Should development pay for itself? A forum on the politics of growth in Florida

Share
Tiger Bay Forum On Development By Sean Kinane WMNF
By Seán Kinane. Jan. 2020.
Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith
Mariella Smith. By Seán Kinane, Jan. 2020.

How much development should there be in Florida, where should it occur and who should pay for the infrastructure?

On MidPoint we heard segments of a panel discussion on the topic of the politics of growth and the environment from this month at Tampa Tiger Bay Club.

There were four panelists: Democratic Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith, Realtor Andy Scaglione, ecologist Vivienne Handy, and Hillsborough School Board member Steve Cona, who is with the construction industry.

Listen to the show here.

There were two questions/responses that we didn’t get to hear on the show:

One question dealt with whether impact fees on developers were too low:

And the head of the county’s Environmental Protection Commission, Janet Daughtery asked about requiring developers to protect wetlands and provide conservation easements:

 

Watch the forum here:

 

Earlier in the show, we heard a comment left by a listener about the last show. On that program, we spoke with a teacher who was rallying in Tallahassee and from a Tampa woman who was visiting the U.S. / Mexico border in Texas to be a witness to the conditions faced by migrants and refugee seekers.

 

Leave a Reply

  • (will not be published)

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

You may also like

It took records from England in the 1700s, but after 30 years this Florida John Doe was finally identified

After thirty years, Edman Eric Gleed's body found in Clearwater...

The Scoop: Fri. June 13, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

WMNF headlines including No Kings protester safety, NOAA cuts, hurricane...

Hurricane Helene
Experts worried Trump cuts to NOAA may leave some uninformed this hurricane season

Listen: According to NPR, Trump administration cuts caused almost 600...

FPREN drought Florida June 10
The drought has improved in Florida even as much of north Florida had its hottest May in decades

May provided some beneficial rainfall. In central Florida, rainfall deficits...

Ways to listen

WMNF is listener-supported. That means we don't advertise like a commercial station, and we're not part of a university.

Ways to support

WMNF volunteers have fun providing a variety of needed services to keep your community radio station alive and kickin'.

Art in Your Ear
Player position: