To me, it’s indicative of a Florida county struggling with growth and how to handle it.
We’re facing the reality that the city of Vero Beach, with an estimated 18,000 people (50% fewer than Sebastian), is the second biggest city in the county and only a fraction of its 165,395 population.
While it has many of the county’s top assets beach parks, shopping areas, hotels it no longer controls a larger area by serving it with electricity. That means folks adjacent to the city no longer prop up Vero Beach’s general fund, which pays to maintain so many of the city’s parks.