[summer]

jaq, With all due respect to you in Michigan -- I know more about SW FL than you and Henry Lamb combined, and his articles are way off base. He should contact the person mentioned in the WP post who works with GW and Jeb, and he might learn a thing or two. Jeb is walking a tightrope in this state, balancing environmental concerns with the concerns of his close friends who are developers, and he (Gov. Bush) is doing an outstanding job at this. All the people on FR who are screaming hysterics about SW Fl are in fact quite clueless.

[jaq]

Look, you're missing my point. If overdevelopment is your concern, then you should work toward better zoning laws and elect local politicians who will support your ideas. I have a problem with using the federal government to prevent "urban sprawl" by protecting, preserving or restoring anything. Go to www.propertyrightsresearch.org and read about how this has affected property rights in other states.

Also, most people think urban sprawl is the excessive property development. In fact, smart growth sites describe sprawl as three or fewer houses to a mile of property. Their cure is to create exactly what you see happening in FL.