During last week’ Horizon 2030 Comprehensive Land Plan public hearing at the Board of County Commission (BOCC) meeting, Commission Renick created a proposed new policy I-1.48 South Lake Strategic Plan for South Lake County (Click Here for Text). If you read last Thursday’s Right Side of the Lake, you found out that Renick announced the policy to her no-growth friends via an email at 4:38 pm the day before the hearing, it was never published on the county’s website, and she intentionally manipulated the process in the absence of Commission Chairman Welton Cadwell. During the public hearing, she gave unlimited speaking time to those she had notified on her email list, and in the process rolled Commissioner Jimmy Conner who was played like a worn out fiddle.
Archive for May, 2010
Jimmy Gets Rolled By Renick at LPA Hearing
Renick Orchestrates Anti-growth Hearing – Conner is Played Like a Worn-out Violin At a public hearing held on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted 3-1 to adopt the 2030 Horizon Comprehensive Plan, which, in essence, was an out of control Local Planning Agency (LPA) meeting, because Commissioner Elaine [...]
Lake County Has a Sale and No One is Advertising
Waived Impact Fees Two Months Ago and Mum on Economic Development Websites During last week’s Lake County Impact Fee Committee meeting, the consultant hired to create the new unsubstantiated impact fees, Duncan Associates, said impact fee suspension doesn’t work. What do you expect from a company trying to justify themselves a job? However, Citizens for [...]
We Call Bull Chip May 24, 2010
How dare anyone touch the Lake County Comprehensive Plan written by the environmental zealots and friends of Lauren Ritchie? Ritchie and The Orlando Sentinel disparage the South Lake Chamber of Commerce for suggesting the plan is no good; and, why should citizens have any say in the plan since the LPA was so intelligent? The [...]
Is It RPA or RIP for Lake County? Tuesday’s Last Chance Public Hearing
Two Family Farms Remain in Jeopardy On Tuesday, May 25th at 9:00 am, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will be holding its adoption public hearing on the 2030 Horizon Comprehensive Plan before sending the document back to the Department of Community Affairs in Tallahassee. All landowners in Lake County should review how [...]
