rather than increase intensity within developed areas, our brilliant legislature is proposing to dissolve any rural boundaries established by local rural boundaries / greenbelts this article focuses on Orange County but lots of counties have rural Florida bill that would undo rural boundaries clears first committee A controversial legislative proposal that would restrict local development control cleared its first Senate committee hearing this week, with members of the Community Affairs committee voting 5-3 to advance the measure. Senate Bill 1118 would retroactively dismantle a rural boundary charter amendment approved by 73% of Orange County voters in November, as well as any other such referendums enacted after June 1, 2011. .............................................. “I’m going to vote for the bill, because I have the opportunity to intervene in the future,” Passidomo said Monday. “But I think this bill goes too far.” Passidomo’s concern is that, as currently written, the bill would “usurp the right” of locally-elected officials to act on behalf of their constituents, she said. “What this [bill] is doing, I believe, is saying: okay, let's do one project after the other with just administrative approval,” Passidomo said. “Is that good or bad? I don't know, but I think the people who live there should have the opportunity to weigh in on it.”
The sponsor is a developer, and this bill is overriding the will of the people. We’ve got a problem with unaccountable term limited politicians that bounce from one office to the next and bend over for their biggest donors
The Mormon group in Orlando that owns land by the airport was denied development and is still pushing for this
