turtle watch volunteer arrested

[jd]

Do tell us what that might be.

Couldn't you:

A. Contact authorities
B. Confront owners of beach crap
C. Complain to the Condo mangers (I know, this probably won't work)
D. Move it WITHOUT destroying it.

Btw, I like your quote...

 

[scooterbug44]

I thought people couldn't sleep on the beaches because you can't camp on the beach, not because of turtles. The sheriff has rousted me off the beach in the wee hours and turtles were never mentioned - just no sleeping.

 

[LuciferSam]

This photo was taken near the "incident" about 9am this morning:

...and nearby signs like this are posted:

You need a picture that can convey the gravity of the situation without all the captions. Unless I know that stuff has been there a while, it's difficult to be outraged, I'm just being honest. It certainly doesn't look like a major eyesore. For me at least it doesn't have the impact.

 

[Everytime]

I thought people couldn't sleep on the beaches because you can't camp on the beach, not because of turtles. The sheriff has rousted me off the beach in the wee hours and turtles were never mentioned - just no sleeping.

I'm not familiar with the laws in Walton County, but I know it's been illegal in Gulf Shores for a while. I remember an incident when I was probably aroudn 10 years old and a sketchy guy was arguing with the lifeguards and beach patrol about the fact that he WAS gonna sleep on the beach that night regardless of what "the law" said. Some kids slept on the beach one night this past July in the vacant parcel on Eastern Lake Road where Leeward Condos used to be. They were in a white Envoy or something like that parked up near the road but slept on the beach near the MHWM. They (illegally) used the boardwalk shower at Eastern Shores.

 

[Everytime]

How are the abandoned, upside-down tent skeletons not an eyesore?

 

[scooterbug44]

How are the abandoned, upside-down tent skeletons not an eyesore?

It's a complex issue involving militant property rights issues, a volleyball net, a misguided strategem for running for political office, %^($* lawyers, sock puppets, cranial-rectal inversion, and a complete disregrad for common sense, endangered species, the environment, and your fellow human beings.

Most think they are eyesores and pick up afterthemselves, but there are always those rotten apples...............

 

[North Lake]

I have never posted on this site, but visit it frequently and have pretty much had the divine blessing of growing up in the area. My parents owned a beach house in old Seacrest starting in 1984. I have seen the entire 30A grow and blossom with me in life.

Although this event has brought many issues and angles about what we are ALL passionate about - our beaches - I feel that many of you are missing the fact that our culture as a whole has gotten extremely lazy. I think I read one person that mentioned this laziness . . . in all 3 pages of posts.

Timing is everything, this has been building for the past five years. If we as a community along with our law enforcement officials don't put a stop to the carelessness and disregard of the beach and nature here, then this will be a never ending lose-lose battle. Nobody is winning right now - not us, not the turtles, not the animals in our habitat and apparently not the tourists who feel they have been victimized.

I am not sure what exactly happened with Ms. Mary, but I too have had my moments of disappointment on the beach and although not part of the Turtle Watch I too pick up trash and fill in holes on my almost daily walks along the beach. I have had the opportunity to explain these actions to tourists and most are understanding and happy to help after they know. BUT, our culture has gotten lazy and unless they have a good reason to do something, most people won't do it anymore. The old fashioned values have been lost and the "me now" generation.

I have to agree with Gigdet on the fact that if we take all of this passion for the beach (and that is the 1 and only thing we all have in common on this thread) and use it to come up with solutions, then we would really be doing something good for the community. Now, how in the world could we actually have it enforced????

Thank you OLL! Miss Sallie Williams would be proud! For those of you who just got here, Miss Sallie was a realtor who "developed" Seacrest in the early 1970's. She was passionate about the beach, and protecting the natural beauty that we enjoy. Pick up the trash, fill in the holes, explain things to our visitors, don't look to government or someone else to do it all -- and enjoy the beach once again. Life could be so good.

 

[LuciferSam]

How are teheabandoned, upside-down tent skeletons not an eyesore?

I guess we all have different pet peeves. I honestly think the area looks pretty good but obviously I've seen better. I myself think vehicles on the beach are an eyesore but that's just me. The point is we all perceive things differently. [Edit]honestly, I cant' make out half the stuff in that picture. The only thing that stands out is the tent frame which could possibly be a tent in the process of being set up for all I know. I'm just saying that a good picture says 1000 words. In this case you need 1000 words to explain the picture. Lose the captions and take some closeups if you're trying to persuade is all I'm saying.

 

[SHELLY]

How are teheabandoned, upside-down tent skeletons not an eyesore?

It's a matter of perspective--a backed up, fully-loaded toilet in the eyes of a plumber is Shangri-La.

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[SHELLY]

Pick up the trash, fill in the holes, explain things to our visitors, don't look to government or someone else to do it all -- and enjoy the beach once again. Life could be so good.

Maybe it's just me...but picking up trash, filling in holes and hauling old chairs and broken tents to the trash can everytime I go for a stroll on the beach isn't my idea of "enjoyable."

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