23 Dec

Posted at 17:04h in Blog

Boca Raton's FIRST AND ONLY ELECTION 2020 POLL - VOTE NOW! Here's your chance to have your voice be heard! [gravityform id="8" title="true" description="false" action="polls" style="green" mode="poll" cookie="1 month" show_results_link="true" display_results="true" percentages="true" counts="true"]...

09 Oct

Posted at 15:17h in Blog, Boca Raton News
I have been collecting people's email addresses for around a year now, letting you all opt-in. Almost 100 people from all over Boca have given me their addresses and let me know what communities you all call home. This is really cool. I appreciate being let known that you're visiting the site and finding the information here to be valuable to you.

03 Oct

Posted at 10:27h in Blog, Boca Raton News, Education

How can Boca parents keep kids* informed about the changing world around them? 4boca.com has aggregated news headlines relevant specifically to the people of Boca Raton, updated daily. These headlines are on the home page, organized by location: Boca Raton, Florida, USA, the Internet and the...

15 Jul

Posted at 11:14h in Blog, Boca Raton News
I've been aggregating news here on 4boca.com by automatic, manual and now pseudo-automatic technology. Visitors have noted how some links point to sites that are paywalled, like the Sun-Sentinel and Palm Beach Post. It's annoying to be linked to a story that you can't read. I understand. I get annoyed by this too. I'm making an intentional effort to avoid doing this moving forward.

14 Feb

Posted at 08:35h in Blog
Crocker Partners, the developers who built Mizner Park and Boca Center, recently acquired another Boca Raton property, formerly known as T-Rex, the site where IBM developed the first personal computers. Now named the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC), this historically significant property is unequaled, priceless in more ways than one. But how has the birth place of the PC fared over the decades? What condition is it in today? I wanted to know so I went to the site and asked questions. I learned that Crocker has plans for this property, betting on its best days being ahead.

30 Jan

Posted at 11:07h in Blog
I've been to marijuana dispensaries in both Colorado and California - for journalistic purposes of course.  They're weird - different from any other businesses. If you've never been inside one and wonder what it's like inside, read on. The style of dispensary I'm going to describe here is different in several ways to the ones we have in Florida that dispense strictly medical marijuana. I'll also explain why I think legalizing medical marijuana without legalizing recreational marijuana promotes behavior that's worse than the effects of drugs.

19 Dec

Posted at 11:18h in Blog, Boca Raton News, Community

After many months and a special election the City has released the conclusions and plans derived from community input around the re-zoning of Boca's Midtown area. Surprisingly, in spite of the visioning session seemingly being restricted to discussing plans that allowed re-zoning, the conclusions derived from it involve no new residential allowances at all. 

06 Dec

Posted at 10:24h in Blog, Boca Raton News

4boca.com has an awesome new business directory exclusively for Boca. Getting listed is easy, fast, and involves no obligation. If you've got a business in Boca it's free to you. Click here to enter your business listing for FREE. Getting attention for your business is Boca Raton isn't...

12 Nov

Posted at 10:52h in Blog
Once upon a time there was a Dad who wanted a slice of pizza. So he baked two pies. He knew his family and everyone else who showed up would eat most of it, but he didn't care. That's just the way it is when you're the dad. Then when he was done cleaning up the kitchen he came out to get his slice. To his shock both pies were gone. Nobody thought to save him a slice, stick their head in the kitchen, ask if they could help. They all just ate as much as they could while they could. And the dad got none.

07 Nov

Posted at 11:44h in Blog, Polls and Surveys
The winners of the 2018 Nov 6th Election turned out to be the exact match to our poll prediction. This was the first time a political poll was run here on 4boca. The results were pretty good. There's a very simple reason why this poll turned out to be accurate. Read on to learn how accurate we were and how representative this poll was of the local and statewide population that voted.