A Sebastian woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend and slashing the tires on his truck. The altercation was reportedly due to the boyfriend sleeping with an ex during a breakup with the current girlfriend.
SNAP recipients will have to reapply to the program in order to continue receiving food stamps. As a result of the government shutdown, a spotlight was put on the large-scale and widespread fraud in the SNAP system.
Governor DeSantis has been working to eliminate property taxes for homestead properties in Florida for quite some time. To sweeten the pot, so to speak, he is now proposing a $1000 rebate on property taxes for homestead residences that could take effect before the ballot initiative on the broader initiative that voters will have to approve next November.
See who would qualify for the proposed $1000 and what that means for the market (spoiler: good news for homeowners)
Right whales are on the verge of extinction and there are some local efforts to track their activity. They can occasionally be spotted near Sebastian Inlet, but the sightings are weather dependent.
One local housing market is amongst the “coolest” in Florida. Years of stagnation in the housing market are taking their toll in several Florida cities as buyers sit on the fence and sellers are in denial about the current market conditions.
Downtown Fort Pierce is getting a multi-million dollar upgrade. The city is responding to increased traffic from a growing population and planning for the future.
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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.
Coinbase is a US-based company with an impeccable safety record (no hacks, ever). They connect to all major and minor traditional banks to make investing in bitcoin easier than ever. Even if you are still skeptical about bitcoin’s future (I know I am), it may still be wise to allocate some funds to bitcoin…just in case.
Coinbase is offering a special deal for the readers of this newsletter. When you sign up with this link and make a purchase of $20 or more within the first week, Coinbase will give you a free $30 credit to your account. You read that correctly. It’s free money.
The process is simple: Sign up with this link, verify your identity, hook up your bank or debit card of choice, purchase $20 of bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrency and you’ll get a $30 credit to your account. That’s it! It’s a no brainer if you’re even a little curious about it. With our national debt at all-time highs and growing every day with no plan to ever pay it off, it can’t hurt to diversify a little.
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