"People were like, ‘What’s going on?’” At 8 a.m. last Thursday morning, Jane West found herself sitting in a State Affairs Committee of 21 leaders from Florida’s House of Representatives in Tallahassee. She was joined by other incredulous observers asking the same question, as the elected officials decided to move House Bill 1515 forward to
“What is Tallahassee afraid of that citizens will get it wrong? That their local elected governments will get it wrong? . We are a government of the people, and these types of laws do not reflect that.” Sen. Lori Berman, a Democrat from District 31 in Palm Beach County. “People were like, ‘What’s
SMART Florida environmental policy and smart-growth advocates are feverishly lobbying against eight legislative proposals that they say will strip local governments of authority, open the door to unregulated development and hamstring taxpayers who choose to fight back. And, they say, the bills filed in the current session are in direct opposition to executive orders Ron