Montford says focus should be on needs of rural counties

Posted on July 13, 2016

Speaking to the Perry Rotary Club Tuesday, Sen. Bill Montford warned that if the Florida Legislature does not begin focusing more on the needs of the state’s smaller counties, it could soon face a “rural county crisis.”

Montford said he was seeing a “wider and wider” divide between rural counties and urban ones as far as infrastructure, education, healthcare and other needs.

PHOTO: Sen. Bill Montford spoke before a capacity crowd at the Perry Rotary Club which included local elected officials as well as business and community leaders.

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