- Residents in Lee County, Florida, used laughter and public pressure to successfully pause a proposed rewrite of local growth rules that critics said would benefit developers at the expense of community protections.
Residents in Lee County, Florida, found that laughter was an effective way to push back against a proposed rewrite of local growth rules.
That ridicule, paired with organized public pressure, helped persuade county leaders to pause a plan critics said would make it easier for developers to weaken community protections and avoid public scrutiny, according to FlaglerLive.
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