state parks

TALLAHASSEE, FL—In the latest internal blow to the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration, leading Trump ally and Florida man Rep. Matt Gaetz has demanded that the "golden parachute" contract granted to embattled former UF President Ben Sasse be outlawed. Gov. DeSantis appointed Sasse to the position. This is the second time this week that Rep. Gaetz […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s apparent heavy influence within Republican political circles, which include lobbyists and state and federal lawmakers, appears to have been diminished to the point that a growing number of former loyalists are now openly defying the popular governor over his push to build lodging, glamping sites, pickleball courts, and/or golf courses, in […]

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has called upon Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to end the “Great Outdoors Initiative,” a Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposal with plans to construct lodging, glamping sites, pickleball courts, and/or golf courses in at least nine different state parks. This has infuriated legislators on both sides of the aisle including […]

Top Republicans Turn on DeSantis' State Park Plan That 'Doesn't Make Sense', Ask Floridians for Help For the first time since Republican firebrand Gov. Ron DeSantis took office, his conservative-dominated Legislature is publicly blasting him and his plan to construct golf courses on state parks while...READ MORE     Rep. Juan Porras: "There is no confusion here, FL […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—For the first time since Republican firebrand Gov. Ron DeSantis took office, his conservative-dominated Legislature is publicly blasting him and his plan to construct golf courses on state parks while pleading with Floridians to "make their voices heard". In other words, they're turning on him. "We have worked so hard to restore, preserve, and […]