Showing posts with label City of Miami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City of Miami. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Miami Herald, under the current crew at McClatchy, continues to sink into irrelevancy.... Even when they should have Home Field Advantage on one of the biggest stories going: Zika

Here's the reality of South Florida journalism in the Summer of 2016: While the appearance of the Zika virus in Miami in four people who did not have risk factors associated with all known previous victims in Florida -and reportedly acquired in one of South Florida's most-popular tourist areas, Wynwood- was one of the top stories nationally, and this morning's headline strory in the Drudge Report, under, MOSQUITO NIGHTMARE HITS MIAMI and yet the Miami Herald's version of the story 
appears in today's Miami Herald website NOT near the top, but rather, buried towards the bottom, under dozens of other stories that are of much less consequence and importance to people who live and work in South Florida. 

I mention this because I just checked and it's clear that many of my earlier misgivings about Zika in Miami are going to be coming true this year.



In case you never received my previous emails or read my tweets about him, unlike Hoosier-by-choice me who went to IU from North Miami BeachRon Klain is a native-born Hoosier, but he chose to go to Georgetown and then Harvard Law instead of IU
Despite that choice, things have worked out pretty well for him, though, since along the way 
Ron's been a Supreme Court Law Clerk for Justice Byron White, was Vice President Al Gore's Chief of Staff and later performed the same duties more recently for Vice President Joe Biden
He's now General Counsel for one of the top tech and investment firms in the entire DC area, 
Revolution LLCa firm with some truly amazing talent and resources, and is lead by former AOL founder Steve Case.

As it concerns today's news, though, Ron was also President Obama's Ebola Czar.
I know from personal experience that Ron has been talking clearly and seriously about the Zika virus funding crisis for many, many months, appearing on many TV and cable TV shows and even written some Op-Eds in the Washington Post to try to educate people and sound the alarm about this. 
Despite his very hard work, the Miami Herald has never mentioned him since noting his Ebola appointment in October 2014.
Do you you see a pattern here?

The Miami Herald, under the current crew at McClatchy, continues to sink into irrelevancy.... 
Even when they should have Home Field Advantage on one of the biggest stories going. 

I've got more posts coming soon about Zika in Miami, including one I've been working on now for over two months.

Monday, July 18, 2016

What should we make of this new campaign from The New Tropic: #MiamisNeverMovedLikeThis?



What should we make of this new campaign from The New Tropic: #MiamisNeverMovedLikeThis? 

I don't want to sound overly negative but given how consistently bad the tone, tenor and direction of transportation policy in South Florida has been for decades, maybe I'm missing something, but there's no explanation to speak of -a week after first being launched- explaining what sort of depth or expertise the essays in The New Tropic will have, how much independence the authors will have to be openly criticial -when appropriateof Miami area pols & officials (past and present) and Miami's Business Establishment.

No indication of who might be -and won't be- penning them, or even whether, surprise, many will turn out to be little more than slavish/advertorial pro-MDT and Co. content asking consumers and taxpayers to completely ignore the myopic, second-rate culture and CYA attitude towards residents that's held sway the past 40 years and... to just pretend instead.

Again, not to be critical but to me, it just doesn't seem like the way I'd launch something: in a way that raises more questions than it answers.
I hope to have more on this subject soon, possibly, with some answers and more useful information for you to ponder about @newtropicmiami, including who's really running things there, visibly and behind-the-scenes, and the identity of the parties that are trying to keep it afloat.
People I know, respect and talk to who pay attention to such matters in South Florida have some very definite thoughts about this issue and have not been shy in sharing them with me.

Dave

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Some informed perspective on the City of Miami from Al Crespo of The Crespogram, and what's behind his ethics complaint against Comm. Ken Russell

May 26, 2016

Many if not most of you from previous emails and my blog posts that I have cheered many of the reforms that new City of Miami Commissioner Ken Russell has called for and pushed since he got into office.
In District 2, he replaced ethically-challenged Marc Sarnoff, himself a one-time reformer who, predictably, like so many other "reform" candidates in South Florida I could name who got elected, eventually went the way of the "Dark Side," with a CRA playing a co-starring role.

I've applauded Russell's efforts to infuse more genuine transparency and a sense of accountability in the way Miami govt. works and its employees actually do their jobs and interact with citizens, long a very sore point with taxpayers and South Florida observers with any sense of history.
That change in attitude has been especially noteworthy with respect to his positive votes and public comments regarding the City of Miami's sports authorities, and specifically, that it's the public and taxpayers to whom they will faithfully strive to best serve now, not the powerful, deep-pocked private interests that routinely seek to gain their favor.

Things were out of whack there for a LONG TIME, which explains a lot about why the local sports scene is the way it is. 
Screwed-up but good.

Here's what I wrote about Comm. Russell and this matter on February 28, 2016, in a blog post titled, 
After DECADES of #SoFL sports fans & taxpayers getting the shaft, City of Miami Comm. Ken Russell demands MORE reform, transparency and oversight over #SoFL's crony-laden sports Establishment: Is #Broward next? Let's hope so for taxpayers' wallets and sports fans' best long-term interests, after YEARS of Broward Commission caving-in to powerful special interests -read Florida Panthers!

Still, all that said, since I returned to South Florida from DC, I've come to know from experience and results that Al Crespo is someone who is not just a very savvy and well-informed person, a true South Florida resource, but also someone who takes public accountability of public officials and old-fashioned notions of civic engagement as seriously as I do.
There aren't a lot of us.

Plus, like me, he truly appreciates elected officials and govt. employees who are willing to honestly engage with the public, to to do the hard work necessary to be properly prepared before meetings start to actually demonstrate some oversight, not just faking it, and using staff as a crutch.

I hardly need remind most of you that has been a longstanding problem in Hallandale Beach, and South Florida in general. 
Everyone wants to glad-hand, but far fewer people want to stay up late reading binders and trying to master often obtuse material. You know, to properly do the job they ran for?

Certainly Al Crespo is in a far better position to know what's really going at Dinner Key and environs, and at the Miami CRAs, than I am, so I'm sharing a recent column of his with you today, below, so that you can read it and gain something from his perspective on what's what.





http://www.crespogram.com/index_public_html/THE_THRILL_IS_GONE_-_MY_ETHICS_COMPLAINT_AGAINST_COMMISSIONER_RUSSELL.html

An ethics complaint filed against Commissioner Ken Russell for a failure to provide a public document.

For the record, I follow both Al Crespo and Comm. Russell on Twitter, and they follow me as well.

This story about disclosures and the need for them to be both timely and accurate, not surprisingly, reminds me of yet another Hallandale Beach City Hall ethics story, where, typically, Mayor Joy Cooper, exercising power and discretion she did not actually have, seems to have decided that she alone got to decide who got what gifts and freebies deposited upon City Hall 
by contractors and lobbyists, or, if food or drink, who got what portion of them -or the best quality.

As IF anyone who has any experience with HB City Hall and the people who run it could ever have any faith that any FORM 9's filed would be either accurate or timely!

This in a city like Hallandale Beach where a city commissioner like Anthony A. Sanders voted to have the city/CRA buy his property -for more than it was worth- despite the fact that: 
a.) the city had no written or commission-approved plans as to what they would do with the property once they took possession of it, and
b.) Sanders didn't have the good sense or ethical duty to recuse himself from voting on the issue.

