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Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl HiaasenIt's the classic Florida yarn, with villains and victims but no tidy ending. Want to blame somebody? Start with the clowns on the old Metro Commission who allowed folks to sell "property" on the wrong side of the Everglades dike. That's right, the 8 1/2 Square Mile Area is west of the flood-control levee. That meansБЂ”surprise!БЂ”no flood control. It's a wetland, as in: wet land. That self-evident fact didn't discourage people from hawking lots, and nobody stopped them. This is Florida, after all, with a proud tradition of submersible real estate. But here's the problem with living in a swamp: You live in a swamp. Water managers have been diverting some flow from the 8 1/2 Square Mile Area, parching the national park to benefit the homeowners. Yet every rainy season the ritual repeats: TV crews slosh out to the East Everglades to interview folks who are ankle-deep and miserable. Of course they want flood protectionБЂ”who wouldn't? It's impossible not to feel heartache for those who will be forced to give up a home, a neighborhood, a way of life ...» |
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