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Dear Commissioner LoCastro:
Dear Commissioner Solis.
I have owned since 1987 in Naples Park, near the site we are speaking about. When I bought I was told growth would be limited because Naples had a handle on things and they did not want
to be like the east coast. General Electric (if I recall correctly) owned adjacent to the Ritz and there would be no buildings built on the beach. I was informed of a lot of decisions
of where I was buying. Through the years, greed took over and changes made to areas that were protected. Animals are knocking on doors and swimming in pools where they once had their
own homes.
Many years back I saw an eagle fly by me on a golf course. What was said to me on that day was 'enjoy the experience' as developers were taking the lands away. Simply, the developers
would rather pay an outrageous fine versus stop what they were doing to avoid the fine.
In essence, money speaks and the authenticity of what Naples was is sadly the past. Stock's building in a tight area just takes away any quaintness the area could have for the neighborhood.
I 'read' that Stock bought the Du Ra Ma land so, if true, they will succeed in getting what they want. It would be refreshing if I saw the property owners being listened to but, our
times are not about the people's concerns. We may be the taxpayers but, our voices are small compared to the mighty dollar that can override the people that live in the area. We are
nobody. The wildlife, whether land or water, can not compete with the mighty dollar either.
Sincerely,
Linda Dragan
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Dear Commissioner LoCastro,
I am writing you today to express my opposition to the Stock Development One Naples as it is currently proposed. I was encouraged by the action of the Planning Commission and their inability
to recommend approval not only of the current Stock plan, but of a watered-down version that reduced the outrageous tower heights by almost 25%, and extremely diminished setbacks. They
did their job, protecting the community.
Now it’s your turn. Planning Commissioner Frye said it best when he asked the other Commissioners how they could ignore the outpouring of sentiment from the community. These are your
constituents, your voters. Isn’t it your responsibility to listen to those who will live with this atrocity for decades to come and to vehemently deny the developer the right to build
it?
If hundreds of emails exhorting you to deny the project are not enough, if more than eighty people who signed up to speak against the project at the Planning Commission are not enough,
if the 1,100 members of Save Vanderbilt Beach, forty percent of whom have contributed almost $100,000 to engage experts and fight the development are not enough, what exactly will be
enough to persuade you to do the right thing?
Please, when it comes before you, vote to deny the project as it is currently proposed.
In hopes of a more reasonable project, I am respectfully,
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