(Not that local South Florida newspaper Editorial Boards have ever asked about these matters that Sanders still can't explain years later!)

Not that the go-along-to-get-along City Attorney at the time, David Jove, even thought to publicly suggest Sanders' recusal -he didn't!
Surprise!

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Brilliant column by Michael Shermer in Scientific American on Malthus and science policy, also provides great lessons that can and should be applied to South Florida government and public policy that desperately need MORE fresh innovative ideas AND can-do reform

Brilliant column by Michael Shermer in Scientific American on Malthus and science policy, also provides great lessons that can and should be applied to South Florida government and public policy that desperately need MORE fresh innovative ideas AND can-do reform.

For the past few months I've been planning on doing a number of fact and anecdote-filled blog posts here about the importance of what two South Florida elected officials - Broward County Comm. Beam Furr and City of Miami Comm. Ken Russell- are doing to make a very positive difference for their constituents, and the greater South Florida community in general. 
Though you can be excused for not having heard about it in the South Florida news media, given who increasingly populates the local press corps these days and their startling lack of curiosity, candor or interest in any issue that doesn't lend itself to pithy tweets or Instagram photos. :-(

Furr and Russell have done this not by spouting lines from some best-selling book they read over the Christmas holidays or by hewing to what some government "consultant' has written after a careful examination of the facts-on-the-ground, but rather by incorporating some old-fashioned notions of logic, reason, common sense and meaningful oversight to public policy and their votes.

In short, giving those notions I love and champion here a much-needed comeback, so they are no longer the unwanted step-children in important public policy debates in an area of the country that for years has so often seemed to always be a day late and a dollar short when it should have been so much more than simply mediocre.
With few-if-any reporters around to report on it or chronicle why that's so.

I will still be doing those blog posts on Furr and Russell in the near-future, but for now, this weekend, I just wanted to share some wisdom I gleaned earlier today, which I will amplify on in the coming days and weeks;


Brilliant! And with lessons that can apply to public policy & govt. policy as well - 
Michael Shermer in Scientific American: Why Malthus Is Still Wrong - Why Malthus makes for bad science policy

The belief that “those in power knew best what was good for the vulnerable and weak” led directly to... much of what we see around us on a daily basis in South Florida and the Sunshine State: thoroughly mediocre and myopic elected officials and bureaucrats with lots of power and experience who consistently enjoy making the public the loser in most deals, while their friends and campaign contributors emerge to profit.

Which is why #genuine #ethical and #hard-working people who are open to honestly discussing new ideas and innovation, like Comm. Beam Furr in Broward and Comm. Ken Russell in City of Miami, are to be openly encouraged and fully-supported.
And, in my opinion, given the benefit of the doubt when you aren't really sure who is right about an issue!



Scientific American 

Why Malthus Is Still Wrong
Why Malthus makes for bad science policy
By Michael Shermer on May 1, 2016
If by fiat I had to identify the most consequential ideas in the history of science, good and bad, in the top 10 would be the 1798 treatise An Essay on the Principle of Population, by English political economist Thomas Robert Malthus. On the positive side of the ledger, it inspired Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to work out the mechanics of natural selection based on Malthus's observation that populations tend to increase geometrically (2, 4, 8, 16 …), whereas food reserves grow arithmetically (2, 3, 4, 5 …), leading to competition for scarce resources and differential reproductive success, the driver of evolution.
Read the rest of the column at:

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Importance of public engagement & transparency in South Florida govt. policy: After DECADES of #SoFL sports fans & taxpayers getting the shaft, City of Miami Comm. Ken Russell demands MORE reform, transparency and oversight over #SoFL's crony-laden sports Establishment: Is #Broward next? Let's hope so for taxpayers' wallets and sports fans' best long-term interests, after YEARS of Broward Commission caving-in to powerful special interests -read Florida Panthers!
















Importance of public engagement & transparency in South Florida govt. policy: After DECADES of #SoFL sports fans & taxpayers getting the shaft, City of Miami Comm. Ken Russell demands MORE reform, transparency and oversight over #SoFL's crony-laden sports Establishment: Is #Broward next? Let's hope so for taxpayers' wallets and sports fans' best long-term interests, after YEARS of Broward Commission caving-in to powerful special interests -read Florida Panthers!; A reminder of what has come before...

Miami Today News
Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority losing power
Written by John Charles Robbins on February 16, 2016
Miami city commissioners have begun altering the powers of the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority, building in more oversight.
What some see as a shakeup of the 11-member authority comes on the heels of a delayed and prolonged review of a lease of prime city-owned waterfront property to a private company.
The authority leased property on the southwest corner of Watson Island as part of a plan to revive a seaplane base and heliport.

Read the rest of the article at;
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2016/02/16/miami-sports-exhibition-authority-losing-power/

Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority
http://egov.ci.miami.fl.us/Legistarweb/Attachments/64346.pdf

After years of my writing/blogging/tweeting countless fact-filled emails/blog posts/tweets and attending innumerable public meetings throughout South Florida about the latest efforts by the owners and lobbyists of the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers and Florida/Miami Marlins to improve THEIR bottom line directly via taxpayer funds or hotel tax revenue, it's great to see someone like new City of Miami District 2 Commissioner Ken Russell pushing back against the entrenched and well-heeled sports establishment that for DECADES has seen South Florida taxpayers as an obstacle to be manipulated and overcome, not a legitimate stakeholder whose interests demand respect -and first priority.





















My first Dolphin game at the Orange Bowl came in Dec. 1970, aged 9, a 45-3 win over Buffalo that propelled them into their first ever playoff appearance.
I attended 99% of every home game -preseason, regular season and playoff after that until leaving for Indiana University in August of 1979.
My first season as a Dolphins season ticket holder, at the Orange Bowl, was... the Perfect Season of 1972.







Before going to my first U-M game at the Orange Bowl in 1972, a friend's father often would bring me home an extra 'Canes game program. That's how I came to have the Alabama at U-M game program from Nov. 16, 1968, which was the first nationally-televised college football night game in color. (A 14-6 loss to the Crimson Tide.) 

My first U-M football game at the Orange Bowl was in 1972, age 11, against Tulane in the infamous "Fifth Down" game. In order to drum up support and attendance for the U-M at the Orange Bowl, that game had a promotion whereby South Florida kids who were school safety patrols could get in for free IF they wore their sash. 
I did, driven to the game by a U-M alum who happened to be the librarian where I then went to school, Fulford Elementary, in North Miami Beach. 
Clearly they knew that it was better to let kids in for free, knowing their parents would give them money to buy food and souvenirs, perhaps even become a fan and want to return for future games. 

The ballgame made an interesting impression on the New York Times, resulting in this gem from the "View of Sport" column of Oct, 14, 1990, labeled 'Fifth Down or Not, It's Over When It's Over.' -"
In 1972, aided by a fifth-down officiating gift in the last moments of the game, Miami of Florida defeated Tulane, 24-21. The country and the world was a much different place that fall because The New York Times took time and space to editorialize on the subject. ''Is it right for sportsmen, particularly young athletes, to be penalized or deprived of the goals for which they earnestly competed because responsible officials make mistakes? The ideal of true sportsmanship would be better served if Miami forfeited last week's game.' 

