yes, counties have some authorites when expressly granted by the legislature (revokable by the way), HOWEVER, my curiosity is how much authority it has past the wet sand mark into the gulf? Is the Snapper season or catch limit different in Bay, Walton, Okaloosa - I think that's set by an agency of the Florida legislature as are many regulators dealing with coastal Florida waters.
I don't doubt its illegal to beach a jet ski in Walton county. I'm doubting whether Walton county regs have jurisdiction over me cruising next to Walton out in the Gulf, somewhere just beyond the 2nd sand bar on a jet ski launched from an adjacent county's beach, or from Walton County's own bayside jetski rentals in Sandestin. ...
By the way, I am in support of not landing jet ski's on our beaches at all, so I'm just wondering how long we can keep our beaches free of jetskis
... and our shores free of condo high rises.
Would anyone be in favor of a special local option sales tax (1 cent for 6 months, maybe less) to condemn, and compensate very fairly, if not overly fairly current unit owners of the two grandfathered eyesore towers in Seagrove Beach. They're not eyesores in and of themselves, but they stand out as a relative eyesore. Could we use some of the Federal Make work money towards such a condemnation? May not need sales tax dollars at all -
I think it would make a great constitutional case that may rise to the Supreme Court - it is a taking, however compensated, and yet on the one hand whats being taken, since its not raw land, is not as unique as courts have regarded real estate in general (you're taking a concrete condo unit, and an indivisible TIC interest in the land along with that), but the public need for aesthetics (if that's our only argument) is likewise not as great as some environmental argument we may forward.
Maybe this deserves a new thread, since it is a bit off topic from jet skis.
