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Resident urges board to address South Apopka's unincorporated status, reallocate policing funds and oppose ICE contracts
Summary
During public comment, a South Apopka resident urged the CRA board to let residents decide the area's county or city status, recommended reducing police-related spending in favor of investments in social services, and asked the board to support Orange County efforts to end certain ICE agreements.
A resident who identified herself at the May 21 meeting urged the CRA board to take up several community concerns about South Apopka, which she said is an unincorporated area with a segregation-era history. She asked the board to give South Apopka residents a vote on the area’s governance status and urged a reallocation of some taxpayer funds away from police budgets toward social services such as…
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