Rick Scott strips DCA of "regulatory functions" and plans to merge agencies

[wsansewjs]

And in Volusia and Brevard counties, 59,000 acres of trees and rural lands are getting ready to be bulldozed for the Farmton Development. Volusia  county has approved 23,000 homes and 1.4 million square feet of commercial space.

Just what Brevard County needs - more suburban and exurban sprawl.  Just about the entire county is nothing but that.  And it isn't even necessarily a "suburb" of an "urb!"

Brevard County is just completely TRASHED. Everytime I go through the county, it sicken to my stomach. I wish they could slow the *bleepin* down, and actually integrate / maintain the whole Space Coast identity.

-Josh

[Garden guy]

i'd love to see our thief of a governors bank account so we can all see how much cash he's making on these "private" deals he's making with developers....i tell you guys...he's not to be trusted..and we can all thank the republicans of this state for voting him in.

[JeffreyS]

a link to:

"Relationship Between Growth and Prosperity in 100 largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas"
can be found at    www.fodorandassociates.com

Fodor & Associates,a consulting firm based in Eugene Oregon and specializing in studying the fiscal,econiomic,and environmental impacts of urban growtrh and land development.
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The latest update from Hometown Democracy (Amend 4) begins:
"The hand-wringing of newspaper editorial pages continues over the promised demise of the Department of Community Affairs.Of course,the media lied through their teeth about Amendment 4,and now it's back to business as usual."

The Hometown update also notes a proposal is being floated to preserve 150,000 acres north of lake Okeechobee.
www.palmbeachpost.com/news/stste/turning-ranches-into-one big-refuge-1218687. html

Up here in Jacksonville there is a companion proposal centering around an emerging conservation ethic embracing "working" forests,ranch/ag and large scale rural and natural areas,interconnected state wide.
See various sites relating to Osceola to Ocala (National Forest),Conservation Trust for Florida

My guess is the people who had the better jobs were not moving so their areas in terms of these demographics were improved by subtraction.   The areas with growth probably have more opportunities for people they just are not realized instantly by the new people arriving.  I do not believe you can draw the linear conclusion that growth hurts an area.