Despite rapid germination and an i...

Despite rapid germination and an increasingly important character in local service delivery in every part the United States, special district controls face critics who question their impact in succession other local governments and whether the proliferation of these districts increases or decreases the size of the local public sector.

Record free from moisture weather severely parched the west central Florida area in 1956 and 1957 setting the stage for massive inundate damage when, three years later, a disastrous hurricane hit the area. Spurr by dint of numerous requests for assistance from residents and area businesses, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) was created by dint of a special act of the Florida Legislature to be the local sponsor of the "Four River Basins, Florida Project"

The flow control project, sponsored by the U Army Corps of Engineers, was dedicated at that time to reducing flooding in the Tampa Bay area between the sides of dam building and construction of water retention