Posted on 12/22/2023 8:02:31 AM PST by Red Badger
There are people who get elected to public office just to make others miserable.
What is this actually about? Are the live-aboards causing problems? Or is it just elitism.
What a confusing mess of an article.
Wondering if their call to close is legal. It’s really part of a right of way....and there are strict rules for abandonment.
Property taxes...?
It seems to be about Tax Dollars. Live abroad’s do not pay an assortment of city taxes…
My sister lives on an island, this would be like the nearest city saying we are going to close the only place you can legally dock your boat so you can either starve, or move somewhere else.
Granted it is easier for these people to move since they are on a boat, but it is still wrong (from what little I can tell from the article)
Yes, Pipitone is a horrible writer. This head-spinner made my head spin: “In one of their first acts, Miami Beach’s newly constituted mayor and commissioners ordered the removal of a dock that dozens of people living on boats in Biscayne Bay have relied for years as a lifeline to the mainland.”
It took two or three head-spinning reads to untangle that mess.
Can't be that. They want them to move away.
My bet is some rich donor doesn't like the view and put the strong arm on the council.
Start an Uber grocery delivery service to boats.
I’m not sure, but I think I stayed in that hotel in the background when I was 14.
I was one of 20 paperboys from Birmingham News that won a trip to Miami in 1969.
We went to Monkey Jungle, Parrot Jungle, Silver Springs, Cypress Gardens and Miami Beach...........
I live in an area with hundreds of boats that people live on. Most are derelict and awful. Many wash up on shore and it is up to taxpayers or property owners to remove them. A little dig will show that most are abusing an area and needs to go.
It sounds like elitism. I live along the water further north. There are people here who reside on their boats. Nobody has a problem with them. I don’t know why those people in Miami don’t like it. I can understand if the boats are not maintained but if that’s the case, pass legislation that requires they be seaworthy and maintained.
It’s morally reprehensible to remove someone’s only access to land and roads. Doesn’t matter what the law is - it’s wrong.
Property taxes...?
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That would be my take on it.
If you live on a boat or in an RV then you are an enemy of the state. Heh.
The one big exception seems to be if you live in a tent or in cardboard boxes on the street and do drugs. Then you’re okay
Lots of Houseboats used to reside in my area, until a few county mayors begin complaining about those boater who didn’t properly dispose of their sewage or repeatedly took local utilities without paying.
About 7 years ago, many boat people from Sausalito, Mill Valley areas were pushed out, but a few stubborn souls remain. As long as properly maintained, I liked seeing the houseboats there.
It reminded me of certain parts of Jamaica and the Carribean.
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