MIAMI-The proposal would authorize a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to exempt from property taxes those Florida airports and seaports owned by municipal governments or special-taxing districts.

ORLANDO-Tampa lawyer Bob Martinez tells US Bankruptcy Judge Arthur B. Briskman he was on a monthly retainer from 1994 to 1998, while in private law practice, for Evergreen Security Ltd., a non-licensed British Virgin Islands-based firm that operated from Downtown Orlando.

BOCA RATON, FL-In a move to increase shareholder value, a group led by the New York-based securities broker-dealer proposes alternative courses of action for the management and operation of the locally based commercial real estate property company headquartered 42 miles north of Miami.

ORLANDO-The developer plans 1,500 homes and 200,000 sf of commercial, office and retail space at the 948-acre Vista Lakes northeast of Orlando International Airport.