Showing posts with label Cockroach Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cockroach Bay. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Pissed Off Florida State Park Fans

Florida GOP Department of Environmental Protection has been proposing major changes in the state park system for over 3 years. — mostly to make money. 

 "Those beach parks are real cash cows," said 
Julie Wraithmell of Audubon Florida

They tried at Honeymoon Island State Park.
That proposal ran into a firestorm of opposition. 
A public hearing in Dunedin drew about 
1,000 pissed off fans.

Now they want Hillsborough County's Cockroach Bay. Thankfully we have Mariella Smith watching The South Shore. 

DEP did not consult with local officials or activists who had already worked on improving Cockroach Bay, said 
Mariella Smith of the Sierra Club.