The dirty little secret of environmental protection in the Florida Keys is not “lack of commitment on the enforcement side” as your editor maintained in the editorial of February 7, “Weekend clear-cutters should pay higher price” but a failure to admit that condemning private property without paying for it is simply theft with a high-toned environmental coating. The only difference between condemnation and confiscation is that the owner of condemned property still has to pay rent in the form of taxes.
String 'em Up!
String 'em Up!
String 'em Up!
The dirty little secret of environmental protection in the Florida Keys is not “lack of commitment on the enforcement side” as your editor maintained in the editorial of February 7, “Weekend clear-cutters should pay higher price” but a failure to admit that condemning private property without paying for it is simply theft with a high-toned environmental coating. The only difference between condemnation and confiscation is that the owner of condemned property still has to pay rent in the form of taxes.