Development will happen in a growing area such as ours, but is it unreasonable to hope instruments such as zoning guidelines and master plans can safeguard against destructive projects? Residents are occasionally successful influencing efforts to re-zone properties, but the next project always comes trying to make a bigger wave. Despite many available properties zoned and […]
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A resident shares their thoughts about the Live Local Act.
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With family activity in Plant City going back over a century and our offices being in downtown since 1919, my exposure to several experienced and wise witnesses to change along the passage of generations has been high. My mother, now past 90 (I’m not telling) was raised and churched within a few blocks of the […]
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When was the last time you went through the old, pre-COVID procedures of getting bills from an ATM and paying for lunch or some other small purchase with cash? You remember–reaching into your pocket or purse for your wallet and pulling cash from it. Then digging into your other pocket or change purse and pulling […]
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Continue ReadingSupreme Court Decision on Race Places More Importance on Community Colleges
Hillsborough Community College, and others like it, will likely see a rise in their importance and impact on education in the wake of last week’s decision by the U. S. Supreme Court to ban the use of race as a criterion for university admissions. With the goals of making up for past discrimination and […]
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