St. Lucie County Opts Out of Seven50

St Lucie County commissioners voted 4-1 Thursday night to opt out of the Seven50 regional plan. They join Indian River and a number of municipalities in the northern reaches of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council area in rejecting the seven Florida counties that would embrace a regional rather than local concept of planning the area's future.

Guest speaker Rosa Korie, who had traveled to St. Lucie from Bay County, Calif., spoke to the Property Rights Coalition and the county commissioners. Her presentation laid out regionalism as a concept conceived to replace local authority. She is author of the book, "Behind the Green Mask."

Seven50 is described on its website as a "blueprint for growing a more prosperous, more desirable Southeast Florida during the next 50 years."