COUNTY 

Spectrum News 

Volusia County data center ban heads to first reading 

DELAND, Fla. — Volusia County leaders are set to discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban large-scale data centers throughout unincorporated Volusia County. 

 

GROWTH MANAGEMENT  

Flagler Live 

Landowners Rushing to Convert Farms Into Subdivisions as Florida Law Shifts Control to Tallahassee  

Florida developers are racing to take advantage of a fast-track approval process for turning rural land into subdivisions, a process that state lawmakers expanded this year in their latest move to shift control over Florida’s sprawling growth from local governments to Tallahassee. 

 

PROPERTY TAXES 

WLRN 

Tax relief or ‘fake relief’? Florida sheriff warns of cuts, new fees 

With mail-in voting underway, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri warned that a property tax proposal on the November ballot may offer homeowners an appealing promise of relief but could threaten public safety and other programs. 

 

Florida Politics 

Kathleen Passidomo helped put Amendment 3 on the ballot. Now she’s voting ‘no’ 

‘I think it is a well-intentioned bill, but you know, the road to hell is paved with them.’ 

 

Florida Politics 

Ron DeSantis rebuts argument that homestead exemption hike hurts renters 

The Legislature may have changed the Governor’s plan, but he’s still a staunch advocate for it.