There has been an interesting trend recently... I am starting to get challenged on how I do things around here. It is not unexpected because I am beginning to shake trees that have never been shaken. We all know that there is a "circle of influence" as I
At the August 25, 2026 BOCC meeting, the board discussed the Kensington access to the new Home Depot in Inverness. To catch you up... back in March of 2025, the BOCC approved a request by Citrus Hills to allow Kensington to be used for an access point for Home Depot.
Oh man... What a tangled web we weave. On Friday, I wrote about Commissioner Holly Davis' trip to Denver to speak at Rally 2026... a land conservation conference. This was mentioned by her at the August 26th BOCC meeting during the Pulte application. Here is the quote. “I have
Its a County Commission meeting day. There is not a whole not going on today on the agenda, so it should be a pretty quick meeting. There are two applications the board will consider after 5pm. One is for Citrus Hills to expand the commercial square footage in front of
Today, we are going to chat a bit about county commissioners and their representation of Citrus County. At the hearing for the Pulte Group project on Tuesday, Commissioner Holly Davis was pushing back on the idea that she was not really conservation minded due to members of the public questioning
If you like watching an indecisive government, the special meeting yesterday did not disappoint. Ultimately, the board voted 5-0 (not happily) to let the Pine Ridge ruling stand and not pursue an appeal. There will be an agenda item at a future meeting to address the issues that the
Today is the special meeting to discuss the Pine Ridge case and for the board to decide if they want to appeal the decision made by the court. This will be an interesting discussion for sure. This will also be an important one. Next week Citrus Hills is coming to
It is Tuesday, so that means the agenda comes out for the next BOCC meeting next week. This should come around 5pm today and will give us the first look at what is coming to the next BOCC meeting. Today, we are going back to the Lecanto Sand mine site.
Its Monday.. Time for a new week of Citrus County politics and happenings. The first thing today... I want to mention that Wednesday we will have a special meeting where the BOCC will discuss the Pine Ridge decision and decide if they want to appeal it. There are a few
Wow.. It seems like yesterday's post about becoming a charter county is pretty popular. The Facebook page has over 200 comments as of this morning. I think I only saw one or two comments that were outright against the idea. So it seems like it is a pretty
I have been thinking a lot lately about what it would look like if Citrus County were to become a Charter County. Let's have that discussion. First, for those that do not know, Counties and Cities have the ability to create a Charter that guides their county. This
I do not even know what to say. Yesterday the BOCC approved by a 3-2 vote the Pulte Homes project on SR200. This is yet ANOTHER up zoning project at the request of a well known developer. Seems that we have an issue saying "no" to certain