Florida's Shame editorials and multimedia

Traffic jams. Species near extinction. Environmental jewels tarnished. Who are the villains? Can fiascoes be fixed? It's all in this special 5-part editorial series: Growth doesn't have to loot the landscape or ruin Central Florida. Read the series, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist this year. The 1987 editorials below won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988.

THE SERIES

SUNDAY: Losing paradise: How we've all been duped

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MONDAY: Failure to launch: How your elected officials have left you stuck in traffic

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TUESDAY: Dollars for Dummies: Five easy steps to get rich quick in Orange County

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WEDNESDAY: The new villains: Cities invade Central Florida's wilderness

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THURSDAY: Eagles for Sale: Will Osceola drive away America's bird?

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April 2, 2006

FIRST IN A FIVE-PART SERIES

Florida's Shame -- Losing paradise

We feel duped. How about you?

April 3, 2006

SECOND IN A FIVE-PART SERIES

Florida's Shame -- Failure to launch

Did you enjoy your commute this morning? Neither did we.

April 4, 2006

THIRD IN FIVE-PART SERIES

Florida's Shame -- Dollars for Dummies: Five easy steps to get rich quick in Orange County

Lesson 1 -- Find an attractive project like Orange County's Innovation Way to latch on to. Remember the new buzz words: living, working and playing, all in the same area. That's what Innovation Way would do. But don't exactly do Innovation Way. That's much too expensive. Instead, find some rural land next door.

April 5, 2006

FOURTH IN FIVE-PART SERIES

Florida's Shame -- The new villains

Like happy endings? Then you might not want to read this.

April 6, 2006

FIFTH IN A FIVE-PART SERIES

Florida's Shame -- Eagles for sale?

Want to hear another great thing about living in Central Florida? Right near Kissimmee, at the Osceola and Polk county border, we have the richest concentration of bald-eagle nests in the U.S. Even richer than Alaska. That state has far more bald eagles than we do, but we have more eagle nests close to one another: 329 in both counties.

December 4, 2006

EDITORIAL

Florida's Shame -- The real Florida?

Ever wonder who has the real power in the New Florida? We're about to find out.

December 3, 2006

EDITORIAL

Florida's Shame -- How to kill the Scrub Jay

Welcome to the New Central Florida. It took a while, but finally everyone agrees that you don't kill the critters just so developers can make a few extra million off the next megadevelopment.