State debates development watchdog

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

State debates development watchdog

Legislature to decide DCA's future this year

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

For decades, the Florida Department of Community Affairs has been the last checkpoint for development in the Florida Keys, providing critical oversight on rules that govern growth and land use in the state's most environmentally sensitive areas.

The DCA overruled the Monroe County Commission two years ago, for example, when the county approved rules that would have allowed a...

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Rebbeca Jetton

Submitted on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:15pm by TheProphet

the head idiot of this organization was asked one day if red flag wetlands were buildable and if the answer was in the carring capasity study (which we knew it was). She didn't have a clue and said she would get back to us....Well, we’re still waiting for her call. This women is useless. By the way.... That carrying capacity study is only used by the DCA when it benefits some of their positions. When the outcome of an issue results in a negative, their answer is...."Oh we don't use that thing it's not a scientific study"