Metro I-4 News

Above the fold

• Sentinel: print-St. Johns: A river at risk? online-Men in car flee from deputies, crash into brick wall
• Ledger: online-Rail Project Took Long Time to Get on Track
• Tribune: print-Pope: Inspect Your Life online-Those Prank Calls To 911 Don’t Amuse Authorities
• Times: print-Lethal Injection is Upheld online-‘Sex after 60?’ mirrors their lives

Property tax fallout:

The Tampa Tribune says that Hillsborough County’s taxable property values are falling lower than local governments expected. The St. Pete Times says Pinellas County’s taxable property values are falling lower than local governments expected. The Orlando Sentinel says tax cuts could mean steep spending cuts in Lake County. The Ledger says Lake Wales could be $400,000 below projected revenues by fiscal year’s end.

Opinion/Editorial:

• Times: On Rays stadium, wait till facts are in
• Trib: Transportation Planning Agency Must Rev Up Its Enthusiasm
• Ledger: Getting A Fill Of Dr. Phil (yesterday)
• Sentinel: Overly cautious legal advice would make Orange’s reforms meaningless

This, that:

The Sentinel tells us the FCAT-based grades of each high school in Central Florida, and that Orlando’s outlet centers are battling for customers.

If you only read one story linked from Metro I-4 News today, this is the one: The Ledger’s top story includes the history of Orlando’s push for light rail, and how it led to the current CSX shenanigans.