From Miami Herald
“But with a long list of projects and growing competition from other communities facing increasing risk, grants won’t be enough in the coming years. In Monroe, the climate threat is already considered so serious that political leaders are now pushing a bold plan built around a typically unpopular option. They want to raise taxes — in this case, sales taxes. And to do that, they’d also have to make another significant change — wrestle decision power from Tallahassee lawmakers to become a “home rule” county like Miami-Dade.” |
