Impact fees help pay for infrastructure needs created by new development
Florida s population has grown from 18.8 million to 21.5 million over the past 10 years
DAYTONA BEACH As Florida s roads become increasingly clogged amid the unrelenting stream of newcomers, state lawmakers have passed a bill that limits how much counties and cities can raise impact fees to accommodate that growth.
The bill, which Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign into law, caps impact fee increases to no more than 12.5% in a given year and no more than 50% over a four-year period. I m disappointed and even a little bit surprised, said Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower. He described the recently passed bill, HB 337, as an unnecessary effort by state lawmakers to take away the decision-making ability of local governments.
Fred Pfister, former editor of Ozarks Mountaineer and beloved Branson writer, dead at 75 Gregory J. Holman, Springfield News-Leader
Fred Pfister, a Branson writer, editor, professor and civic volunteer who for many years taught English at College of the Ozarks and then afterward for 13 years edited a legendary but now-defunct culture magazine, The Ozarks Mountaineer, died Friday, Feb. 26 at Cox South hospital in Springfield.
He was 75. Camille Dautrich, a friend since 1974, said Pfister passed away after a recent surgery, having lived with heart problems for a long time. He was a Renaissance man, said Judy Domeny Bowen, an Ozarks folk musician, storyteller and teacher living in Rogersville who knew Pfister through their shared interest in beekeeping. That was just one of many hobbies, clubs and public roles Pfister busied himself with.
Fred Pfister, a Branson writer, editor, professor and civic volunteer who for many years taught English at College of the Ozarks and then afterward for 13 years edited a legendary but now-defunct culture magazine, The Ozarks Mountaineer, died Friday, Feb. 26 at Cox South hospital in Springfield.
He was 75. Camille Dautrich, a friend since 1974, said Pfister passed away after a recent surgery, having lived with heart problems for a long time. He was a Renaissance man, said Judy Domeny Bowen, an Ozarks folk musician, storyteller and teacher living in Rogersville who knew Pfister through their shared interest in beekeeping. That was just one of many hobbies, clubs and public roles Pfister busied himself with.