Golf and Resorts in State Parks?
August 2024: Governor DeSantis has announced the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will go back to the drawing board to rethink their proposal for adding golf courses, 350-room hotels, pickleball courts, and disk golf courses, in various combinations, to 9 of our State Parks.
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Fact-Checking
This came to the public’s attention as a plan in its final stages that was first reported on publicly by the Tampa Bay Times, and it was later acknowledged and promoted by an agency DeSantis oversees as governor. The Times received tips for its reporting, but it didn’t report on the leaked documents until the state announced the initiative was forthcoming.
DeSantis’ statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2024/08/20/are-changes-coming-floridas-state-park-system/
