Three new laws take effect in Florida on January 1st. Two are related to insurance practices and one pet wellness.
The yellow license plate stickers may become a thing of the past if some Florida lawmakers get their way. It DOES seem a bit archaic to force everyone to use the stickers when the computers and cameras are scanning and storing every move your car makes anyway.
Some lawmakers are trying once again to change the state bird in Florida from the mockingbird to the flamingo. I don’t know where they get the energy to pursue some of these things, but here we are.
The Indian River County School Board approved the districtwide consolidation and merger plan last week. The move is intended to improve the efficiency of the system due to declining enrollment.
Vero Beach continues to attract more new residents from South Florida. As readers of this newsletter are aware, there are many advantages to living in Vero Beach over anywhere in South Florida. Affordability, personal safety, schools and a more subdued lifestyle are some of the big reasons people trade places like Miami for Vero Beach.
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More businesses in Vero Beach and Sebastian accepting bitcoin for payments every day. What was once dismissed as “funny internet money” is now becoming mainstream, with payments becoming available at our local businesses. Now that Fortune 500 companies are holding bitcoin in their corporate treasuries, perhaps it’s time for us to pay a little more attention to what is being heralded by some as the future of money.
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