18 Quotes by Eric Draper

What they're trying to do is to create the opportunity for them to be able to develop their land without them having to worry about someone challenging the development based upon the sprawl or the population projection rules, and those are two key concepts that the state Department of Community Affairs and counties use to determine whether a development is appropriate.

We've taken a bill that was intended to preserve a ranch with important environmental features and turned it into a state-owned farm.

She did a lot of good stuff for us then.

Money changes everything. Especially when you have a lot of it. For Governor Bush, I think you're seeing him looking to burnish his legacy.

If approved by the legislature, this budget will set in stone Governor Bush's environmental legacy.

Well, you know, usually we're complaining about the governor and his budget, but in this case, he really has delivered something that made us happy.

We recognized Florida ranchlands contained some of the best environmental lands in the state. It's better to have agriculture than a mall or housing.

We're not exactly in a great position to go and say we want more.

We should let the ranch be economically sustainable but also ecologically sustainable.