Cabinet aides tee up land deals for Tuesday vote
A plan for the state of Florida to buy $6.6 million in new state land easements took another step toward approval this week. Aides to Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet officers heard plans to buy two huge swaths of land in Osceola County, south of St. Cloud, for conservation purposes. Such land is set aside to help stave off development and preserve biodiversity. John Brown of the Florida Forest Service presented the plan at the Wednesday morning meeting, held in the Capitol’s Lower…