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To: Carry_Okie
Well, sometimes one side certainly appears dirtier than the other -- Al Gore having his main point man in FL having financial interests with the developers of a proposed commercial airport in the Everglades, at Homestead, makes Gore look a lot dirtier than the Bush brothers ever could on that deal, IMO.

But, Carry_Okie, let me emphasize: with respect to every single land development situation in FL, I am no expert. However, there are certainly times the environmentalists have a point, and yet, believe me, I do support the protection of private property rights. Yet, I think Gov Bush has to be given some credit here for successfully balancing interests thus far.

It may be that in time the entire Everglades agreement needs revised; I don't know. But, for now, I think Gov Bush is doing a good job, and the difference between Lamb's article and the WP article shows just how great a spin one could make on this issue.
67 posted on 07/07/2002 1:50:11 PM PDT by summer
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To: summer
I think Gov Bush has to be given some credit here for successfully balancing interests thus far.

Since when should government be deciding how people use their property? That isn't balancing interests, it is controlling property value.

Maybe I know something about Sustainable Development that you don't. I was on the very first Agenda21 roundtable in the US in 1994. I promise you, the process is totally corrupt, unconstitutional, and, at least so far as many "open government" and "public disclosure" laws are concerned, illegal. Sustainable Development in Florida, Smart Growth in Portland, or anywhere else for that matter follows the same blueprint. If you want to learn more about how poorly the results of the system were in Portland, go HERE. I suggest you buy and read Mr. O'Toole's book. But then, perhaps you should also read mine.

I invented a free-market means to "balance" any competing claim on property that are actually just to rural property owners. It allows them to market the natural attributes of their property. It is FAR more sophisticated than anything the environmentalists propose. If you check the Reviews of the book you will note development interests, wildlife biologists, foresters, timbermen, and regulators are speaking nothing but praise for it. Maybe you should be a little more circumspect.

68 posted on 07/07/2002 2:06:38 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
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