A Punta Gorda man's lawsuit involving Charlotte County's "Scrub Jay Fee" — Colosi v. Charlotte County, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, et al., — got a boost in federal district court.

The court handed Pacific Legal Foundation a major win in the case by turning down Charlotte County's and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's motion to dismiss PLF’s constitutional claims. PLF is representing Colosi at no charge.

Florida’s only endemic bird species, The Florida Scrub Jay, is at the center of the legal battle in Charlotte County.

Conservation groups are trying to ensure the county lives up to its promise to protect the endangered species after new landowner Colosi argued that those protections aren’t warranted on the bird.

Information from PLF said that to Colosi, the County has it completely

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