Curated news about Florida and Collier County governing bodies, elected officials, and the issues they address
Top stories: Next year’s tax rates and budgets to be adopted this month; Collier County reviews its rural growth plan amid looming disagreements; commissioners approve a new 78-unit affordable housing project and borrowing $29 million to buy Golden Gate golf …
Top stories: Florida joins national voter registration database. Judge hearing case on felons’ voting rights asks: is Amendment 4 even constitutional? Governor names state’s first “resilience officer.” School districts lose again over law that bolsters charter schools. Chances of a …
Top stories: Collier County agrees to continue funding school safety officers for 2019-20 budget year. Public response to commissioners’ previous decision to fund just half the cost led to the unanimous reversal. Full Story Collier County taxable value to increase …
Top stories: Governor Ron DeSantis signed a record $91 billion budget and a controversial guns-in-classrooms bill. Florida won’t aid the 2020 Census count. Cheaper prescription drugs from Canada could be heading Florida’s way. Supreme Court’s ruling on gerrymandering doesn’t directly affect …
Top stories: developments in two proposed projects about which residents had expressed concerns; the City of Naples tightened its fertilizer ordinance; the City of Marco Island is close to on-boarding a new City Manager and Police Chief; and the Collier …
As I wrote in my May 12 post, Florida’s 60-day annual Legislative Session ended on May 4. Since then, much of the news about state government were stories explaining or editorializing about the Legislature’s actions. This Month-in-Review post includes some …
The Florida Legislature is expected to wrap up its 2019 session this weekend, so I’ll save those highlights for next week. In this Month in Review, I’ll focus on where our elected Governor, Cabinet, and congressional representatives have been focusing …
April’s news includes several examples of community members affecting elected officials’ decision-making, which reminded me: those officials and our governing bodies publish newsletters, alerts and press releases to let us know what’s happening before decisions are made so that we, …
The biggest news in this “March” update happened on April 2 when Ray Christman won the Naples City Council Special Election. The Naples Daily News editorialized that “the facts of his win — a majority total in a four-person election; …
Last month, I reviewed some of the many things that were happening in the weeks leading up to the start of the 2019 Legislative session. Today I’ll pick up where I left off. The Legislature convened on March 5 and …
