It is a Monday... not sure what that means other than a start of a new week. Last week was sort of crazy, so it was good to get a bit of a break in writing. But we are back today with a big conversation. The Comprehensive Plan. Tonight is
Wow... what a meeting yesterday. Let's talk about a few things. 1) It is clear this board does not like this page and the influence is has. Over the weekend and on Monday, I talked about a filibuster opportunity for the meeting. Basically, this would be me and
Happy Monday.. As of this writing (6:54am) we are about 34hrs and 6 mins away from the Betz Farm hearing tomorrow. It is at 5pm for those interested in attending... NOT at 1pm. That is the regular meeting. We had a great turnout on Saturday for the workshop. About
3 more business days until Betz Farm and things are changing every day. Before we get into it, I want to share a community workshop I am hosting on Saturday at the Coastal Region Library (Crystal River). It will be from 10am to 12pm. This workshop is to provide people
We are a week away from what will be one of the biggest land use hearings this county has considered. If I am a betting person, I would bet that we see a hearing that we have never seen before. This will be more than a bunch of people filling
As you know, I have been digging into the records that county administrator Steve Howard gave to me. These were call logs from his personal device. In case you missed it, public records laws require the release of most everything related to government. This includes call logs for calls placed
Let's talk Betz Farm. We are within a 2 week window of the October 13th hearing. Next Tuesday, we find out what documents have been provided by the applicant and the intervenor. I do know that the Joanna Coutu issue is going to take center stage. I personally
We are now less than 2 weeks from the biggest land hearing this county has had in a long while and probably one of the most contentious... Betz Farm. Tomorrow we will dive into that a bit, new things happening and so on. Today, we are going to talk about
Today, we are going to talk about public records. This will be the 2nd part of my conversation from last week. If you recall, County Administrator Steve Howard has been asked in a public records request to provide phone call records of calls that he has made related to his
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Fall is certainly getting close. A couple of days below 75 degrees is a nice change from the constant 90+ degree weather. I certainly enjoy running in cooler weather... so hopefully it sticks around a bit. Today, we are going to talk about
What a crazy week it has been and we still have the rest of today and tomorrow to go. * Monday BOCC votes to not move the ordinance forward that would have potentially avoided a Pine Ridge golf course issue with Betz Farm. * Tuesday we talked the data leak of personal
Well... yesterday was interesting. Not going to mention too much about it... but let's just say... I ruffled some feathers with the article and posts about the records that were not protected. The sentiment from some online was to attack the messenger and not that processes that allowed