Happy Friday. What a week. Looking forward to relaxing a bit this weekend and not spending the entire weekend researching... unless something comes up we do not anticipate that requires it... but hopefully we don't get that and we can get back to the hard stuff next week.
Happy Thursday. Man, this past week has been insane. Lot's of traffic on the social media page from the posts last week about the sand mine operating without SWFWMD permits. I have also been extremely busy with the full time photography job as we are now in spring
What a crazy few days. I spent so much time research for the two sand mine articles that I did not really think much beyond that. No idea what I want to cover the rest of the week... my brain is fried at the moment, so we will see what
Last week, we shared some details about the sand mine in Lecanto off of Homosassa trail. The article discussed if mining permits were needed for the location. At the time, according to the county, they are not needed. We also found out on Friday that SWFWMD visited the site and
There is never a dull moment around here... but that also means people are watching/reading what I am writing/posting... I teased this article yesterday with an image of a drone shot over what appears to be a sand mine/borrow pit. The headline with the image was "
I think it is about time we revisit land use cases and what commissioners are supposed to consider when approving/denying them. A quick note. If you own property, you have property rights. We hear that all the time from the BOCC members... "They have property rights." But,
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