DeSantis State Park Commercial Development Plot Not Dead Yet

You would think what part of no would be enough to persuade the DeSantis regime to shelve its suspicious idea to increase commercial development in Florida’s state parks but Noooo!
The latest news is that they have simply put the discussion on hold for another year–half of the time remaining in the governor’s term–to come up with another rationalization for this bad idea.
That means every environmental organization in Florida needs to remain on high alert for further grifting (or graft as spellcheck reminded me).
Meanwhile, there is the suspect land swap that appeared out of nowhere at the June Florida Cabinet meeting to turn over part of Withlacoochee State Forest to a Canadian golf course developer on the outskirts of Brooksville in exchange for a tree farm near Rosewood,. a historic African-American community in Levy County.
That idea will likely come before the state’s Acquistion and Restoration Council later this year.
The property is several miles from Goethe State Forest and the hastily prepared staff report listed the acreage as about 861 acres when it was about 851 acres, according to the Levy County Property Appraiser’s website.
Also missing from the superficial staff analysis is why the property should be accepted. who will manage it etc. etc. etc;.
This all fits with the incompetence and secrecy that surrounded the state park plot.
We must be vigilant.