Well... I think it is safe to say that among the politically elite, I am probably the most hated person in Citrus County. First the outing of the potential data center... then the sand mine issue being outed... now Betz Farm contract has been cancelled. None of that happens without
A few weeks ago, I blew open the story about the Lecanto Boys, LLC mine site off Homosassa Trail and questioned if they needed a mining permit. At the time, it appeared the county was going on the assumption they were operating under vested use and non-conforming uses. I continued
Happy Monday! I apologize for being MIA this past week for the most part. I have been at a photography conference in St Louis where I was a speaker for the event. We get these cool banners that are larger than life (8ft tall). Kind of weird looking at your
Update on the Sand Mine off of Homosassa Trail. I wrote about the issues a couple of weeks ago. In short, I filed a code complaint over the mining operation that is going on there to provide sand/dirt for the parkway and other projects throughout the county. Code Compliance
Its PDC Thursday. Today will be interesting. The big talk will be about Cabot Farms and their desire to create a new land district call CCR... Cabot Citrus Farms Resort. If approved, this new land district will take the place of the current RUR zoning. Keep in mind here that
Well isn't that something. Yesterday I predicted that the discussion around the Sheriff taking over the jail will only heat up after the news Monday regarding the contraband investigation. Well... that didn't take long. The Sheriff said during the BOCC meeting that he would be willing
It is County Commission Tuesday, so we will spend today going over some agenda items. I keep getting asked when I am addressing the $39m that our CFO called out as waste in the budget. It is coming. I have not had a chance to sit down for a few
Happy Monday!! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Today, we are jumping right on in. We are going back to the BOCC meeting for the VA Clinic approval on March 10th. I received some more public records documents. If you do not remember, this is the meeting where Commissioner Kinnard
What a week it has been. I think many are still recovering from the surprise press conference with CFO Blaise Ingoglia on Tuesday. It is not too often when someone from Tallahassee comes to town... and even rarer when they tell you the county has overspent $39 million dollars. Bad
Crazy week so far. The CFO announcement has ruffled some feathers. I plan on doing a breakdown of the math and how it works. I planned to do it tomorrow, but may need to do it Monday, depending on how a call goes later today that should provide more details.
I had something completely different scheduled for today until yesterday's bombshell press conference with Florida's Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia's. So we change course to discuss that a bit... I will do a full break down later this week, once I do a bit
Over the last couple of weeks, I have spent time photographing the 352 Legends flag football league out at the park complex in Homosassa. I have had a couple of conversations with coaches and parents about the need for more fields. All of the commissioners have discussed it recently and