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At Honeymoon Island State Park, the need to defend “the real Florida” is becoming increasingly urgent

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At Honeymoon Island State Park, the need to defend “the real Florida” is becoming increasingly urgent

DUNEDIN – For Terry Fortner, the fight to save Honeymoon Island State Park from a proposed development is a personal matter. Nearly 130 years ago, her grandmother Myrtle Scharrer was born in a pioneer home on Caladesi Island, just offshore. For decades, she lived in the tranquility of the pristine island chain that now includes […]

Political opposition to Florida’s plans for golf courses in state parks grows

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Political opposition to Florida’s plans for golf courses in state parks grows

Bipartisan opposition to a plan to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on the site of a state park escalated into an outcry Thursday as more and more influential Republicans came out against the plans. In an extraordinary act of unified opposition, all elected officials in the state legislature, Cabinet and Congress opposed the plans, […]