============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � August 29, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ FARMWORKERS WINCE AT PROSPECT OF PENDING JOB CRISIS Each day that more of their not-yet orange paychecks tumble to the ground, fear mounts for thousands of citrus workers. Struggling to rebuild hurricane-torn mobile homes, many of Florida�s farmworkers face the stark reality of not getting work this season. Hurricane Charley wiped out an estimated 20 percent, or $150 million, of the state�s citrus crop with DeSoto and Hardee counties among the hardest hit. PROPERTY TAX NOTICES WON�T REFLECT STORM�S DAMAGE When Hurricane Charley swept through Florida, no one was thinking about their property tax bill. But only a couple of weeks after Charley caused billions of dollars in damage, property appraisers have no choice but to mail out property tax bills to homes that were severely damaged or destroyed in the hurricane. Those bills don�t factor in the hurricane because under Florida law all properties are assessed for their value as of January 2004. GOSS CRITICIZED OVER 1999 FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE BILL With a one-page bill U.S. Rep. Porter Goss sponsored in 1999, he opened the door for residents of North Captiva to get federally subsidized flood insurance and have taxpayers pay for damages from storm surge on the barrier island. About 200 acres of the island had been included under a program begun in 1982 that prohibited certain barrier islands and parts of barrier islands from being covered by taxpayer-supported national flood insurance. SATURDAY NIGHT FIRE DESTROYS NAPLES MEXICAN RESTAURANT Fire destroyed The Hammock Mexican Cantina in Naples late Saturday night and flames shot more than 20 feet into the air, sending a plume of thick, black smoke drifting over parts of downtown. The cause of the fire, which broke out just before 9 p.m., at the Mexican restaurant off Goodlette-Frank Road, near Grand Central Station, was not immediately known. Naples police reported no injuries at press time. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.marconews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: PHIL LEWIS: CHARLEY � READ ALL ABOUT IT, AND LEARN The images wrought by Hurricane Charley burn like a branding iron. A drive up Interstate 75 through Charlotte County reveals more than any of us would desire to see. You don�t even have to get off the main highway to be startled. For me the most amazing � and haunting � image was that of long, silver highway light poles felled by the storm. Dozens were limply drapped along the road as if a giant blow torch was used to heat and soften them into curious shapes. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS FACE HURDLES AFTER STORM Angel Lopez examined a blue flier that read in English and Spanish, �Disaster Assistance is Available Now,� but discarded it as soon as Federal Emergency Management Agency workers moved on to another house in this neighborhood of migrant farmworkers. Lopez had no intention of applying for federal assistance even though Hurricane Charley ripped off part of the roof of the home he rents and damaged his possessions. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: DAUGHTER�S SPINAL SURGERY TEACHES LESSONS IN MEDICINE, COURAGE The day I�d dreaded and fought against for five years was upon me. My daughter�s surgery day. Even though her life wasn�t threatened by her condition, this was major back surgery, and if anything went wrong, her quality of life hung in the balance. Were we doing the right thing? The biggest risk was that she would come out of the surgery paralyzed for life. On the other hand, a successful surgery would mean her back problem, an �S� curve of the spine called scoliosis, would be corrected so it wouldn�t cause her greater problems such as decreased lung function as she grew into adulthood. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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