would be nice to be able to get excited about the apparent uptick in Central Florida's housing market.