I am from Sarasota, Florida, currently live in Orlando. The Gulf Coast used to be very pretty and unpretentious. We vacationed on Siesta Key a couple weeks every summer at a row of easygoing cottages on the beach. It was the kind of coastal Florida that Jimmy Buffett wrote as Living in 3/4 Time. Key West was entirely that way and to a degree still is. Time moves slower, unhurried. I used to go to sleep listening to the waves and remember how the air was salty. 1973 was the last year we were there. A development group bought the land and built a five story condo on it.
That was the start. There’s no free access to Siesta Beach anymore. It’s $$ one way or another. Further north, Pensacola Beach was one of the last places to develop. That happened in the 1980s as people looked for remaining coastlines to grab. One of the saddest things about Florida is, a lot of natural beauty was lost by uncontrolled development. It’s not a concern to our Legislature (hasn’t been for years).
Whew, man, the people running this state are corrupt and crazy. As for judge retention, my guideline is simply to vote against anyone who's a member of the Federalist Society. As for rebuilding, when I was going to FAU in the early 80s for ocean engineering, one of our professors told us that he's taken part in establishing a no-rebuild line up the Atlantic coast (might have been Gulf too, but I don't recall for sure) and the state took one look and said, "No thanks, there's too much money to be made!"
Certainly wished you had published this BEFORE voting opened. I voted today to retain based upon the theory that, if ousted, DeSantis would appoint someone worse. It’s very difficult to get other information that might influence a vote.
I am from Sarasota, Florida, currently live in Orlando. The Gulf Coast used to be very pretty and unpretentious. We vacationed on Siesta Key a couple weeks every summer at a row of easygoing cottages on the beach. It was the kind of coastal Florida that Jimmy Buffett wrote as Living in 3/4 Time. Key West was entirely that way and to a degree still is. Time moves slower, unhurried. I used to go to sleep listening to the waves and remember how the air was salty. 1973 was the last year we were there. A development group bought the land and built a five story condo on it.
That was the start. There’s no free access to Siesta Beach anymore. It’s $$ one way or another. Further north, Pensacola Beach was one of the last places to develop. That happened in the 1980s as people looked for remaining coastlines to grab. One of the saddest things about Florida is, a lot of natural beauty was lost by uncontrolled development. It’s not a concern to our Legislature (hasn’t been for years).
Whew, man, the people running this state are corrupt and crazy. As for judge retention, my guideline is simply to vote against anyone who's a member of the Federalist Society. As for rebuilding, when I was going to FAU in the early 80s for ocean engineering, one of our professors told us that he's taken part in establishing a no-rebuild line up the Atlantic coast (might have been Gulf too, but I don't recall for sure) and the state took one look and said, "No thanks, there's too much money to be made!"
Certainly wished you had published this BEFORE voting opened. I voted today to retain based upon the theory that, if ousted, DeSantis would appoint someone worse. It’s very difficult to get other information that might influence a vote.