Re: Public's beach rights being attacked
Unfortunately I can not be at the meeting tonight. My husband is out of town earning money so we can afford to keep our property on the beach and I need to stay in town to take care of my 9 and 11 year old. But trust me, if he was in town, I would be down at that courthouse already, sitting in the front row. I have traveled 5 1/2 hrs. both ways twice before to attend County meetings. If you don't believe that people own property up to the Gulf of Mexico, I'm sure you can go to the public records office and they will help you understand.
Assuming from the comments made since my last entry, the majority of you are for public beach rights along 30-A. Consider why you feel so strongly towards this wonderful area and why you LIVE there -it's quiet, very little traffic, not many people. Great reasons!! Why don't you live in Destin or Panama City? Because it's crowded, lots of traffic-right?
Well guess what? Destin and Panama city use to be just like 30-A, BEFORE THEY MADE THE BEACHES PUBLIC!!!! Developers have stayed away from 30-A because the beaches are private. 30-A is the last horizon in the panhandle.
If the beaches go public, than they can develop all around 30-A. Once they get public beaches approved, the next thing will be eliminating the height restrictions (which will a PIECE OF CAKE next to the beach issue) and putting up 40 story high developments in your front and back yards.
The developers have you right where they want you-you are being sucked in by them.
Keep the beaches private, the developers will go away because they can't sell the property and we all have our pristine beaches back.
Some people like the crowds, the college kids at spring etc... Hey, I use to and I went to Panama City, Daytona, Ft. Lauderdale, Destin. I didn't want to go to some boring place like 30-A, there's no action there!! But now, we have a chance to preserve this quiet stretch of beach that we all love. Once it goes like Panama City and Destin, we can't get it back.