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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Florida state parks whistleblower fired after exposing Ron DeSantis’s plans

a group of people hold signs that read 'keep Florida state parks wild' and 'save Honeymoon Island'
People protest against a proposed plan to develop state parks in Dunedin, Florida, on 27 August. Photograph: Douglas R Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Florida’s department of environmental protection has fired a whistleblower who exposed and sank governor Ron DeSantis’s secretive plan to pave over environmentally sensitive state parks and build lucrative hotels, golf courses and pickleball courts.

James Gaddis, who worked for the agency for two years as a cartographer, was terminated for “conduct unbecoming a public employee”, according to a letter he received on Saturday.

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