I hardly needs to tell you that this was YET another New York Times editoral that was completely ignored!

After that first ballgame against Tulane, as l often did for Dolphin games if my father wasn't going, I'd get dropped off at the Levitz parking lot near the 836 & I-95 Cloverleaf in NMB, and catch a Dade County Park & Ride bus, going straight to the Orange Bowl. Onboard, I'd get next to the window and listen to WIOD's pre-game show on my Radio Shack transistor radio. 
A few times, I was just about the only person onboard besides the bus driver, which was alright by me. 

Once at the Orange Bowl, if I didn't already have a ticket, I'd buy a game program for myself and one or two for friends or teachers before heading to the ticket window, since you usually couldn't find a program vendor once inside. I probaly had a friend or my father with me for just under 40% of the U-M games I ever went to, but you have to remember that the team, though blessed with several talented players, like Chuck Foreman and Burgess Owens, was just so-so to average at best, and the games were usually played on Friday nights, so it wasn't exactly high on everyone's list of things to do. Depending upon the opponent, if I was alone, I'd often have entire areas of the Orange Bowl to myself. (Wish I had photos of that now!) 

For instance, I had a good portion of the East (open) End Zone to myself against Oklahoma in the mid-70's, when the Boomer Schooner and the Schooner Crew went out on the field after an Oklahoma TD, and the Schooner received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty from the refs, as would happen years later in an Orangle Bowl Classic game. (Against FSU?) 

I was there for the wins and losses under Pete Elliott, Carl Selmer & Lou Saban, and the huge on-field fight in '73 when under eventual-national champion Notre Dame (under Ara Parseghian), they called a time-out with less than a minute to go, and already up 37-0. Their rationale? 
To score another TD and impress the AP football writers; final score 44-0. 
Well, they got their wish and beat Alabama 24-23 for the title at the Sugar Bowl. 

A year later, thanks to my Mom's boss, she and I saw Ara's last game as head coach of the Irish in the Orange Bowl Game from the East End Zone -in front of the Alabama cheerleaders!!!- in an exciting 13-11 Notre Dame win over Alabama and Bear Bryant, a rematch of the '73 national title game. 

I was also present for the U-M's huge 20-15 win under Pete Elliott against Darrel Royal's Texas Longhorns, the week Sports Illustrated's College Football preview issue came out -september 10, 1973- with Texas on the cover.
I was also present for lots of wins against schools called College of the Pacific, UNLV and Cal-Poly San Luis Obsispo, which I'd then never heard of before.

Any reader who is new to my blog and wants to see of what I speak the past nine years here, simply do a search in the search box of this blog in the upper left corner for past posts about the ham-handed and duplicitous efforts of the Dolphins, Heat, Marlins and Panthers, esp. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross.
 
And you can also check https://twitter.com/search?q=%40hbbtruth%2C%20marlins&src=typd

Dave 

Monday, June 8, 2015

Starting this week, Hallandale Beach Blog will be offering reasonably-priced display advertising starting at only $75 a month to help you reach the blog's influential, well-informed and savvy South Florida-based readers and decision-makers

If you don't already see yourself or your company represented here at Hallandale Beach Blog, starting this week, you can make that a reality via reasonably-priced display advertising starting at only $75 a month, and start reaching its influential, well-informed and savvy #SoFL-based decision-makers.
Updated June 30, 2015

Dear Friends, Neighbors and loyal Readers of Hallandale Beach Blog:


I'm writing to let you know that there's a new and cost-effective marketing tool for you to use to attract and retain new customers  and help differentiate your business from its competitors, and it's not only an option that's very reasonably-priced, but also one located close to where you live and work.
Starting this month, Hallandale Beach Blog, my popular and informative eight-year old blog on current events, local/state government, public policy and innovative ideas and trends -and pop culture happenings- will begin running reasonably-priced display advertising, at rates starting at only $75 a month.

Those prominently-displayed ads can help you reach the blog's affluent, 
well-informed and savvy South Florida-based readers and decision-makers. Unlike ads placed in many of South Florida's un-audited community  newspapers or lifestyle websites and magazines that I could name, your ad WILL not just be seen, but actually NOTICED by many of  South Florida's most-informed, engaged and discerning residents and busienss owners, as well as by seasonal residents and out-of-town visitors and investors with a very strong interest in keeping up to-date on what's happening in our slice of South Florida.

Specifically, the blog will soon feature Consumer, Business-to-Business 
and Industry-related advertising, promotion and public awareness campaigns from individuals, firms and companies in South Florida, as well as from those located in other parts of Florida, the U.S. and even overseas.






That is to say, companies who ARE very interested in advertising on my blog because they're savvy enough to recognize the VALUE of reaching the caliber of affluent, well-educated and well-informed readers my blog  consistently attracts in large numbers from South Florida, the Sunshine State, the U.S., as well as other points on the compass. The latter includes my loyal, well-informed and globe-trotting readers in  Great Britain, Canada, Northern Europe and Scandinavia, who continue to enjoy original and compelling content they can't find elsewhere.

Yes, those highly-educated and highly-engaged readers are precisely the sort of people that savvy businesses want as future customers!
So why not you?



For years the countries where Hallandale Beach Blog has been most popular have remained the same, in order: Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France and The Netherlands.
In large part not just because of the large number of Americans living and working there, but the large number of English-speakers there who ARE interested in the same subjects that we write about so frequently on this blog that they care about or have come to care about, especially within the worlds of pop culture, film and music, plus European politics.

This change in advertising policy represents a great marketing opportunity for people and companies to promote themselves in a positive way that differentiates them from their competitors, to some of South Florida's most-influential, best-informed and most-engaged consumers and voters. (And gain all those those well-informed and demanding readers elsewhere for FREE.)

Over the past eight years, I'm proud that Hallandale Beach Blog has developed a reputation for fact-based reporting and fair-minded analysis, and for its very discerning online readership. A readership that prefers to be VERY INFORMED before making purchasing decisions about consumer products or services -or political issues. Like me, the readers are quick to share what they know and think with others via Social Media, and love to share information. Especially about their positive customer 
experiences.

I'm happy to say that this blog's readership numbers consistently outperform the vast majority of Florida-based blogs and websites, especially ones not affiliated with newspapers or TV stations. 
According to Google, several days within the past few weeks saw daily readership numbers climb well over 2,500, and June and July are traditionally two of the blog's most-read months, with last June setting a new monthly record with 96,439 pageviews. The total from June 21st-27th was 15,265, an average of 2,180 pageviews a day

While it's hard to generalize about the blog's readership, I'm happy to tell you that it skews towards an advertising and voting sweet spot: well-educated professionals and concerned, home-owning 
parents. People who are VERY civic-minded and who ALWAYS vote -in every election.

