Collapsed bridge, residents searching for answers
The article above is about a bridge that collapsed in a
residential area that forced residents to have to park their car far away from
their home and walk a half of a mile.
The problem in the article is that residents are forced to
park a half of a mile away from their house and walk whenever they want to go
home.
The people affected by the bridge collapsing would be the
people in the residential area that are forced to park their car away from
their home and walk to their house every day, and any emergency vehicles that
would need to get through in case of an emergency.
Teacher shortage in Alachua County
This article explains that teachers are frustrated with the
way that the state handles the education system in our state. The teachers
think that the government should remove standardized testing and give the
teachers more resources in the classroom. The teachers also say that
standardized testing is the reason that there is a shortage of teachers in
Alachua County.
Teachers are unhappy with the way that the Florida education
system currently is, and that is causing a shortage of teachers.
The people that are affected by the shortage of teachers and
the standardized testing are all the teachers in the state of Florida, and all
of the students that are going to school.
Faculty spouse recommends state buy bullet-proof lecterns
This article goes in depth on a wife of a University of
Florida professor view on allowing people to bring guns to campus. The wife
also suggests that if we do allow guns on campus that we should provide
bullet-proof lecterns to protect the professor from any potential threat.
People feel that professors need to be protected by a bullet
proof lectern.
The people who would be affected by all of the new gun rules
and bullet proof lecterns would be anyone who goes to school or works at the
University of Florida.
Blues Creek residents push back on sewer line proposal
The article explains the frustrations from people living in
a residential subdivision. The residents are frustrated because the city is
planning on running a sewer line through the resident’s conservation area. The
city is having the commission vote if they actually are going to put the sewer
line there or in a different location.
The problem in this article is that people do not want a
sewer line running through their subdivisions conservation area.
The people who would be affected by the sewer line would be
the people that live in the subdivision where the sewer line will be going.
Residents concerned about potholes
The article sheds light on an issue that many drivers of
Alachua County all share. County Road 2082 is a street that is covered in
potholes. Most drivers that drive on County road 2082 are furious that nothing
is being done to fix it.
The problem in the article is that County road 2082 is a
road that citizens feel needs to be repaved but our elected officials are reluctant
to spend money on to fix it.
The people affected by this road are the 350 people that
drive on this road daily.
Good morning Dillon,
ReplyDeleteAs I read the articles you selected, I must praise and congratulate that you chose 5 truly local articles. All from Gainesville or Alachua county, but ultimately local. As a read a few other posts, including my own, a lot of people had articles to what they have as local, such being Tampa, Miami or Jacksonville.
Out of the articles you chose, I found most interesting that of the teacher shortage in Alachua. I think it is a tad bit surprising, given that Gainesville is a town plagued with educators because of the 2 colleges, and one would believe that as part time jobs, a lot of education majors would be interested in working for local schools. If you want to see what I put, go here http://ent3003cesaralfonzo.blogspot.com/2016/01/identify-local-opportunities.html
Hey Dillon, great choice of articles of which you talked about on your post. I found the pothole article one that I relate to easily coming from a third world country which has many potholes in its roads. I understand the frustration of the people that have to drive in those roads and how annoying it gets when those who have the duty to fix them or allocate money to fix them don't. If your interested in checking my post here it is: http://chrisblogent.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities.html
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