[jaq]

Look, you're missing my point. If overdevelopment is your concern, then you should work toward better zoning laws and elect local politicians who will support your ideas. I have a problem with using the federal government to prevent "urban sprawl" by protecting, preserving or restoring anything. Go to www.propertyrightsresearch.org and read about how this has affected property rights in other states.

Also, most people think urban sprawl is the excessive property development. In fact, smart growth sites describe sprawl as three or fewer houses to a mile of property. Their cure is to create exactly what you see happening in FL.

[summer]

If overdevelopment is your concern,

My concern is for a balanced situation, with growth and the environment protected, and in FL that is what we have had under Gov. Bush. FL is soon to overtake NY as the 3rd largest state in terms of population. The idea that some promote on this forum, that all private property in FL is being snatched, is just plain nonsense.

[summer]

And, as I have posted before, but will not bother to do so again, because the people who insist the govt is taking all private property ini FL are just a bit too loooney and one-sided for me, Gov. Bush has passed a law specifically to protect rural land owners and others. He is not heavy handed in govt taking of property, not by any stretch of the imagination.

[not-alone]

Don't forget the higher taxes the few land owners left have to pay. I had to sell some property I inherated , that had been owned by my family for many years. It was restricted to one house per 5 acres. The taxes were going up all the time.