Given the often complex and high-minded discussion about public policy that takes place on this blog, it's no surprise that it has a MUCH-HIGHER  
than average percentage of readers with advanced degrees, as well as  first-hand experience in government, or, in dealing directly with elected officials and govt. agencies and public policy on behalf of themselves or other interested parties. That's largely a factor of the blog's readership including such a large percentage of current and former attorneys, university academics, doctors, engineers, educators and elected officials, as well as 
lots of current and retired journalists and creative industry professionals who are always keen to keep me on my toes factually.

There's a very compelling reason for why my blog and growing Twitter feed 
are read and Followed by so many South Florida (and national) print & TV reporters, editors and columnists, as well as its most-popular Social Media personalities and bloggers. Read and Followed by many South Florida 
municipal and County Commissioners and their counterparts in Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. Read and Followed by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, as well as reporters at the N.Y. Times and prominent Washington news/political websites like POLITICO and Roll Call, and the publisher of Scandinavia's largest and most innovative newspaper, Aftonbladet.
Read and Followed by prominent Entertainment media publications based in LA, NY and in Europe like VARIETY, as well as high-ranking people and companies deeply entrenched in High Tech, Venture Capital and innovative startups, from Silicon Valley to Manhattan, London and Stockholm.
That reason is the consistency of original content that entertains as well as it educates and informs.

Given those particulars, it's no surprise that the blog's readers are very avid consumers of books, magazines, film and music, AND eat out more often -and travel overseas more frequently- than most South Florida adults.
Besides closely following public policy, current events and politics in both 
the U.S and Europe, the blog's readers also are very interested in following new developments in the worlds of business, technology and advertising/marketing, film, music and pop culture trends, and media criticism. 
And they're VERY focused on following the latest regarding savvy Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital and Startups, in both the U.S. and Europe.

They're consumers who prefer QUALITY, and not afraid to pay for it, whether they're dining out, or purchasing products or services for themselves, their families or their homes, or when when making
decisions about future travel and leisure activities. Like me, they want lots of good options before they choose!

The blog's readership is very engaged and cares more about what's going on in the wider world than most people, but readers care MOST passionately about what's going on -or isn't- in their slice of the
Sunshine State or the world, and the myriad threats to their family's Quality of Life and future prosperity. Those readers have learned over the past eight years that this blog has NOT been afraid to consistently write (and comment) on often-contentious subject matter, and to strive to do so from an
informed, fact-based perspective. Original content that they can't find elsewhere in South Florida -or anywhere else online.

Over those eight years, those same readers have come to rely upon the fact that this blog has become a very reliable, go-to source of information, facts and perspective, not only for them and other
concerned residents of South Florida and the Sunshine State, but also an invaluable tool to Florida's news media, which had often cited the blog in their own coverage of Florida's often-combative nexus of government, politics and public policy.

That's especially been the case on the many occasions when Hallandale Beach Blog has broken news on a public issue before anyone else, or, added important facts to the mix that completely changed the
prevailing media narrative.

For instance, the time we broke the news that Hallandale Beach's elected officials and top city administrators had hatched a secret scheme to use taxpayer funds to pay for someone to regularly appear and lobby on behalf of  the city's position at city, Broward County and community events. Their intent was clear: to sway public opinion and affect future public votes. WITHOUT ever publicly disclosing this fact to the city's residents and business community.
Well, we eventually broke the news on who this person was, how much they were paid, and publicly asked how it was either ethical or legal for the City of Hallandale Beach to hire someone whose main job was to attempt to INTENTIONALLY deceive and mislead taxpayers. 
And to do so WITHOUT registering as a paid lobbyist, as required by both city and County laws.

In 2012, in one of the more improbable stories of the past few years, the South Florida news media acknowledged that it was only thru the hard work and research of the Hallandale Beach Blog that they could report what we exposed -the amazing news that a Hallandale Beach mayoral candidate who was being heavily promoted for office via a series of glowing newspaper columns, was actually being written about by... that candidate's own wife!
Yet another in a long line of egregious examples of someone with either influence or power trying to take advantage of Hallandale Beach-area residents and businesses. 
And the facts and the truth only became known because of the diligent efforts of my blog to serve as an honest platform for honest and fair debate about public policy issues affecting the diverse people and interests of South Florida.

In Hollywood, I've attended nearly every important City Commission and community meeting about public policy over the past eight years: the arduous and frustrating search for a real estate development team that'd build a large destination resort hotel on Johnson Street & A1A at Hollywood Beach that took to heart what the city's residents and leaders wanted (Margaritaville); the creative efforts of famed architect and planner Bernard Zyscovich and his firm to reshape the city's Master Plan to balance exciting retail, mixed-use and residential living in just the right proportion that would
reinvigorate the city; the many controversial fights over real estate development and building heights at historic Young Circle; the two searches for a new City Manager; the fight over a religious Charter
School; the efforts to bring more public accountability to the city's CRA policies and procedures...

(There's a good reason that so many of my photos from public meetings at Hallandale Beach or Hollywood City Hall, and around the two cities, are so frequently among the first ones you see on Google Images when you look up the two cities.) 

I've created a list of categories at the bottom of this email for you to peruse for a minute or two to see whether there's a category that best describes you and your business -or the business or service of a family member or close friend. 
Of course, you're NOT limited to just these categories, they're merely starting points.
I've also posted the size of the ads that I'll feature, and the MONTHLY price to run that particular size ad. 

Most of you will quickly realize that the prices are not just reasonable given the size and caliber of the blog's readership demographic, but also represents a real bargain compared to some of the high prices charged for advertising by certain media outlets in South Florida that give advertisiers no real sense of how many people are ACTUALLY seeing their ad.

All ads featured on the blog can be linked to any website of your choosing, whether your business's current homepage, or any third-party site you currently use for customer service purposes.
And in the biggest change from the past here, ALL ads featured on the blog will be visible by everyone who views the blog, regardless of where they are seen, which guarantees advertisers the widest-possible distribution channels, and creates positive first impressions on many more people than you can currently reach based solely on algorithims based on someone's recent search history and news reading and email habits.

For instance, if you're a South Florida-based business, say a realtor selling residential luxury properties, do you really want the online universe for your advertising for that property to largely be limited geographically or by the number of people who may've recently typed certain words about real estate on their computer?
If you're selling properties in this area of Florida, with an ad here on the blog, in addition to reaching current South Florida residents, your ad also reaches the many, many seasonal residents of our area who are now already back in Ohio, the Northeast U.S., Toronto and Montreal for the summer, who are regularly checking the blog to keep up to date on what's going on here and how it affects them and their families.

Your ad here on the blog will resonate with them because if it matches the geographic location and price points that they already have in mind, they will quickly jump on the opportunity to let you know of their interest. 

Yes, they know from personal experience how VERY competitive the real estate market is here!

For those part-time residents who are gone from South Florida for the summer but who regularly read this blog, all of whom have friends and family members who have talked with them for years about the idea of THEM relocating to South Florida, too, isn't your real estate ad here the one that they will click and tell their friends about to help THEM make that hope reality? 

The reasonably-priced ad that leads to actual SALES
In a word: YES.

If you're selling a quality product or service to people in South Florida and want to reach not just lots of upscale, tech-savvy consumers, but also some of the area's most-influential opinion-makers, make the decision today to begin advertising at the website where people are going in numbers to find out the genuine facts, and get informed, fact-based perspective, too: Hallandale Beach Blog.

