I have to admit though, Rivera Beach was a s**t hole 15 years ago when I
traveled there all the time. It was sandwiched between West Palm to the
south, Palm Beach Gardens to the north (the Gardens Mall there was a project
of mine) and Singer Island. Rivera Beach has a great location, adjacent to
the Intercoastal.

"Lord Reginald Smithers" Ask me about my driveway leading up to my manor.
wrote in message ...
DAMN THOSE DEMOCRATIC CROOKS. THEY SHOULD ALL BE CASTRATED.

Rivera Beach is right next to Palm Beach, so it is easy to understand why
they could not get this correct either.


"P Fritz" wrote in message
...
But the state does have criterea that the DEMOCRATS seem to be skirting
around................

"That ruling has led to moves in Congress and at least 35 states,
including Florida, to restrict the use of eminent-domain seizures of
private property.

'Blighted' land may be seized

In Florida, the law allows local officials to take private land for
redevelopment if they deem it "blighted." In May 2001, a study
conducted for the city found that "slum and blighted conditions"
existed in about a third of Riviera Beach and that redevelopment was
necessary "in the interest of public health, safety, morals and
welfare."

A skeptical Babson, who lives in a single-story, concrete-block home
painted aqua that she shares with parrots and a dog, did her own
survey. For three months, she walked the streets of Riviera Beach
photographing houses classified as "dilapidated" or "deteriorated" by
specialists hired by the city.

The official study, she said, was riddled with errors and
misclassifications. Lots inventoried as "vacant" (one of 14 criteria
that allow Florida cities or counties to declare a neighborhood
blighted) actually had homes on them built in 1997, she said. One house
deemed "dilapidated," she found, was two years old.

Mayor Brown and Floyd T. Johnson, executive director of the Riviera
Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, did not respond to repeated
requests from the Los Angeles Times for an interview.

The redevelopment agency's website says the plan will "create a city
respected for its community pride and purpose, and reshape it into a
most desirable urban [place] to live, work, shop and relax for its
residents, business and visitors."

In past media interviews, Brown has said that his city was in dire need
of jobs and that if officials weren't allowed to resort to eminent
domain to spur growth, Riviera Beach could perish

"Lord Reginald Smithers" Ask me about my driveway leading up to my
manor.
wrote in message . ..
Kevin,
Let me speak slowly just for you. The State Law does not REQUIRE the
county
or city to do anything. The Democratic controlled county and mayor who
is
pushing the plan.

DAMN THOSE DEMOCRATS, DAMN THEM TO HELL AND BACK.


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wrote:
On 9 Dec 2005 09:25:19 -0800, wrote:

This, by the way, is a STATE law. Who to hell is the governor of
that
hell hole anyway? Oh, yeah, Jeb Bush!


Palm beach county is democrat country. It is a democrat mayor who is
pushing this plan.
These are the same compassionate liberals who wanted mandatory photo
IDs for all "guest workers" in their community and wanted to gate
the
whole damn town. If you are black or brown, don't let the sun go
down
on your ass in Palm Beach. That also applies to poor white people.

It's a STATE LAW, NOT A COUNTY ORDINANCE