Comments on: New $40 Million Offer For OLF-8 From Tampa Real Estate Firm

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:49:06 +0000

First, this land is not owned by private citizens. The county, i.e., politicians spent taxpayer dollars to purchase this land. So, we the people should have a say in what is done wirh the land. Not politicians making backroom deals with developers to line their pockets wirh taxpayer money. To simplify the point so everyone gets educated to the scam. Politicians use taxpayer dollars to buy the land. Developers pay the county for the land. The politicians convince the citizens that they are looking out for what is best for ‘our community ‘. The county gives the developers a deal on property taxes while they own and develop the land. Almost no taxes per acre. They build the houses. We taxpayers pay the impact fees. New roads, widening roads, traffic lights, colverts, retention ponds. We pay for the flooding issues once the houses are built because they don’t consider the land slopes they make when they haul in all of the dirt and don’t consider the flooding issues they create. Because ultimately the citizens that buy the house have to pay for the issues created by builders that build poor quality expensive homes and take the money and run. Until the flooding issues get so bad, people living there complain to the point that the politicians spend taxpsyer money to try to fix the flooding issues, then and it has already happened, the politicians spend taxpayer dollars to buy the homes and desyroy them because of the flooding issues over and over. The individual that buys the home gets hit with extremely high property tax bills. No sweetheart deal for them. I was ignorant to this scam and fraud until I accidentally discovered what was going on. I started doing research. I educated myself. Please everyone investigate yourself. We must stop this.
I was born in Pensacola. If I or other people like me wanted to live on top of other people we would move to other places that have already been turned into urban, filthy, scummy, diseased areas. We must stop these criminals from destroying our home. Politicians are already trying to put a sewer treatment plant on the Cooper Basin in Milton on the land next to the BlackwaterRiver. The land was purchased with taxpayer dollars. Now the Milton politicians are trying to use more taxpayer dollars to build the sewer treatment plant. On the Blackwater River. Please go to Save the blackwater.com to read about it. Do you really want to let them pollute our beautiful Blackwater river too. We have to stand up against this and make our voices heard. It’s our children and grandchildren that will suffer the most. Bigger is not always better. Progress is not always a good thing.

By: ZZbottom

ZZbottom — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 22:26:52 +0000

@Dave Lamb, she’s retired.

By: MR REALITY

MR REALITY — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 04:06:22 +0000

Why is Bergosh the lead on this deal and why does he keep commenting on it?

By: dave lamb

dave lamb — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 05:01:30 +0000

@ Bonnie, I agree.
@ RW, Italked personally with Debbie Calder, who has since moved to corporate headquarters. I talked to Florida Dean of Extension Services, and they did what they wanted to without listening to the people. That lead us to OLF- 8 and the situation now.

By: Concerned in Cantonement

Concerned in Cantonement — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 23:49:48 +0000

To all you people complaining about development: What was on the land where your house is before your house was built? What was on the land where the grocery store you shop at before it was built? Calm down and consider acting like you’ve been alive for more than a few years.

By: tg

tg — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:03:05 +0000

Given enough time the County will screw this up.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 19:47:54 +0000

our roads are stressed without improvements ; instead they get more stress .

By: Not You

Not You — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:55:22 +0000

@Speak up: The whole purpose of the land swap with the Navy was for the County to sell the OLF to developers.

By: Bonnie Exner

Bonnie Exner — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:55:10 +0000

My only comment is MATT LANGLY BELL would roll over in his grave if he knew what was happening to his beloved property!

By: Beluah Res

Beluah Res — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:59:47 +0000

Bergosh basically states they are not accepting this offer since it has an expiration of Aug 31 and he said he is expecting several more offers in the upcoming weeks…weeks…Is “needs work” code for “you forgot my check with the offer”?