Commissioners were notified this afternoon that the opt-outs
to the county's sector plan that the BCC approved last year and that were subsequently
challenged by local activists Theresa Blackwell and Jacqueline Rogers have now
finally, once and for all, been affirmed by the Department of Economic
Opportunity.
From our attorney:
“Commissioners,
Attached is the Final Order associated with the three
Sector Plan Opt Outs, to include the Westmarks.
The County has been successful in defending all three opt ours. This represents final agency action; the
appeal at this point would be to the First District Court of Appeal and must be
filed within 30 days.”
Today’s final agency action by DEO is a devastating,
stunning, and spectacular rebuke to Jacqueline Rogers and Theresa Blackwell---and
a huge victory for Frank and Elizabeth Westmark, The Escambia Board of County
Commissioners, and folks county-wide who respect and support private property
rights.
Not a single exception from the 44 filed by Rogers and
Blackwell discussed in this order was found to have any merit; they were---- each
one of them---- summarily denied.
Ouch. What a wreckage
job.
Read
the stunning and devastating rebuke to Jacqueline Rogers and Theresa Blackwell here.

