By George Niemann
Daily Loaf contributor and R-LAND, UCAN, FSP, Amendment 4 activist
Views expressed are my own and not necessarily those of the organizations to which I belong
The Hillsborough County Commission decided on December 16 to begin the process of letting the Environmental Land Acquisition & Protection Program (ELAPP) acquire the 12,000-acre parcel from Hillsborough’s Water Resources entity. Those of us that want to see this pristine land be protected forever should be happy, right? Well, not so fast. New concerns have now surfaced regarding the questionable advice that the county’s Utility and Commerce Director has given the county commission in doing the property transfer.
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2009.