This past year has been very good for antiplanners. In February, the Antiplanner had an op ed in National Review opposing high-speed rail that summarized years of research on the subject. The Antiplanner also argued that Florida was the linch pin of President Obama’s planned national high-speed rail system.
Just a week after the National Review op ed, Florida Governor Rick Scott decided to kill the state’s high-speed rail plan. While the timing was coincidental, the Tampa Bay Times, among others, credited Cato, Reason, and Heritage with persuading Governor Scott to kill the project. Of course, the real victor was the Florida Tea Party.
In May, Florida set another precedent when it repealed the state’s growth-management law. The Antiplanner has long argued that this law made housing unaffordable and resulted in Florida’s housing bubble.
