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
I had originally planned on today talking about the Joanna Coutu "firing" process. I had received my records request information that details the firing from Eric Landon's point of view... Landon is Coutu's boss and the one that fired her. Let's just
Today is a county commission day. Odd that it is not on a Tuesday, but here we are. Today should go pretty quickly. One thing that may get some attention and discussion is Commissioner Kinnard's item to address the Land Development Code after the Pine Ridge ruling a
Happy Wednesday... Yesterday I teased that I was going to talk about what took place behind the scenes with the North Florida Land Trust... so here we go. First, I want to preface this by saying that what we got with the North Florida Land Trust green-print is great
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