The possible Donald Trump connection to the Florida state parks scandal

[Zorro]

Years before revelations of a secret plan to add golf courses to state parks would rock Florida politics, a clue about how it could unfold was dropped during a dinner conversation in a hotel suite in Washington, D.C.

The event: A private dinner of Republican political donors. The guest of honor: Then-President Donald Trump.

In video footage released in 2020, Trump can be heard chatting with Jack Nicklaus III, the grandson of famed golfer Jack Nicklaus who would later play a part in the now-dashed plans to build a golf course in Florida’s Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Around the dinner table, Trump and the grandson discussed how the elder Nicklaus was barred from designing courses for five years because of a non-compete clause with his former company.

Trump appeared to sympathize, referencing the golf legend’s age by saying: “At 78, five years is a long time.” The president added: “You don’t want to waste five years.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2024/12/10/florida-state-parks-jack-nicklaus-desantis-donald-trump-golf/

The connection is a bit sketchy, but it might lead to TFA's more direct involvement in the plan to build golf courses in Florida state parks.

[Timeflyer]

1. Bulldozing nature so rich dicks can play more golf. They'll try this again in a few years--FL landscape amnesia.

[JoseBalow]

2. Wouldn't surprise me at all

drumpf is a disease

[mercuryblues]

4. Imagine a republican

Coming here admitting to voting for Trump, but mad because Trump is doing exactly what Trump has promised that he would do.

Please, next time people tell you that Trump is only in it for himself and his rich friends, believe us.

[Zorro]

5. I'd like to respond to Mo's Removed Post

I wholeheartedly agree with your outrage about the earlier attempt by DeSantis and his administration to build golf courses, pickleball courts, and hotels in Florida state parks.

But I am curious why you remain a lifelong Republican when it is Republicans who were wanting to make those changes.

Republicans were elected/re-elected up and down the board in Pasco County this past November, from State Senators, State Representatives, and County Commissioners; they are the ones who consistently vote to allow the ongoing overdevelopment of Pasco County rural areas, which apparently contributed to your pastures being flooded. One state senator even proposed last year to prohibit local authorities from adopting regulations or policies to control water quality, pollution, pollutant discharge prevention or removal, and wetlands protection.

IMO it seems that Florida Republicans aren't listening to or looking after your own best interests -- or really the interests of anyone who is concerned about pollution, water and air quality, and all the rampant development with little regard for the environmental impact. Today's Republican Party is not what it was in years past. Just my two cents.