I want anyone who makes the wise decision to advertise on this blog to be happy with the decision, so if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact me at hallandalebeachblog@gmail.com

Special thanks to all the friends whom I've reached out to over the past few months about this change re advertising. Your positive feedback and suggestions have really helped me focus like a laser beam.

Dave
David B. Smith
Twitter: @hbbtruth, https://twitter.com/hbbtruth 
http://www.hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.youtube.com/user/HallandaleBeachBlog


Side ads, Perfect for your Business Card or your Airbnb ad for your property 
Side ads, 300 x 250, or roughly 295 pixels, $75
Side ads will appear in the right or left column of main text.

Leaderboard ads, 760 pixels wide, or roughly 728 x90, $150.
Leaderboard ads appear in the middle column immediately above or below the newest blog post.

Header ad, 1330 pixels wide, $225.
This very large ad will appear directly above ALL new content at the top of the blog, including above subject catgeory headers and all new content.
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Categories of prospective advertisers for reasonably-priced display advertising in Hallandale Beach Blog
Travel & Tourism, in State of Florida: Aventura; Hallandale Beach; Hollywood, inc. Hollywood Beach; Dania Beach; Fort Lauderdale; Pembroke Pines; Broward County; Miami; Miami Beach (South Beach), Coral Gables; Key Biscayne; The Everglades; Seminole Indian Reservation; South Florida; Key West & The Florida Keys; Boca Raton; Palm Beach; Lake Okeechobee; Orlando & 

Kissimmee, inc. Amusement Parks; Kennedy Space Center; Daytona Beach; St. Augustine; Jacksonville; Naples; Fort Myers; Sanibel; Captiva; Sarasota; St. Petersburg; Tampa; Clearwater; Treasure Coast; Gainesville; Tallahassee;
 
Travel & Tourism, in U.S.A.; Great Britain; Sweden; Scandinavia; Germany, The Netherlands; France; Switzerland; Italy; Europe; Canada; The Bahamas; Jamaica; Caribbean; Mexico; Colombia; Venezuela; Peru; Brazil; Argentina; Chile; Central America; Africa; Asia; Middle East; Australia;
 
Travel & Tourism: Announcements for Hospitality/Tourism/Travel Industry Conferences, Conventions, Seminars, Symposia or Trade Shows; 
Travel & Tourism: Domestic & International Airlines, via Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and/or Miami International Airport (MIA);
Travel & Tourism: Sea Cruises via Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale); Sea Cruises via Port of Miami; Sea & River Cruises originating in Europe; 
Travel & Tourism: Hotels; Motels; Golf & Tennis Resorts; Health Resorts; Health Spas; Extended Stay; Seasonal Rental Properties; Vacation Homes; Weekend Vacation Getaways; Corporate Retreats; Honeymoon Packages;
Travel & Tourism: Luggage & Suitcases;
Travel & Tourism; Transportation Services: Airport Ground Transport; Bus Tours; Limousines; Rental Cars; Rental Trucks/Vans; Ride Services; Taxis; Trains; Private Aircraft Rental; Helicopter Rental;
 
Travel & Tourism - Activities, Attractions and Places of Interest: Air Museums; Airboat Rides, Tours/Rental; Alligator Farms; Amusement Parks; Archaeological Sites; Art Galleries; Art Museums; Automobile Racing; Automobile Shows, inc. Classic Cars; Battlefield Tours; Bike Tours/Rentals; Boating; Boat Shows; Bird Watching/Conservation; Botanical Gardens; Bowling; Bowling Tournaments; Center for Plant Conservation facilities; Bowling; Bungee Jumping; Camping & Hiking; Casinos & Gaming; Charter Cruises; Children's Entertainment Centers; Comedy Clubs; Cultural/Historical Boat Tours; Cultural/Historical Bus Tours; Fairgrounds; Film Festivals; Fishing, inc. Fishing Apparel, Fishing Equipment and Fishing Tournaments; Bass Fishing; Salt Water Fishing; Fishing Piers; Florida State Aquatic Preserves; Florida State Folk Cultural Centers; Florida State Historical Monuments; Florida State Historical Parks; Florida State Museums; Florida State Parks; Florida State Recreation Areas; Florida State Wildlife Refuges; Golf, inc. Golf Apparel, Golf Equipment and Golf Tournaments; History Museums; Horse Riding; Hunting & Shooting; Indian Reservations; Jai Alai frontons; Kayaking; Kite Boarding; Marine Aquariums; Museums; Music Concerts; National Forests; National Historic Landmarks; National Memorials; National Monuments; National Parks; National Seashores; National Wildlife Refuges; Nature Preserves; Nightclubs; Outlet Shopping Malls; Railroad Museums; Rodeos; Scuba Diving & Snorkeling, inc. Scuba Equipment & Scuba Instruction; Science Museums/Centers, inc. Planetariums; Sea Cruises; Shopping Malls; Sky Diving; Speedways; Sporting Events; Tennis, inc. Tennis Apparel, Tennis Equipment, Tennis Instruction and Tennis Tournaments heatre; Trampoline; Thoroughbred Horse Racing; Tropical Gardens; Visitors/WelcomeCenters; Water Parks, inc. Body Slides/Wave Pools; Wake Boarding; Water Skiing; Zip Lines; Zoos;
 
Alcohol, Soft Drink, Wine & Spirits: Bars, Breweries & Pubs: Domestic, Import and Craft Beers; Wholesale Distributors; Ice Distributors;
 
Cooking/Food, Restaurant types: Argentinean; Asian; Bagels & Appetizers; Bakery; Bar & Grill; Barbecue/BBQ; Bistro; Breakfast Specialty; Brazilian; Brazilian Steakhouse & Churrascaria; Bread; Breakfast; Brunch; Buffalo Wings; Buffet; Cafes; Casual Dining; Chicken Specialty; Chilean; Chinese; Chinese Buffet; Coffee House; Colombian; Comedy Clubs; Country Cooking; Cuban; Cuban Coffee; Delicatessen; Diner; Donut Shops; English; Ethiopian; European Bakery; Fine Dining; Fish & Chips; French; French Bakery; French Patissiere;German; German Bakery; Greek; Grinders; Gyros; Halal; Hamburger Joints; Health Food; Hispanic Food; Homemade; Hungarian; Indian; Indonesian; Italian; Italian Bakery; Italian Ristorante; Japanese; Japanese Buffet; Japanese Oishii Grill; Japanese Steak House; Karaoke; Korean; Kosher; Lebanese; Lobster; Mediterranean; Mexican; Moroccan; Organic; Oysters; Pancakes; Peruvian; Philly Cheese Steaks; Pitmaster Barbecue; Pizza; Pulled Pork; Ribs; Russian; Salvadoran; Sausage; Seafood; Sicilian; Smoothies; Southern Cooking, Spanish; Sports Bar & Grill; Steak House; Sub Sandwiches; Surf & Turf; Sushi; Tacos; Tapas; Taverna; Tea Room; Thai; Turkey; Turkish; Vegetarian; Vegan; Venezuelan; Vietnamese; Wraps; Yogurt;
 
