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🌱 Why Mims neighbors say county spending ignores their flooding emergency

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  • Why Mims neighbors say county spending ignores their flooding emergency

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📰 News we're reading

• Brevard commissioner criticizes spending priorities as Mims residents face repeated flooding (fox35orlando.com) — Mims residents facing repeated flooding say drainage failures and slow county action are leaving them to protect their homes on their own. District 1 Commissioner Katie Delaney is publicly challenging Brevard’s spending on projects like a Melbourne parking garage, arguing that tax dollars should be redirected toward urgent flood-mitigation work in North Brevard.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Titusville

  • Historic ornaments more than just memories, gifts (hometownnewsbrevard.com)
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  • Residents still struggling over a month after Titusville flood (mynews13.com)

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  • Glimpses of India to Bring Cultural Showcase to Cocoa Village Playhouse Jan. 10 (spacecoastdaily.com)
  • Street Closures Announced for Cocoa/Rockledge Holiday Parade This Saturday (spacecoastdaily.com)

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