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Wrong-headed decision demonstrates the point: Every shack is not worth saving
Taxpayers should be outraged that the plans of First Baptist Church to continue improving downtown Jacksonville were thwarted, at least temporarily, by the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission. By a 5-2 vote to deny a necessary permit, the church’s plans to tear down a crumbling building downtown were halted. Commissioners Jack C. Demetree III, Andres Lopera,…