Cooking/Food, Service: Catering Firms; Wholesale Food Distributors; -Cooking/Food, Specialty Shops: Bagels & Appetizers; Bakery; Bistro; Cakes; Candy; Chocolate; Coffee; Cookies; Country Store; Dairy; Delicatessen; Donuts; Ethnic; Farmers Market; Gourmet Food; Grilled; Hallal; Health Food; Hispanic/Latin; Ice Cream; Meat; Pretzels; Produce Markets; Seafood; Snack Food; Tea; Vegan; Vegetarian; Wine; Yogurt/Smoothies; -Cooking/Food, Instruction: Bartending Classes; Cooking Classes;
 
Cooking/Food, Products: Coffee Makers; Coolers; Cutlery; Fine China; Glassware; Kitchen Appliances, Large & Small; Kitchen Furniture; Kitchen Ware; Stemware;
 
(Issue) Advocacy ads, for or against issues/legislation involving Cultural, Government, Political or Social issues, by groups or individuals;
 
ATVs/Motorcycles/Golf Carts/Utility Carts: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease/Repair, New & Used & Rebuilt; Insurance, inc. Accessories & Clothing; Motorcycle Insurance;
RVs: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease; New & Used; RV Insurance;
 
Auto/Truck: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease; New & Used & Rebuilt, by Consumers; Auto/Truck: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease; New & Used & Rebuilt, by Dealerships;
Auto/Truck: Mobility Conversion Vans;
Auto/Truck*: Parts, Services and Supplies, inc. Air Conditioning; Air Ride; Alarms & Security Systems; Alignments; Batteries; Belts; Brakes; Computer Diagnostic Services; Engines; Fender Flares; Goose Necks; Head Rests; Head Rest DVD players; Hitches; Horns; Hoses; License Plate holders; Locks; Mufflers; Oil & Lubrication; Radiators; Sound Systems; Sunroofs; Tires; Window Tinting; Tonneaus; Tonneaus Covers; Tow Bars; Trailers for ATVs/Motorcycles; Turn Rotors; Windshields;


Auto/Truck: Insurance; Car Wash/Wax/Customizing/Detailing; Auto/Truck*: Mechanics & Repairs; Paint & Body; Antique Auto Restoration & Maintenance; Pickup Truck Toppers; Wraps
 
Marine: Boats, Yachts & Personal Watercraft -Buy/Sell/Rent/Repair; Yacht Brokers; Docking/Marina Storage Facilities; Boat Equipment & Supplies, inc. Engines and Trailers; Boat Furniture; Boat Designers; Fishing Tackle; Fishing rods and reels; Power poles;
 
Banking & Financial Services: Consumer Banks/Lending; Commercial Lending; Credit Unions; Financial Portfolio Management; Private Banking; Retirement Planning; Stock Brokers; Brokerage Houses; Wealth Management; Annuities; Securities; IRAs; Life Insurance; Municipal Bonds; Options; Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs); Investment Advisory Services; Investor software;
 
Beauty & Fashion: Barber & Hair Styling; Nail Salons; Cosmetics; Makeup; Perfumes; Modeling Agencies; Fashion Design; Fashion Shows; -Bicycle Shops: Buy/Sell/Repair; Bike Equipment; Bike Wear; promotion for upcoming Bike Races;
 
Book Publishing: New releases; Book Signings and Speaking Events;
 
Cable TV & Satellite Services
Cell Phone: Buy/Sell/Repair


Charities/Philanthropy/Non-Profit Foundations: Announcements for Benefits; Events, Fund Drives; Fundraisers; Silent Auctions; List of Benchmarks or Milestones;
Cloud and Enterprise Solutions: Commercial applications; Data Loss Prevention; Email Providers; Market solutions; Technical support;


Public Policy: Announcements for meetings, forums, workshops, symposia, conventions;

Cultural, Historical & Performing Arts: Antique Districts; Art Councils; Art Galleries & Dealers; Art Museums; Ballet Companies; Chorale Society; Dance Troupes; Drama Societies; Dramatic Theater: Amateur & Professional; Fashion Shows; Film Festivals; Film Societies; Historical Districts; Historical Societies; History Museums; Opera Companies; Philharmonic Society; Symphony Orchestras; Zoological Societies;
 
Entrepreneurs/High-Technology/Venture Capital: Announcements for First & Second Round Funding by Angel Investors and/or Business Incubators; Announcements for Employment; Announcements for Industry Conferences, Conventions, Hackathons, Seminars, Symposia, tedX events or Trade Shows; Announcements for Networking Events; Tech Office Park rental/leasing; Research & Development centers; Tech Districts; consumer tech, seed financing
 
Advertising/Communications/Marketing: Professional Artists/Illustrators/Photographers;
Advertising agencies; Brand Management; Community Outreach; Computer Graphics; Customer Relations; Direct Marketing; Event Planning; Government Relations; Graphic Design; Lobbying firms; Mail Marketing; Marketing Research; Media Relations; Polling firms, inc. Focus Group facilities; Public Relations agencies; Social Media consultants; Strategic Planning consultants;
Talent agencies; Website development; 3-D Imaging;
 

Apparel & Fashion, for Infants, Children, Men, Women, Teens/Juniors; Plus Size
Apparel & Fashion: Boutiques; Cheap-Chic; Consignment; Department Stores; Designer & Haute Couture; Thrift Stores; Vintage Shop; Western Wear;
Apparel & Fashion: Alterations; Dry Cleaners; Tailors;
Apparel & Fashion, Men: Athletic Wear; Bespoke; Big & Tall; Business Attire; Formal Wear; Sports Wear;
Apparel & Fashion, Men: Belts; Boots; Hats; Jewelry; Shoes; Shoe Repair;
Apparel & Fashion, Women: Athletic Wear; Bridal Shops; Business Wear; Couture;
Cruise Wear; Fitness Wear; Formal Wear; Lingerie; Plus Size; Seasonal Attire; Sports Wear; Swim Wear;
Apparel & Fashion, Women: Belts; Boots; Handbags; Hats; Jewelry; Purses; Shoes; Shoe Repair;
 
Commercial Printing & Copying; Outdoor Advertising, inc. Signs & Graphics; Sign Making; T-Shirts; Vehicle Wrap Signs & Graphics;
 
Computer/IT/Internet: Buy/Sell/Repair; Computer Games; Computer Security; Computer Supplies; Computer Software Development; Computer Software Instruction; Network Development; Website Development; Website Analytics; Computer Coding classes;
 
Construction Firms, General Contractors & Home Builders: Residential; Co
mmercial Properties; Planned Residential Communities; Office Parks;
 
