On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:50:16 -0500, Glenn Ashmore wrote:

The people I really feel for are the poor black folks out on the barrier
islands. They have owned their land for generations but their property
taxes have gone up to the point that they are being forced to sell to the
developers.

This is sad, not just because it ruins these people's lives, but
destroys a community and a culture.

The same thing happened in Santa Fe, NM, when all the yuppies and whatnot
started moving in.

Matt O.