"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
Florida’s barrier islands have always been worth the risk to the hundreds of thousands of people living on them. After Hurricane Ian, will Southwest Florida’s islands ever be the same?
“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
The city reported that as Sanibel recovers and rebuilds following Hurricane Ian, many citizens are anxious to return to the island and restore their home. In so
To the editor: Like most of us, I fell in love with Sanibel’s natural beauty the spectacular beaches, the spellbinding sunsets, the vast swaths of undev