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Residents tell CRA not to bet downtown government campus on struggling Brightline and to avoid a P3
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Public commenters at the Boca Raton CRA meeting urged officials not to tie a proposed government campus to Brightline, citing recent bond trading and deferred payments, and urged the agency to avoid a public‑private partnership for this project.
Public commenters at Monday’s Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency meeting urged the board to rethink a proposed government campus that they said depends heavily on Brightline and on a public‑private partnership structure.
John Perlman, introducing himself as a local resident, urged commissioners to view a short film produced by SaveBoca and warned that Brightline’s recent financial performance makes it a risky anchor for the project. “BrightLine is failing very rapidly as a company,” Perlman…
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