Yup, it's true. I was at last week's Lake County (FL) meeting of the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) when they voted on the Horizon 2030 Comprehensive Land Plan ( Comp Plan) during a public hearing. The Comp Plan is a 350 page set of regulations pushed through by Democrat liberals under the cover of appointments by the REPUBLICAN Board. However, the "Republican" (aka small government) Board members Elaine Renick and Linda Stewart pushed this through by outsmarting the sleeping Land Owners and Lake County Republican Party. I watched as Stewart was in the halls consulting with local liberal leader Rob Kelly. It was not a pretty sight. I gotta admit, I felt like I was watching a six hour fog of verbal versions of the Visigoths invading a country (see the picture). But, it took two emails from the Builder and Landowner's lobby spokesman Don Magruder and his blog, Right Side of the Lake, to uncover exactly what went on. You can read his two recent postings HERE. Basically, the five member Board (BCC) were to meet last Tuesday to finalize four changes to the Comp Plan (they were the only ones on the agenda), then vote to approve... Read more →
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