“We'd like to see a firm decision made to protect one of the largest pieces of conservation land in Florida. This is not just another ripe piece of real estate to put a highway through.”
“Everybody who picks up a glass of water in the entire west-central part of Florida should care about the Green Swamp. It's the liquid heart of Florida.”
“It seems nutty to sell or exchange waterfront property, because the land would become a magnet for development. If you turn 1,000 acres into subdivisions, the generation of a need for more roads and schools would outstrip any benefit of raising this revenue.”
“This would be a self-defeating sell of our lands. On one hand we're trying to buy up lands along 40, on the other hand we're selling neighboring land.”
