Ok... I'm gonna respond here, myself... just to get it to move on down the road!

Firstly, thanks for the suggestions and tia to anyone else who has some. I do not feel capable of contacting TV people - I don't even own one - but this morning went to "info-gossip central", a bookstore-cafe in the area and put it out there. The proprietor knows a lot of local people. Odds are somebody will call the tv stations before the end of the day. Little bit more information gleaned from the same visit. The guy who is getting the project cancelled wants to run for city council and take the place of the current council person. The current council person is a relative of the mayor who was appointed to the position when another relative who ably held the position died. Rather like a soap opera, isn't it? It's capped by the fact of the mayor is currently running for govenor. The current council person is ok, but not great. The current council person represents this area but feels the money should be spent in another section of the city and has said this in the past in public forums. This area has not had any development or "planning" for over thirty years and this project is important to the small/medium retailers who are located on this street and is key to attracting/retaining more. One last bubble in the soap opera, the mayor lives in the area affected by the change.

We own a Beneteau Oceanis B331 - used to own a 19' Cobia! - we also have a Sunfish, and a kayak - my son used to be a competitive 420 sailor in high school and taught 420's and Opti's to the little guys at AYC We also had a Laser and a Rainbow (which we sold when he was in college) According to DH, you can never have too many boats! His dream is to live aboard the Sailboat & have a small canal house for the quests! The 473 is a beautiful boat!!! I am sure she handled the trip to Florida easily. Keep your boys in Junior Sailing- once they start racing & traveling, they will meet and keep friends from all over the U.S. Congrats on following and achieving your dream!

So sorry to hear about that. It is really disappointing when that happens. I have interviewed for a few jobs in my company over the years. It took a couple of years but I finally got the job I wanted. It ended up working out better for me in the end. So when you interviewed, did you interview with a panel? If so, maybe you could pull one of them aside and find out if you did something they didn't like in the interview. I did that when I was turned down and I'm glad I asked. I hadn't really done anything wrong, I just didn't "wow" them. I got some great pointers from the person I asked. Also the next time I interviewed, this person was on the panel again. I got the job that time, finally. Don't give up. You will get something eventually.