Very little surprises me anymore with local government officials, but yesterday it happened when Commissioner Kinnard mis-stated the truth about not having ex-parte communication regarding the application. During the 5:01pm hearing for the VA Clinic application to build a new VA clinic in Lecanto, County Attorney Denise Lyn asked
Big day today at the BOCC meeting. The key things of the day (in my opinion). * 1:30pm - Budget Presentation * 1:45pm - Nature Coast Forever Conservation Planning Study (Sales Tax talk) * E9 - Animal Shelter discussion * M1 - Commercial Watercraft and Tour Permit Program * 5:01pm - VA
I hope everyone had a great week last week and weekend! I am back from my trip and ready to get back to the day to day of this page. I had a pretty busy weekend, so rather than something new today, I am jumping back to the Tara Salute
Tomorrow is March 5th, which means it is a Planning and Development Commission (PDC) meeting. Looking at the agenda, there is only one application being considered, but that is a big one... the Holder Industrial Park and the "Data Center". I use quotes there because it is not
Time to remind everyone of the rules of Quasi-Judicial proceedings. On Friday, a news article and video from Tampa Bay 28 came out discussing data centers and potential environmental impact. It seemed innocent enough, until County Commissioner Jeff Kinnard was shown during the interview talking about the Deltona application for
This is a reminder to all government and elected officials... Your public social pages are likely considered town squares. They are subject to the same First Amendment protections as someone standing in front of the court house. If you make a post there, assuming it is something county/city related
Happy Friday... I think that is what day it is anyway. I tend to lose track of days this time of year as I am in and out of the office. The BOCC meeting yesterday did not help as it was not on its normal Tuesday. Speaking of which... Commissioner
County Commission Tuesday!! Seems that today will be a "boring" government day. I looked at the agenda and do not see anything contentious for once. It's good to have an "easy" day... although the 5pm hearing about the townhouses/multifamily housing may get some
I am back... for a few days at least. For my real job (photography), this is conference season. I am a brand ambassador for a few different companies in the photography world and that means I travel to different conferences this time of year. I was in Destin since Friday
In this Episode, I sit down the Commissioner Holly Davis to discuss the Citrus Hope Project, North Florida Land Trust survey, Road Resurfacing, Road Funding, and Transportation Concurrency. Enjoy!
In case you missed it, Andy Paden from 10 Tampa Bay News reached out to me yesterday for an interview. He had come across my asphalt plant story and was planning on coming up to Crystal River to do a story and asked if I would be interested in speaking
Citrus County... meet Dr Holli Herndon. She is running against Rebecca Bays for County Commissioner for District 4. I have had a couple of conversations with her over the last couple of weeks and want to share what I have learned so far and provide some insight into who she