Consulting, Personal & Professional Services: Accountants; Business Consultants; Certified Appraisers for Estate, Insurance, Jewelry and Fine Arts Certified Appraisers for Business, Commercial and Industrial Real Estate; Arborists; Architects; Auctioneers; Bio-Medical Engineers; Bookkeepers; Certified Home Inspectors; Chemical Engineers; Chemists; Civil Engineers;
Commercial Development consultants; Communications consultants; Community Outreach
consultants; Construction Management; Counseling; Designers; Economists; Electrical Engineers; Employee Benefits Consultants; Engineering Firms; Environmental Designers; Environmental Engineers; Event Management; Event Planners; Executive Recruiting; Fashion Designers; General Contractors; Government Relations; Industrial Engineers; Investment Brokers; Land Engineers; Landscape Architects; Lobbying firms; Marketing Research; Mechanical Engineers; Media
Relations consultants; Modeling agencies; Mortgage Brokers; Nonprofit Management; Party Planners; Personal Fitness Trainers; Political Campaign Consultants; Private Investigations; Professional Photography; Project Management; Property Management; Psychologists; Public Relations; Realtors; Social Media Consultants; Surveyors; Tax Preparation; Technology Consultants; Temporary Employment Agencies; Transportation/Traffic Consultants; Urban Design; Water Engineers; Wedding Planners; Professional Associations; Yoga Trainers;
 
Education, for Children & Adults: Evening Adult Education; Business School; Charter Schools; Colleges; Continuing Education; Day Schools; Graduate School; K-12 Parochial/Religious Schools; K-12 Private Schools; Law Schools; Medical Schools; Online Education; Pre-K Nurseries; Prep &
Tutoring Services for Admission Tests; Universities; K-12 School Uniforms;
 
Education/ Instruction/Tutoring, for Children & Adults: Computer Instruction, inc. Coding; Computer Graphics; Computer Software; Computer Coding; Continuing Education & professional Development; Driving School; Personalized Tutoring; Cram Schools; Billiards; Golf; Horse Riding; Judo; Karate; Martial Arts; Taekwondo; Tennis; Scuba Diving; Swimming; Biomechanics Sports Instruction; Ballet; Ballroom Dancing; Jazz Dance; Modern Dance; Hot Yoga; Pilates; Yoga; Zumba; Foreign Languages; Music Lessons: Instrument/Singing/Vocal; Painting; Writing Classes; Bartending Classes; Cooking Classes; Prep classes for GRE, GMAT, LSAT; MCAT;
 
Event Planning firms & Rental Venues, inc. Concierge, Food & Hospitality staffing for Conferences, Conventions, Seminars & Special Events; Corporate Events; Anniversaries; Bar Mitzvahs; Birthdays; Commitment Ceremonies; Quinces; Special Events; Weddings;
 
Furniture, for Home; Office; Boat; Outdoor Furniture, inc. for Decks, Pools,
Patios, Spas;
 
Gas Station & Convenience Stores for Aventura; Hallandale Beach; Hollywood
 
Healthcare/Medicine - Dentistry: Family Dentistry; Dental Centers; Dental Surgery; Crowns; Dentures; Implants;
Healthcare/Medicine - Opthamology; Optometry; Eyeglass Exams; ContactLenses; Prescription Eyeglass/Sunglass sales;
Healthcare/Medicine: Ambulances; Doctors; Nursing; Clinical Research; Medical Practice Groups & Specialties: Allergy; Bariatric; Cancer Care; Cardiac Care; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Chiropractors; Cosmetic Surgery; Botox; Glycolic Peels; Dermatology; Electromyography;

Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Gastroenterology; Geriatric; Heart & Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Neurology; Obstetrics/Gynecology; Oncology; Orthopedics; Osteopathic; Pediatrics; Podiatry; Psychiatry; Psychotherpy; Spine Injuries; Spinal Surgery;
Healthcare/Medicine: Cancer Centers; Elder Care; E.R. Clinics; Convalescent Centers; Hospitals; Medical Centers; Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers; Assisted Living Facilities (ALF); Hospices;
Healthcare/Medicine: Addiction/Substance Abuse Counseling; Massage Therapy; Mental Health Counseling; Nutrition/Diet Counselors, inc. Supplies; Occupational Therapy; Outpatient Centers; Physical Therapy; Private Nursing staffing; Rehabilitation Centers; Senior Counseling; Wellness Clinics;

Healthcare/Medicine: Prevention campaigns for Diabetes; Liver Cancer; Skin Cancer; Stroke;
 
Healthcare/Medicine - Med-Tech: Medical Equipment & Supplies for Medical Professionals, Clinics & Hospitals; Mobility stores, inc. Lift Chairs; Porch Lifts; Power Chairs; Scooters; Stair Lifts; Wheelchairs; 3/4 Wheeled Walkers;
 
Home & Office – Products & Services: Appraisals; Bathrooms; Bedrooms; Bedroom Furniture; Blinds & Shutters; Carpets & Rugs; Closets; Commercial Refrigeration; Dishwashers; Driveways; Duct Work Cleaning, Inspection, Replacement & Modification; Entertainment/Game Rooms; Fireplace; Exercise Room; Fitness Center; Floor Coverings; Foyer; Freezers; Garage Doors, Residential & Commercial, inc. customizing & repairs; Garages; Gutters; Hobby Room; Home Office; Ice Machine; Keg Cooler; Kitchen; Kitchen Appliances; Kitchen Cabinets; Kitchen Cabinet Resurfacing; Kitchen Countertops; Living Room Furniture, inc.
cushions, pillows, etc.; Microwave Ovens; Ovens/Stoves; Refrigerators; Toasters; Washers; Dryers; TVs; Air Conditioning, Heating, Ventilation; Indoor Air Quality Evaluation; Carpentry; Carpet Cleaning; Ceramics; Certified Home Inspections; Drywall repair; Fans; Furnace; Glazers; Hardware; Interior Design; Irrigation; Lighting; Mirrors; Painting; Pest Extermination; Power Washing; Plumbing; Roofing; Room Additions; Screen Enclosures; Masonry; Stone; Tile; Tile & Grout Cleaning; Upholstery; Water Heaters; Duct/Exhaust Cleaning; Cleaning Services; Window Tinting; Water Filtration Systems; Window Shutters; Cleaning Services; Kitchen/Bathroom Remodeling; Room Additions; Exterior Siding; Ceiling Retexturing; Outdoor Sheds/Barns/Carports/RV Ports/

Garages
 
Home & Office - Products & Services*: for Backyard Decks; Boat Decks; Boat Docks; Boat Launch; Curbs; Fences; Firepits; Gazebos; Hot Tubs; Jacuzzis; Lawns; Outdoor Furniture, inc. outdoor cushions, pillows, umbrella; Patios; Pergolas; Retaining Walls; Spas; Swimming Pools; Terraces; Fertilizer; Lawn & Garden: Gardening; Irrigation & Well Drilling; Landclearing; Landscaping; Lawn Care; Lawn Mowers & Repair; Plant Nursery; Outdoor Kitchens; Sod
Installers, Commercial & Residential; Tree Trimming; Pressure Washing; Brick Pavers; Stone; Tile; Well Drilling;
 
Home & Office - Security/Communications Systems
Home Energy: Oil & Natural Gas; Eco-friendly products from "Green"
stores;
Home Organization Products for Bedrooms, Garages, Attics & Basements;
Home Repair/Rehabilitation/Restoration;
Hurricane Preparedness: Supplies, inc. Emergency Generators;
Insurance: Auto; Business; Health; Home; Life; Marine; Rental; Travel; Home Adjustors;
 
