Is growth management in South Florida a lost cause?
Monday, September 14th, 2009 by Michael C. Bender
Looking North between Military Trail and Alt. A-1-A in Palm Beach County in this 2005 photo. (Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post)
Joyce Tarnow, president of Floridians for a Sustainable Population, thinks so.
Tarnow called a press conference this afternoon to ask Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet to postpone their decisions on any comprehensive plan changes until voters decide on the so-called Hometown Democracy constitutional amendment in November 2010. The amendment would require comp plan changes to be approved by votes.
Tarnow said the amendment was essentially to save what’s left of Central and North Florida.
“Some people of South Florida say, ‘It’s too late. Everything is already gone,’” she said. “But the Treasure Coast, north-central Florida, northeast Florida – there are a lot of places that still have a lot to lose.”
Asked about that sentiment, 1000 Friends of Florida President Charles Pattison said, “We don’t agree with that.”
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