They Are at it Again

Jul-13-2009 St. Petersburg Times
Crist Signs Bad Growth Law, is 'Punished' With $4.3 Million in Campaign Contributions
Our cheerful governor, Charlie Crist, gutted Florida's laws on growth by signing the awful Senate Bill 360. Who needs roads, anyway? Just let the builders build, and we'll figure out the rest later. How the editorial pages thundered, the...
Jul-11-2009 Miami Herald
Cities Right to Challenge Growth Law
Cities in South Florida and other parts of Florida filed suit this week in Tallahassee claiming that Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature violated the state Constitution with a new growth-management law. Good for them.
Jul-10-2009 Destin Log
Gaetz Talks Development, Budget Cuts in Destin
Requiring developers to pay for putting more cars on the road says that “if you bring jobs to this state, we’re going to penalize you,” State Sen. Don Gaetz told Destin Rotary this week.
Jul-09-2009 The Citrus Daily
Local Governments Sue State Over Growth Management Bill
Saying it will end up costing local government more, a coalition of cities and counties on Wednesday filed suit against the state voter Senate Bill 360, a growth management bill that, among other things, loosens development restrictions in the state...
Jul-09-2009 Miami Herald
Local Governments Sue Over Florida's New Growth-Management Law
TALLAHASSEE -- A group of local governments, including several from South Florida, sued Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature on Wednesday, accusing the state of violating its constitution in passing a growth-management law that opponents bash as a...
Jul-08-2009 Orlando Sentinel
Cities Sue to Block Lawmakers' Growth Management Repeal
A group of local governments has sued to block a new law that critics said could force the public to pay more for roads serving new strip malls, planned communities and other developments.
Jul-08-2009 South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Broward Cities Sue State Over Growth Management Repeal
A group of local governments -- including the city of Weston -- has sued to block a new law Florida legislators passed last spring that critics said could fuel sprawl and force the public to pay more for roads around new strip malls, planned...
Jun-11-2009 Florida Times-Union
Crist Vetoes Shands Jacksonville Relief Bill
Crist said he rejected the bill because of a provision that would have allowed a two-thirds majority of Jacksonville City Council to charge the sales tax without voter approval; voters also could have approved the tax in a referendum.
Mar-29-2009 Tallahassee Democrat
John Charles Thomas: Florida Faces Pension Crisis
With state and local budgets in fiscal free fall, many of Florida's cities are looking at their revenues and expenses to judge how to improve their fiscal responsibilities.

Stay Informed