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Help Protect Our Rights & Our Wetlands!

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U-CAN help us fight to protect your rights and protect the remaining wetlands in Hillsborough County!!

United Citizen's Action Network (U-CAN) is raising money to fund a legal challenge to a potential precedent setting decision that would effectively eliminate wetland protection in Hillsborough County! Our County Commissioners (BOCC) failed in their duty to represent all of their constituents and participated in both procedural and due process violations that silenced the voice of the citizens and effectively paved the way for a gas station to be built on top of a wetland! We, the citizens, cannot allow the BOCC to ignore our rights and their own procedures in order to tip the scales in favor of special interests. If we do not take action now, we will all pay for it later.

Our County Commission claims they are interested in preserving our quality of life but their actions say otherwise. We need your help to hold them accountable and remind them that we, the citizens, have a right to be heard.

See news coverage links below:

Activists suing Hillsborough county over the wetland rezoning

Commissioners rezone Brandon wetlands for Racetrac

Flip-Flop on zoning decision

Racetrac Zoning Passes as Wetlands Issue Looms


Wetlands Rule Ignored to Allow Gas Station Development

Potential Racetrac at Kings Ave. and Lumsden Rd. debated

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On May 9th our attorney, Pamela Jo Hatley, JD, Ph.D. filed our lawsuits in Circuit Court. We continue to believe we have a strong case for each suit. Dr. Hatley, determined a dual prong approach would be in our best interest. Filing both cases at the same time was necessary because cases must be filed within 30 days of the BOCC's zoning approval. This gave us two "chances" for some action by the courts. Below are the two types of cases filed and the relief each action is seeking (in brief). You can view each filing by clicking on each filing.

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF :
Requests the court to (A) Declare that the Development Order inconsistent with the Future of Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan for Unincorporated Hillsborough County; (B) Enjoin Defendant Hillsborough County from implementing the Development Order by any means, including the issuance of any further, additional or subsequent development orders(s) or permits related to or based on the Development Order; (C) Enjoin Defendant Hillsborough County from permitting development activities granted pursuant to the Development Order.

WRIT OF CERTIORI:
Requests the Court to (1) issue an order requiring the County and Racetrac to show cause why relief should not be granted; and (2) issue a Writ of Certiorari and an order quashing the BOCC's approval of the Development Order and remanding this matter back to the County with instructions to remand the matter back to the Hearing Officer to consider the rezoning request in light of the Comprehensive Plan as a whole and the criteria enumerated at LDC section 10.03.03.E.

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Terry Flott
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