In November 2020, 76.5% of Collier County voters approved Conservation Collier to protect our water quality, wildlife habitat, and open spaces "in perpetuity". Now, County Commissioners are proposing amendments that effectively erase the program altogether: opening protected lands to active development, vacating conservation easements, and dissolving the oversight committee once funds are drained.
Watch Cody Davis' public comment in which he confronts the Board for their breach of voter trust.
For the past several months, Davis has consistently stood before the Board during public comment to advocate for accountability. He has challenged items such as developer rezones, growth management amendments, variances, and conditional uses that simply failed to meet the County’s own established legal criteria.
These comments can be viewed in the YouTube playlist below: