I would hope that we really know better and the reason we are unable to manage impact in some creative way is that we really don't know the answers, so we stick to the status quo. This commission had the courage to tackle the Brazilian pepper infestation which was a clear victory for those of us interested in the environment. More importantly this was but one of the issues that speak to the overall quality of our lives. Protecting our environment is arguably subsumed by the larger concern for the quality of life. And if this county wants to attract the right kind of commercial interests such as high tech, we need to start with these quality of life issues.
Quality attracts quality.
Quality follows quality in. County and city governments are the governmental nuts and bolts of our democratic republic, almost by definition they are not the visionaries. It is hard to believe they know more about Hernando County than we do. There must be a corresponding change in the government. We are not, we cannot, in the nature of things, be, what our fathers were.