February 2011
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Bruce Ritchie reports on new DCA Secretary's plans... →
New DCA Secretary Billy Buzzett, a former St. Joe Company developer, says: “I think it’s really more important — not me, but what’s the state’s role in community planning in the future, whether it’s DCA or whoever it will be.”
Hernando Commission approves development on former... →
Excerpt:
Former county Commissioner Bobbi Mills spoke out against the project saying, “In the long run, it’s going to cost this county a tremendous amount of money in services that are needed.”
Local resident Richard Ross also urged a no vote. He said if commissioners approved the project, they should hire someone to change the signs calling the county the “Nature...
Gov. Scott announces DCA and DEP merger and cuts →
Excerpt: ”Scott’s “Jobs Budget” would move the Division of Community Planning at the Florida Department of Community Affairs to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. DEP would retain only 10 of the 61 planning positions now at DCA as it focuses less on overseeing growth management decisions by local government, according to the governor’s budget...
EPA Administrator defends enforcement of Clean... →
Gwen Keyes Fleming, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Southeast, explains why cooperation to meet clean water standards in Florida is so important.
“We must find common ground because poor water quality directly affects not only public health and the environment, but also tourism and jobs. Florida’s tourism industry — the state’s No. 1 industry — employs nearly 1...