I understand your position but 98 is going to be developed and it is due to the population growth. If so many had not moved into all the developments that have sprung up along 30A in the last 30 yrs. I doubt any major retail chain would be looking at the area. How many old time residents feel trampled on by all this growth? I also feel the residents should attend meetings and voice opinions on the zoning and growth but this argument of Publix vs. Target vs. Walmart is silly IMHO.
If so many had not moved here, there'd have been no development, or the myriad jobs/trades that comes from it. SoWal would be a pitiable, and lonely, though immensely beautiful place. Unless you are one of the original American Indians whose family lived in this area before most of our ancestors arrived and claimed the land in the name of wherever and whomever.....then, like me, you still are much more of a "tourist" than "resident", so we are both part of the problem in a sense. As did I, you bought your piece of Paradise long ago to do with as you will, limited only by the County zoning and growth requirements that your attendance at, and offering of your opinions at public meetings helped to put in place. We are not being trampled upon; though some participate in, at seek to intelligently manage inevitable change, where others sit back and watch the parade. Effecting intelligent change demands intelligent, open-minded, and dedicated members working toward a widely-palatable common goal. There, but by the grace of God, go we.......
