Welfare drug-testing yields 2 percent positive results
Since the state began testing welfare applicants for drugs in July, about 2 percent have tested positive. Another 2 percent did not complete the process, leaving ninety-six percent proved to be drug free -- and leaving the state on the hook to reimburse the cost of their tests. The initiative may save the state a few dollars anyway, bearing out one of Gov. Rick Scott's arguments for implementing it. But the low test fail-rate undercuts another of his arguments: that people on welfare are more likely to use drugs. [Source: Tampa Tribune]MUST-KNOW FLORIDIAN
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Sarasota's METI sold to Canadian firm
Sarasota County's Medical Education Technologies Inc., which makes vinyl-coated human health-care simulators, has been acquired by CAE Healthcare, a division of a Quebec, Canada-based company in a similar but broader line of work, for $130 million.
The buyer CAE, which employs 7,500 and annual revenues of $1.7 billion, said the acquisition of METI makes it a "leader in simulation-based technology for health care." [Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
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Tiger Woods moving his business empire to Jupiter
Tiger Woods has leased a Jupiter office building and plans to move his business empire from Orlando. The move signals Woods' growing presence in northern Palm Beach County.
He owns a palatial oceanfront mansion in nearby Jupiter Island. Increasingly, he has been spotted in and around town at area restaurants, including Cabo Flats at the Downtown at the Gardens shopping center in Palm Beach Gardens.
In addition, his top executives have been putting down roots in the exclusive Frenchman's Reserve community.
[Source: Palm Beach Post]
Tech park crumbles at Southwest Florida International
Wrong time and, perhaps, the wrong place.
That's what some people familiar with Madden Research Loop at Southwest Florida International are suggesting, as developers of the proposed bioscience and technology park prepare to bow out.
Gulf Coast Technology Center Inc. - a Florida affiliate of Denver-based John Madden Co. - has asked Lee County Port Authority to terminate its ground lease for nearly 25 acres on the international airport's north side.
[Source: Fort Myers News-Press]
At Polo Club, a new complex makes a point of hiring local workers
More than 100 workers in hard hats are working on a $4.5 million resort-style pool complex you can see from the ballroom at the Polo Club of Boca Raton.
There's a zero-edge pool, a grotto with a whirlpool, an outdoor café, poolside cabanas for massages, gazebos, new locker and rest rooms and a multi-purpose activity center. "We have to bring our amenities up to attract a new generation of members," said general manager and COO Alex Raimondi.
But there's more at work here then a splashy new amenity to keep Polo Club on top in Boca's competitive country club real estate market. Raimondi is going on the offensive about the sensitive issue of employing local workers on the project.
[Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
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