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Veterans group previously pitched building golf courses on Florida state park

By Max Chesnes,

2024-08-24

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3LJtcl_0v90NIni00 — A flatwoods trail at Jonathan Dickinson State Park is pictured here. Local and state officials said a veterans nonprofit had recently pitched them an idea to build a golf course on state park land. The idea resurfaced earlier this week when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection uploaded several proposals to its website. [ Courtesy of Florida State Parks ]

Nearly a year before the DeSantis administration ignited a public firestorm over plans to build golf courses on prized state park land on the Atlantic coast, a national veterans nonprofit pitched state and local officials on a similar proposal.

Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, told the Tampa Bay Times that Lt. Col.

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6thcavarmy

08-26

ohh ,I guess this is supposed to make us change our minds,,if the veterans suggest anything it would be ,helping veterans with housing, etc. no real veterans group wants a golf course, unless it's those veterans that are doc.,lawyers, etc

6thcavarmy

08-26

we have enough golf courses,

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