[The Great Yazoo]

We have a greenspace fund here in Naples, Florida, comprised of tax money to purchase land to leave vacant. It hasn't been around long enough to assess how it will work.

I voted against it because I predict the program will ultimately result in:

favored landowners dumping undesirable property on the county for prices in excess of those any private purchaser would pay;

favored landowners will have their property values increased because neighboring properties are purchased by the fund; and

urban sprawl of development more broadly across the county.

While the greenspace tax seems a good idea, I'm not sure it is good policy in reality. We'll see.

[shubi]

You don't want a radical organization like Greenpeace owning any land. Your safety will be in jeopardy, so will your property.