Legal Services: Agriculture Practice; Automobile Accidents; Bankruptcy; Business & Commercial Law; Communications Law; Construction Law; Criminal Law; Divorce; Elder Law; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Estate Planning; Family Law; Foreclosure; HOA Law; Juvenile Law; Labor Law; Land Use & Zoning; Maritime Law; Medical Malpractice; Medical & Nursing Home Malpractice; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Probate; Real Estate & Title Insurance; Retirement Planning; Social Security Disability; Sports Law; Taxation; Tax Planning; Trademark; Veterans Benefits; Wills & Trusts; Workers' Compensation; Power of Attorney; Living Wills; Health Care Surrogate; Joint Trust packages; Law School Admissions; LSAT Preparation; Paralegal & Professional Staffing; Career Development; Announcements for Employment; Annoucements for Legal/Bar Networking events;
 
Music: Artists & Bands; Artists Promotion; Musical Instruments; Musical Supplies; Music Recording Studios; Concert Venues; Ticket Agencies; Artist Booking, Management & Consulting;
 
Personal Fitness: Sports Gyms, Health & Fitness Clubs, YMCA; Personal Trainers; Fitness Apparel; Exercise Equipment; Yoga Classes & Clothing;


Pets & Pet Care: Pet Food; Pet Supplies; Dog Grooming; Dog Walkers; Equine Medicine; Pet-Sitting; Boarding Kennels; Small Animal Veterinary practice; Large Animal Veterinary practice; Animal Hospitals; Horse Riding facilities, inc. Ponies for children's parties;
 
Real Estate, Residential - Buy/Sell/Rent: Apartments; Condominiums; Estates; Farms; Lofts; Single-Family Homes; Townhouses; Investment Opportunities; Retirement Communities; Waterfront Cottages; Weekend Vacation Getaways; by Individuals, Realtors or Realty firms; Relocation specialists;
Real Estate, Residential & Commercial: Appraisal Firms; Architects; Construction firms; Home Repair; Interior Design; Investment opportunities; Mortgage Lending; Real Estate Management Insurance;
Real Estate, Commercial –Buy/Sell/Rent: Realty Firms; Industrial Parks; Technology Parks; Land Development firms;
 
Shopping, Specialty Retail: Antiques & Collectibles; Arts & Crafts; Auto Supplies;
Bait & Tackle; Barbers; Beach Wear; Beauty Salons, inc. Skin care; Bicycle Shop; Books & Magazines; Bridal Shops; Carpets & Tiles; Carpet Cleaning; Cell Phones; Cigars & Tobacco; Coin Shops; Comic Books & Sci-Fi; Computers & Computer Repair; Cosmetics; Diamonds; Draperies & Upholstery; Drug Stores & Pharmacies, inc. ads for OTC & Prescription medicine; E-Cigarettes; Electronics, inc. TV/Stereo/Home Entertainment;
Electronic Repairs; Ethnic stores; Exterminators; Fabric & Sewing; Fitness Apparel; Florist; Mens Formal Wear; Furniture, for Indoor, Outdoor & Office; Glass & Mirror; Gold, Silver, & Precious  Metals; Golf & Tennis, inc. Apparel, Equipment and Instruction; Graphic Design; Greeting Cards & Gifts; Hair Salons; Hardware, inc. Keys; Health Food & Vitamins; Hobby Shop; Home Appliances; Home Improvement; Housewares; Insurance; Jewelers,
inc. Watches; Locksmith, inc. Key sales; Leather Goods; Indoor & Outdoor Lighting; Lingerie; Lumber; Mattress & Bedding; Medical Equipment; Medical Supplies; Mexican Tienda; Nail Salons; Office Supplies; Optical & Sunglasses; Outdoor Sports, inc. Camping, Hiking & Fishing, inc. Fishing Equipment & Bait; Paint;  Party Supplies & Party Costumes; Pawn Shop; Perfume; Photography; Plumbing;  Pottery; Printing; Realtors; Sign & Banners; Sports Wear; Stationary & Engraving; Sporting Goods; Swim Wear; Toys; Travel Agencies; Upholstery;  Online stores;
 
Large Retailing: Department Stores; Drug Stores; Grocery Stores; Home Improvement Stores; Pharmacies;
 

Large Retailing, areas: Antique District; Arts District; Business Improvement Districts; Design District; Duty Free Zones; Enterprise Zones; Fashion/Garment District; Financial District; Fish Markets; Flea Markets; Historic District; Outlet Malls; Produce Markets; Shopping Arcades/Bazaars; Shopping Malls/Arcades; Tech Districts;
 
Aerospace Industry


Agribusiness/Agriculture, Real Estate: Buy/Sell/Rent/Lease: Country Estates; Hobby Farms & Ranches; Lifestyle real estate properties; Rural retreats; Working Farms & Ranches;
 
Agribusiness/Agriculture: Barn construction; Equipment/Products/Services/Supplies;
Agriculture Irrigation; Botanical Gardens; Citrus Industry; Citrus Juice producers; Citrus nurseries; Citrus products; Commodity Crop dusting; Crop Fertilizer & Solutions; Crop Insurance; Crop Protection; Crop Science; Dairy Industry; Ecosystem Restoration; Exotic and Nuisance Plant
Control; Farm Bureau; Farm property Insurance; Farmers Markets; Farming Equipment; Farming Industry; Irrigation Services; Land Management; Low chill Peach tree nurseries & suppliers; Nature Preservation; Plant Nurseries; Ranching Industry; Soil analysis; Soil reclamation; Vegetable
seed companies; Wetland & Upland Restoration and Creation;
 
Agribusiness/Agriculture: Cattlemen's Association; 4-H; FFA; Florida Citrus mutual; Florida Citrus Processors Association; Florida Dept. of Agriculture; Rodeo associations; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture;
 
Air Cargo & Package/Shipping Services
Aircraft: Charter Leasing/Rentals; Parts & Supplies; Service & Maintenance;
Aluminum products & services
Ambulances
Artisans: Ceramics; Ethnic Art; Fabrication; Furniture; Painting; Pottery; Sculpting; Textiles; Welding; Woodworking;

Associations & Clubs: Nonprofit; Professional; Trade;
Auctions/Auctioneers
Audio Visual Equipment: Leasing/Rental/Repair
Audiology: Diagnostics/Audiologists
 
Economic Planning & Development/Business Improvement Districts
 
Energy: Energy Saving Systems for Residential & Commercial; Distributors
of Electricity, Natural Gas, Oil;
Foreign Trade & Commerce, inc. Economic Trade shows

Funeral Homes/Cremation Services/Mortuaries


Import & Export firms


Industrial Hardware, Machine Shop, Metal Works: Drilling, Iron & Steel Fabricationfor Residential & Commercial properties;-Logistics, Shipping & Transportation: Commercial & Consumer Delivery Services; Moving Companies & Moving Supplies, inc. Rental Trucks
Personal Security/Surveillance/Bodyguards/Private Investigators
Private Clubs and Associations: Management Services
 
Radio: Programming promotion
Religious: Books/Clothing/Day School & Instruction
Sports & Athletics: Sporting Good stores; Sports Collectible & Memorabilia Stores; Game ticket sales;
Storage/Warehouse Centers: Residential & Commercial Self-storage Rental Units; Industrial Warehouses; Cold Storage Warehouses;
Television & Cable TV: Programming promotion