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Commissioner Thomas defends county actions after Herald-Times coverage of Nature Preserve tenant notices
Summary
After news coverage about tenants displaced from land given to the Monroe County Nature Preserve trust, Commissioner Thomas explained the legal constraints from the trust and a judge’s order that required residents to leave when the county began developing the property as a recreational area.
Commissioner Thomas used a closing-minute statement at the Aug. 14 meeting to address recent Herald-Times coverage about residents who had occupied property later given to the Monroe County Nature Preserve trust.
Thomas said the trust instrument did not reference leases and that the county’s authority to develop the property as a nature preserve was limited by the terms of the trust and a judge’s earlier order. “The judge's order also said that the…
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