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The More Things Change the More They Remain the Same, Chapter 1
“We’d like to reach the point where we are not so dependent economically on the tourist and the vagaries of the weather. We are going to redouble our efforts to bring more industry into the South Broward area.”
— Lou Barrish, chairman,
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
The More Things Change the More They Remain the Same, Chapter 2
Trend noted that “property value assessments in Florida are a controversial issue, all too thoroughly involved with inconsistency and confusion. Despite the constitutional principle that the state shall have ‘a uniform and equal rate of taxation,’ discrepancies are wide.”
Voice in the Wilderness?
Florida Trend's first issue, April 1958
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Trend also reported that “Winston-Salem, Durham and Raleigh in North Carolina, the area which includes the universities, Wake Forest and Duke, is being advertised these days as the ‘research triangle.’ Jacksonville’s Florida Times-Union suggests that Florida should go them one better; “it should provide equal educational facilities, and then promote itself as the research state.”
What Were We Thinking?
Under a headline, “Lighter Side,” ran the following:
“Men who detour on the way home from the office for a few cocktails at their favorite drinkery may ponder the cost of this habit. One way to budget the bottle is to start a tavern in the home, with the Little
Woman as bartender. ... Capitalize your wife with $55 for a case of your favorite tranquillizer. There are 240 snorts in
a case. Buy all your drinks from your wife at 60 cents a copy. ... Keep this up for 20 years and she’ll have $27,085.37
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