I've heard other similar stories about him around the county... not one story from anyone painted him as being anything but fair and completely generous in his dealings around here.
Since these stories were being told BEFORE he entered politics, I tend to believe them more than these articles in publications which clearly have an anti-Trump (anti-anything other than liberal/socialist actually) agenda.
I think we took that same trip out of DelRay last summer, and the guide told the same story..
In 2006, shortly after the Kelo decision, the mayor of Riveria Beach tried to condemn all of the original housing on the intra-coastal waterway to build a yacht club and marina.
See this link for an image of the newspaper story: Florida Eminent Domain Case Pits Blue Collar Against Wealth.
The homeowner quote from the article that still resonates with me today is,
In what has been called the largest eminent domain case in the nation, the mayor and other elected leaders want to move about 6,000 residents, tear down their homes and use the emptied 400-acre site to build a waterfront yachting and residential complex for the well-to-do."What they mean is that the view I have is too good for me, and should go to some millionaire," said Martha Babson, 60, a housepainter who lives near the intra-coastal waterway.
The people of Riviera Beach fought back and won.
I took note of this story back then because I lived in the greater area in the mid 1970s and know what the area was like when the people who were being threatened had first moved there.
Donald Trump was nowhere to be seen with this Florida land grab; it was all on the local politicians.
-PJ