About the calendar
Cause for Concern tracks the issues people care about, like conservation, data centers, water, and growth, and shows when they're on a Florida agenda: public meetings, hearings, and comment deadlines. It exists so more people can show up when decisions are made. It covers Florida for now, and more states are coming soon.
Much of the calendar is collected automatically from official sources, including the Florida Administrative Register, the Federal Register, and county and agency agenda systems. Those entries are labeled "Found automatically" and link to the official notice. Topics are matched by keywords, so a match means an item mentions the topic, not that anyone has judged it. The calendar takes no position on any item.
Anyone can browse, and anyone can suggest a date. Suggestions are reviewed by an editor before they appear. Editors also check dates against official notices and mark them verified. Always confirm a deadline with the official notice before you act.
Sponsor policy
Local sponsors keep the calendar free. To protect its trustworthiness:
- Sponsor placements are always labeled "Sponsor."
- Sponsors never edit, rank, hide, or remove calendar content.
- Sponsor placements never appear inside a public comment entry.
- An organization that is the applicant or developer on an open item can't sponsor that county or region while the item is open.
- Editors may decline any sponsor that conflicts with the calendar's purpose.
Interested in sponsoring your county or region? Get in touch.
Privacy
Email subscribers' addresses and area choices are used only to send the emails they asked for. We don't sell or share them. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe. Sponsor links count clicks by day and area, never by person.
To see which parts of the site help people show up, it counts how often pages and steps are used each day, like "opened a meeting" or "started a speaker plan." Those counts use no cookies, store no IP addresses, and can't be tied to you. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, nothing is counted. Speaker and comment plans are kept on the server so your group can share them; anyone with a plan's link can read and edit it.