PORT ST. LUCIE – The City Council here voted unanimously Oct. 13 to decline participation in a municipal lawsuit against the State of Florida in which 25 cities and counties have opposed the implementation of Senate Bill 180, calling it the “largest incursion into local home rule authority” since the 1968 adoption of Florida’s Constitution.
City Council members had previously discussed the issue on Sept. 22 and directed staff to further investigate the matter and report back.
Some of them expressed dismay that it had come back so soon since they were still not prepared to decide on joining the lawsuit, which has already been filed…