Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Friday making it easier for local developers to level historic buildings near Florida’s coast, potentially threatening Miami’s iconic Art Deco architecture. The bill, SB 1526, limits local governments and local preservation boards from protecting notable establishments from being torn down, which would affect the Miami Beach board that controls the fate of 2,600 buildings in its locally designated historic districts. It was one of 25 bills DeSantis quietly signed on Friday without a press event.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article287014125.html#storylink=cpy

  • pelespiritOPM
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    6 months ago

    What a gem he is, historic buildings be damned and all hail the developer. I bet he’s having a hissy because his own state didn’t vote for him so he’s getting retaliation by getting bribed by all of those developers.

    • pelespiritOPM
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      6 months ago

      He might have been worse than trump? Hard to tell, glad we can’t find out.