On Thursday, more than 800 people attended the meeting — the fourth of eight open-house meetings hosted by the Federal Railroad Administration — to provide comment on the draft environmental impact statement and visit dozens of information stations. Stuart attendance exceeded that of the meetings in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach combined. For those who are counting, here are some more numbers: 747: People who signed in with the Federal Railroad Administration over three hours 554: Fire capacity of the Kane Center meeting room 450: Cookies eaten 600: Handmade Florida Not All Aboard buttons distributed before they ran out 60: Minutes taken to hand out all the buttons 349: Florida Not All Aboard new signatures added to the petition that before the meeting had 32,120 Two: Florida Not All Aboard protesters in front of the Kane Center 16: Politicians in attendance Six: Martin County Sheriff’s Office cars
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:13:25 +0000
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