mputnal,
I think you might be fretting a little too much about how BFOs will fare. I respect your tone but feel compelled to “slice and dice” your post, just a little.
FBB lets say BFO's win the lawsuit because a Judge agrees with you regarding the facts. Then what? Are you going to chain off your property to the wet sand?
I don’t think you’ll find any chains in our neck of the woods at Blue Mountain Beach Regional Access. There’s no reason for that to change if CU loses in court.
Put up NO TRESPASSING or KEEP OUT signs?
No Trespassing signs are obviously required to inform the public that parts of the beach are private property. Otherwise they assume it’s all public because most genuinely don’t know what’s public and what’s private.
Maybe build walls out of concrete?
No comment needed.
What are you going to do when someone trespasses? You know people will keep coming and spreading out down the beach.
If and when CU is defeated, the sheriff will have no choice but to press charges if filed, especially against people like Daniel Uhlfelder who intentionally trespass, ignoring the no trespassing signs.
Do you think that people will be orderly and stay out?
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So far for us, the public has been pretty respectful regarding the signs and all.
Will you charge a fee and let people use your beach?
. Well now you’re digressing a bit into one of the previous topics regarding compromise (of course not one CU proponent made any significant comment (yay or nay and why). There’s no need to compromise if the court case ultimately goes against CU.
If you are a realist then you know that human behavior will lead to people resenting BFO's who do not share their beaches. I'm just wondering if you have thought this through? All the facts in the world will not stop the reality of more and more people coming.
Now I did get a good laugh from that one regarding BFOs being resented. Honestly, I think it’s way too late for that discussion.
Neither all the facts in the world nor all the money in the world will not stop hurricanes from coming.
Agreed (double negatives aside).
You need your community in my opinion to support you when conflicts and disasters come.
Funny how so many people think the BFOs were helped after Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis. Sand, sea walls, walkovers, balcony repairs, etc. were all paid OUT OF POCKET where most of the damage occurred. Didn’t receive any help with any of that. I know it’s a matter of time before we become the next Mexico Beach and that’s what insurance is for. Again, to expect any real “help” from the county is a bit naive. I just ask that they stay out of our way as much as possible during a recovery.
Will it really give you that much satisfaction to be right? Will it really give you that much satisfaction to own your private beach? If so then there will be a cost and I don't think it will involve money.
Just a grammatical correction - we already own the property.
Seems to me you could just as easily flip this question on CU proponents. Instead of CU satisfaction of taking private property without compensation, why not negotiate with the legal fees saved and an increased TDC tax to pay for beach parcels. Everybody wins.
My thinking is this won’t ever happen simply because CU people in charge of things (commissioners, county manager, county attorney, etc., won’t risk the negative light that will shine down on them if they were to back pedal a bit.
