development
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Thoughts on a Commissioner’s Role
I want to share what I have learned about Commissioner Henry Dean. I have called on him for help and have worked with him for about 3 years in his role as a County Commissioner for St. Johns County District 5, where I live. I don’t like the way he is being treated right now. Continue reading
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What are you going to do differently?
St Johns County has three Commissioner seats up for reelection, and the campaigning is already lively. It appears that there is a particular campaign focus – overdevelopment. The current Commissioners are being blamed for too much development which has put stress on our schools, our roads and our infrastructure. As I read statements from the Continue reading
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Property Rights
This post skims the surface of the issue of property rights but given that this topic is important when talking about development, it seemed appropriate to do some research. More to come…. When I first moved to Florida, I kept hearing people say, “Florida is a property-rights state.” Makes sense to me. Someone buys the Continue reading
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Can we really stop development?
Let’s use an analogy to talk realistically about development. Imagine, if you will, a freight train pulling a few cars and a caboose down a track. Now disconnect the rail cars and caboose from the engine while underway. What happens? The rail cars’ momentum slows to a stop. The engine moves forward. Alone. The economic Continue reading
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Blame
We seem to be very angry these days. Among other things, we are angry at the government because things aren’t going the way we want them to. It is a scary time right now because we are being pounded with messages about how bad “the other side” of the government is. “They” are making bad Continue reading
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It Could Happen Here
Earlier this year, Nassau County settled a lawsuit with Riverstone Properties, Inc. What happened there is a good lesson for those of us in St Johns County who want our Commissioners to reject or slow development. It is important to know about a Florida Statute called the “Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Continue reading
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