Commissioners approved the 180-unit, 19.2-acre project April 9 but the revised master plan has enlarged the venture in southeast Seminole County, 10 miles from Downtown Orlando at Tuskawilla Road and Aloma Avenue.

Critics charge Morris allegedly violated the state's Sunshine Law by discussing the project by phone with fellow commissioner Grant Maloy prior to the initial 4-0 unanimous vote. Morris didn't vote. He has been elected three times since 1994 and is considered one of the most apopular vote-getters in Central Florida.

Morris couldn't be reached at GlobeSt.com's publication deadline. But staffers in the county's planning department tell GlobeSt.com the commissioner had inquired about the project's progress periodically but always insisted he wanted to be treated as a citizen and not as an elected official.