While you were sleeping …. I mean while you were preparing for a potential deadly CAT-5 hurricane hitting Florida, the 2024 hurricane season just got a whole lot scarier. As you were boarding up windows and stocking up on canned goods for hurricane Milton, four Boca Elected elected officials were busy selling their souls (and our Boca coastline) to Azure Almighty and the un-Coastal Crusader, Mr. Sweetapple.
The dunes at 2600 N Ocean in Boca Raton? Gone.
Replaced by a shiny new development that’ll make a select few richer, and the rest of us poorer in every way.
It’s like a bad game of coastal whack-a-mole: every time we think we’ve saved our beaches; another developer comes along. Not to mention the City of Boca Raton who deliberately fast – tracked and kept the meeting under wraps to minimize public turnout. This is the emboldened City Council of Mayor Scott Singer. This is the blatant disregard for transparency and public input has sparked widespread outrage, in myself that is.
The Lone Ranger
Andy Thompson, we salute you! You stood against the tide of corruption, even when your colleagues didn’t have the guts.
The Price of Progress (or Regress?)
What do we get for this “progress”?
- Dunes Destroyed: Natural habitats are sacrificed for concrete and steel. Bye-bye biodiversity! Sea turtles are terrible at navigating parking garages anyway.
- Public Trust Shattered: Who needs democracy when money talks?
- Quality of Life? What’s That?: Welcome to the ultimate beach lifestyle: where construction noise replaces wave sounds, pollution fills the air, and erosion threatens our City – oh joy!
A Call to Action (Before We Lose Everything)
Stay on top of things. Get involved. Speak up with emails. Join a citizen advisory board. Go to Beach and Parks meetings. Get plugged in. Don’t let them pave paradise and put up parking lots!
Take Action Now. It’s time to laugh, cry, and scream (not necessarily in that order).
- Write to Your Elected Officials: Tell them how you really feel (but keep it PG).
- Attend Public Meetings: Make your voice heard, even if it’s just to say, “Seriously?!” – but most importantly, VOTE.
- Support Local Environmental Groups: They’re fighting for our coast; let’s fight with them!
Get Involved. Make a Difference.
(Before It’s Too Late)
