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'Save Orange County' continues fight against Lake Pickett development

Homeowners in East Orange County said they're not done fighting two developments that were approved earlier this week near Lake Pickett.
Commissioners narrowly passed changes to policies on Tuesday to allow the proposals to go through.
The group, Save Orange County, said it will continue the fight.
Commissioner Ted Edwards made his intention to vote for developments clear, long before this week's meeting.
Save Orange County said it is embarking on a door-to-door, grassroots effort to convince people as far away as Winter Park and Maitland to vote Edwards out of office.
Save Orange County said Edwards did not have the area's best interests in mind when he cast his vote.
"We will be doing everything we can to remove Ted Edwards from office. He did not listen to the 10,000 citizens in this area who said they did not want these developments across the Econ River but, instead, supported a small number of landowners and developers," Bill Lutz, of Save Orange County, said.
The group marched across a field off Highway 50 Friday, holding signs reading:, “Builders give money, but they can't give votes.”
"Residents in this area are frustrated and angry," Lutz said.
They placed the sign next to Edwards' re-election campaign sign.
Campaign finance reports showed Edwards has taken money from home builders, real estate agents, contractors, architects and engineers.
His opponents said those companies could benefit from his yes vote on allowing a massive development to go up on this land east of the Econ River.
"There's never a more solid, clearer line that should have been held," resident Tom Narut said.
Save Orange County said it is considering a lawsuit against the county over the two development projects.
A lawsuit can be expensive, so Save Orange County is asking groups, like the Sierra Club and the League of Women Voters, to help pay for it.
Until then, they will continue to go door-to-door asking people not to vote for Edwards.
"It's never a fool-proof thing. But at some point, citizens have to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough,’" Lutz said.
Neither Edwards nor the developers commented about the issue.

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