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Dismantling Growth Management?

user icon CIVIC Concern | Mar 27, 2009 | there are 1 comments 1

Several bills moving through the legislature would greatly affect Florida's growth management process.  Legislators are considering eliminating the Department of Community Affairs, the agency that works with local communities to help control and manage growth and protect the environment. There is also a bill to make it easier for developers to fill in wetlands and build on them.  

Legislators argue the changes will spur economic development.  Environmentalists and advocates of smart growth oppose the changes, pointing out the hundreds of thousands of new homes sitting empty and arguing that destroying Florida's environment and encouraging urban sprawl won't attract new jobs, residents or tourists to the state.

What do you think?  For more information, visit CIVIC's article.

Poll

Should the legislature dismantle the Department of Community Affairs and ease wetland restrictions?
» Yes. It will spur economic growth and create jobs. 25%
» No. We have enough empty houses. We need to protect Florida's environment and quality of life. 75%

Votes: 4
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tags Growth management, environment (all tags)


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Our economy today is getting worse and it's not a secret that most of us is struggling hard just to meet our ends. That's why some parents are having a hard time sending their kids to school because of the tuition fees and other expenses. Today, Students and parents alike are wondering about the outcome of the FCAT scores 2009. The FCAT, or Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, is the state assessment test administered every year from grade 3 to grade 11. The results of the test in grade 10 (sophomore year of high school) are the results that determine if the student will graduate, making FCAT scores 2009 a cause of anxiety, or celebration. They also bear on college admissions, unless a student wants to avoid personal loans and get their Associates at a community college and transfer from there. (It cuts costs, and the credits count.) Hopefully, few students will need credit repair with academia as a result of FCAT scores 2009.

user icon Jada | Jun 03, 2009 | rated none by 0 others

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