Rural Counties Day: meeting lawmakers face to face

Bradford County Commissioner Diane Andrews (far left) and Marty Shaw of Coldwell Banker Smith and Smith Realty (second from left) chat with visitors and hand out strawberry shortcake at the Bradford County booth during Rural Counties Day in the Florida Capitol courtyard. Photo by Cliff Smelley.

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Seeing is believing. It’s not that lawmakers from Florida’s large counties don’t believe in the existence of smaller, rural counties, but what do they really know about them? That’s what Rural Counties Day is about. Every year, people representing rural counties set up booths in the courtyard at the…

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