I live in Florida, have for about 15 years.My daughter is a Florida native.My former husbands family lived here for several generations.My ex-mother-in-law says I am no longer a Yankee.Just to verify my "local" standings.
Florida is a beautifull state.There are also way too many people building million dollar homes and golfcourses on land that is essentially unsuitable for extensive human habitation.South Florida (where most of the damn yankees retire too), is an insane example of false marketing and greedy land speculators married and producing offspring.
So far, no one on this thread has mentioned the sugarcane farmers,the ones who finance each and every attempt to block the introduction of reasonable sanity into land management practices in the southern half of the state.
This man, the veteran, is more than likely the better land owner, and I support him on his use of his 160 acres.Basically, everything south of I4,should have remained rural,with large,50+ acres of single landowner parcels.
Those land speculators, marketeers, and the simple human greed of the past landowners, have made this point moot.I am not alone in wishing this man could retain his land, and the people who live in condo's and sandbox sized lots in Broward,Dade,Palm Beach... etc counties get kicked off their lands by emminent domain.That would be "fair".Aint gonna happen.Billions of dollars at stake now.
The native Floridians,landowners BTW, have repeatedly voted for years and years to restore the everglades,and the corrupt sugarcane farmers and greedy land speculators have blocked the will of the people for the same amount of time.It is now the endgame on this long awaited goal.Before the enviro-terrorists even organised under names, the people of Florida were fighting for the continued existance of the land.
If all these "property rights" expert activists from Ohio,will agree that none of the property currently legally owned by anyone in a natural flood zone, or subject to our frequent hurricanes,or sinkholes, gets to minimize their insurance premiums at the expense of the rest of the state, we may be able to hold a rational conversation.
In this case, as in any other, the first rule is follow the money, before you lend your support.
Great News Julie! Praying he does the right thing, I have other things going on that are in need of attention.