1. Core function of government is to provide the essential services for all that reside in its jurisdiction to ensure their health and safety.
2. Government has to raise those funds in some manner.
3. Competing interests with businesses, developers, and residents who also have a bottom line.
4. Rapid expansion of residential and commercial inventory puts a strain on current government resources. This directly affects #1.
5. Developer backed County commissioners were decisively beat in their primary 2 to 1. The challenger candidates then went on to win their general election.
6. Developer backed local political party is now trashing the County Commissioners of their own party because they are not developer backed.
7. Because these County Commissioners answer to the people they represent and not to the developer, the developer is using a paid member of the FL House to pass a bill to limit the authority of local government.
8. Everyone that speaks tonight in favor of an impact fee hike, needs to state the above points over and over and over again.
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