DEATH BY TOLL ROAD
Development is the most serious threat to the Florida environment, since it brings people and concrete, destroys agricultural land and depletes our water supplies. OSFR has over thirty posts on this topic. Because the people […]
Development is the most serious threat to the Florida environment, since it brings people and concrete, destroys agricultural land and depletes our water supplies. OSFR has over thirty posts on this topic. Because the people […]
Since our recent post “Is M-CORES running scared?” we have new information regarding current and planned activities of those in power who want to further destroy rural Florida with unnecessary development. The current virus crisis […]
M-CORES is seeking support from the public. Are they losing backing, or just now realizing they never had it? So much has changed in the last few months, and now we see a group […]
Development takes precedence over preservation once again, this time in Pasco County where the commissioners have allowed a road to be built through a nature preserve. Trees have been cut and wetlands destroyed and […]
Great news from Levy County, whose commissioners officially tell the State of Florida that they do not want the toll roads in their county. The “no build” option has never been presented to the […]
Here is a story that is too common: a developer wants to build a city on an established wilderness area (Econ River Wilderness Area), is denied by county commissioners, so he sues. Now he is […]
In a rare win for environmentalists, an administrative law judge denied a billion-dollar highway extension pushed by developers, county planners, the mayor of Miami, and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, which is a toll road […]
Well, any Ethics Board that would not find John Miklos guilty would certainly not condemn Mr. Beruff. Also, Manatee County authorities are not known for their concern over the environment — they have flagrantly jumped […]
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