The House has passed a bill Florida's top planning official says would undermine the state's growth management laws. ...more

April 29, 2009

The Department of Community Affairs and the Department of state were invited to the Sunset Review Committee to answer questions, according to State Rep. Denise Grimsley. ...more

March 28, 2009

When the state's development friendly lawmakers aren't trying to undo growth management laws, they're trying to gut or eliminate altogether the agency charged with enforcing them, the Department of Community Affairs. ...more

March 8, 2009

A state planning requirement to provide ample road or other transportation capacity before new development can take place was designed to stop urban sprawl, but it's had the opposite effect. ...more

February 19, 2009

State scientists counted a record number of manatees during an annual survey last week, a sign the endangered mammal might be recovering in some areas of Florida. ...more

January 28, 2009

Opportunity In Slowdown Victoria Tschinkel misses a key point in advocating sustainable urban development for Florida (Views, Dec. 14). Indeed, she discounts one of the critical ingredients to further this goal. She argues for the preservation of growth management laws that inhibit and render more expensive the urban growth she seeks to promote. ...more

December 18, 2008

Florida is in a painful pause, as is most of the world. I suggest that we view this period, to the extent that we can, as not as being in the middle of a bad accident on the way to the emergency room, but allow ourselves to be in a sunny convalescence, planning for our healthful future. ...more

December 14, 2008

Here is the bottom line: Hometown Democracy is too extreme and, if passed, will ultimately result in a costly, ineffective attempt to address Florida's growth issues. ...more

January 16, 2008