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What would you expect? Huckabee and company are pals with Sheriff Buford T. Justice and other Walton County politicians. He obviously is also friends with Jay Odom who was nailed because of a political contribution to Mikey.

meggiemom

Beach Lover

Where's the code enforcement squad when you need them?

Where&#039;s the code enforcement squad when you need them?

steel1man

Beach Fanatic

[quote="meggiemom, post: 813114"]Where's the code enforcement squad when you need them?[/QUOTE] might check the Donut Hole

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="meggiemom">Where&#039;s the code enforcement squad when you need them?</blockquote> might check the Donut Hole

John G

Karma, she is a *****.

She is here and working overtime .

Karma, she is a *****. 
 
She is here and working overtime .

Andy A

To say the article is biased would be a vast understatement.

poppy

I agree. Huckabee, being an ordained man who prays at the alter of money and power, it did appear they were treating him with kid gloves.

Beach Runner

beats on hood

We and our neighbors fought a high-density development planned next to our subdivision. The proposed development went south of of the C.C.C.L. After attending many Planning Commission and B.C.C. meetings, we won. Hubby and I tried to stop the construction of a beach-front lot in our neighborhood that was also planned to be south of the C.C.C.L. We had ongoing conversations with the D.E.P. This time the neighbors didn't help us because they didn't want to start out with an antagonistic relationship with new neighbors. We lost that one.

The article is sad. Laws that are not enforced are a joke, a bad joke.

We and our neighbors fought a high-density development planned next to our subdivision. The proposed development went south of of the C.C.C.L. After attending many Planning Commission and B.C.C. meetings, we won. Hubby and I tried to stop the construction of a beach-front lot in our neighborhood that was also planned to be south of the C.C.C.L. We had ongoing conversations with the D.E.P. This time the neighbors didn&#039;t help us because they didn&#039;t want to start out with an antagonistic relationship with new neighbors. We lost that one. 
 
The article is sad. Laws that are not enforced are a joke, a bad joke.

DaleDalbey

Not agreeing with the walkover on the Western end, but would argue that limiting these sort of shenanigans is at least as important as the walkover issue.   I would be in favor of access and transport solutions that make being directly on the beach not as important financially for owners or as sought after by visitors

[quote="Beach Runner, post: 813195"]We and our neighbors fought a high-density development planned next to our subdivision. The proposed development went south of of the C.C.C.L. After attending many Planning Commission and B.C.C. meetings, we won. Hubby and I tried to stop the construction of a beach-front lot in our neighborhood that was also planned to be south of the C.C.C.L. We had ongoing conversations with the D.E.P. This time the neighbors didn't help us because they didn't want to start out with an antagonistic relationship with new neighbors. We lost that one.

The article is sad. Laws that are not enforced are a joke, a bad joke.[/QUOTE]

If you give enough money to the right politicians you can get laws enforced and get things done that are against the law.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Beach Runner">We and our neighbors fought a high-density development planned next to our subdivision. The proposed development went south of of the C.C.C.L. After attending many Planning Commission and B.C.C. meetings, we won. Hubby and I tried to stop the construction of a beach-front lot in our neighborhood that was also planned to be south of the C.C.C.L. We had ongoing conversations with the D.E.P. This time the neighbors didn&#039;t help us because they didn&#039;t want to start out with an antagonistic relationship with new neighbors. We lost that one. 
 
The article is sad. Laws that are not enforced are a joke, a bad joke.</blockquote> 
If you give enough money to the right politicians you can get laws enforced and get things done that are against the law.

Zebraspots

The article makes it sound like you don't have to have connections or make contributions, it all seems to get approved.

The article makes it sound like you don&#039;t have to have connections or make contributions, it all seems to get approved.

Teresa

SoWal Guide

Every coastal line DEP construction permit is negotiated with a little give and take between your engineer and DEP engineers. But to add sand to the beach? How does that change the CCCL? Sounds more than fishy. 

Also, not sure how Rick Scott's DEP is working out these days. Seems like I remember some changes made to slim down the agency and lighten up the regulations...

Every coastal line DEP construction permit is negotiated with a little give and take between your engineer and DEP engineers. But to add sand to the beach? How does that change the CCCL? Sounds more than fishy. 
 
Also, not sure how Rick Scott&#039;s DEP is working out these days. Seems like I remember some changes made to slim down the agency and lighten up the regulations...

[quote="meggiemom, post: 813268"]If you give enough money to the right politicians you can get laws enforced and get things done that are against the law.[/QUOTE]
Well, one of our neighbors was willing to spend whatever it took for lawyers to stop that big development. Hubby did a brilliant job of superimposing the proposed development in 3D using SketchUp over the 2D Google Earth view. With his animation, one could walk through the proposed development from any angle and see how incompatible the architects' plan was with the existing neighborhood. He picked up SketchUp as a result of our daughter's use of it at MIT.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="meggiemom">If you give enough money to the right politicians you can get laws enforced and get things done that are against the law.</blockquote>Well, one of our neighbors was willing to spend whatever it took for lawyers to stop that big development. Hubby did a brilliant job of superimposing the proposed development in 3D using SketchUp over the 2D Google Earth view. With his animation, one could walk through the proposed development from any angle and see how incompatible the architects&#039; plan was with the existing neighborhood. He picked up SketchUp as a result of our daughter&#039;s use of it at MIT.

Jdarg

SoWal Expert

I am incredibly sad after reading this article.  It is long, but so much in there that will make many people go "grrrrrrr".  I would love to see a rough number of the applications that got 'helped" through the system like Mike Huckabee's did- sounds like there were quite a few.
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I am incredibly sad after reading this article. It is long, but so much in there that will make many people go &quot;grrrrrrr&quot;. I would love to see a rough number of the applications that got &#039;helped&quot; through the system like Mike Huckabee&#039;s did- sounds like there were quite a few. 
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