WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. – The growing controversy in Winter Springs centers around what is no longer growing along State Road 434 at Michael Blake Boulevard: Trees mowed down by a developer to make room for townhomes and retail space.
Last month, a majority of Winter Springs city commissioners voted not to charge a developer nearly a quarter million dollars in arbor fees for the tree removal after the developer claimed it had already paid the agreed-upon arbor fee.
Then, this month, commissioners met again to discuss changing their minds, claiming they should have never voted in the first place, while Mayor Kevin McCann challenged some commissioners’ ethics…