Jacksonville says it won’t reveal its offer to lure internet commerce giant Jacksonville Daily Record by Karen Brune Mathis October 25, 2017 Amazon.com says it’s up to the competing cities to go public with their individual bids to lure the company’s second North American headquarters, which it calls HQ2. Amazon has confirmed that cities are […]
DEO merger further diminishes growth management, critics say
October 21, 2016 – Politico by Bruce Ritchie The Department of Economic Opportunity is proposing a merger of two divisions in a move that critics say could further reduce state oversight of local government land use decisions. In 2011, the Legislature passed bills scaling back state oversight and eliminating the state’s growth management agency and […]
Added Accountability Urged at Space, Tourism Agencies
June 7, 2016 – The News Service of Florida by Jim Turner Operations at the state’s public-private space and tourism agencies appear financially sound, even as one has paid undisclosed amounts to a Miami rapper and an English football club. But Florida’s jobs chief said Space Florida and Visit Florida could still be tweaked for […]
