Editor’s note: Contributing columnist, Steve Nicklas, expresses his views and insight on various topics in Marketplace column. ___STEVE’S MARKETPLACE___ Pay-To-Play A proposal from Fernandina Beach officials to charge for parking at the city’s beaches has encountered an icy reception. It is a slippery slope. A majority of commissioners essentially wants to charge visitors to use […]
Editor’s note: Contributing columnist, Steve Nicklas, expresses his views and insight on various topics in Marketplace column. ___STEVE’S MARKETPLACE___ It looked like a perfect solution. A mammoth, mixed-use development would be built to inject energy into a flagging Nassau County economy like a vitamin B-12 shot. A harsh economic recession was ending. And county officials […]
Did anyone envision a restaurant with a rooftop bar in Yulee? Yeah, that’s like saying you predicted the growth we are now experiencing. But with growth comes some sporty amenities for local people.
Some Nassau County commissioners have opined that raising taxes is a difficult feat. This is actually easy. To the contrary, reducing spending is the most difficult task.