Please help!! A shit head is trying to turn untouched land into a

[Maraya1969]

development. The Babcock Ranch in Florida is 91,000 acres of pristine wilderness and home for the Florida Panther, Black Bear, Birds, and all sorts of creatures. When it went up for sale people all over the state tried to get up the money to buy it. Little kids were even selling rubber bracelets for $3.00 to help.

Now this evil man, Syd Kitson has bought the property and wants to develop 17,000 acres and sell the rest back to Florida. He tries to make is seem like this is a "preservation effort" rather than just selling the rest of the land to get the money up to put 50,000 homes and I forget how much land for retail stores and offices.

I can't find the email but the preservation partnership said that 17,000 and 50,000 homes is relatively similar to MIAMI.

Please make a few phone calls and/or emails to Kitson and his partners and tell them you think they are ruining one of the last wilderness treasures in the US - or something like that(contacts at the bottom). All the efforts of local officials seem to not be working and the "nice" approach is not helping anymore. Maybe because the BUSH Brother is involved and going to make money off the deal. I know DU'ers are good at this sort of thing."

Do it for her. There are only between 50-90 Florida Panthers left.





The Babcock Ranch is one of the most ecologically important areas in our region. Located in Southeastern Charlotte and Northeastern Lee Counties, the Ranch is comprised of cypress domes, swamps, and mesic flatwoods and wet prairies in a block that straddles the Telegraph Swamp.
The species diversity found on the Ranch, coupled with the fast-growing population in the vicinity, make the ranch an ecological refuge. Its sheer size of 91,361 acres (143 square miles) makes it critical habitat to many species, particularly large mammals such as Florida panthers and Florida black bears.
Federal and State governments are currently administering an $8+ billion plan to restore the Everglades. Babcock Ranch and the waters of the Telegraph Swamp are extremely important to the health of the western Everglades ecosystem, particularly the Caloosahatchee River, making preservation of the Ranch important on a national scale.

http://www.babcockranch.org/Information.htm

This is the bullshit Kitson is spewing. He is trying to make it look like his development is really a preservation.

By Syd Kitson
special To The News-press
Originally posted on November 13, 2005
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This community is on the verge of an historic accomplishment, and I am proud of my company's role in helping to assure the permanent preservation of approximately 74,000 acres of Babcock Ranch. While the significance of this environmental accomplishment cannot be overstated, I am equally proud of the widespread support and valuable input we have received from environmental and civic groups, community leaders and local citizens who have helped and are helping to shape the vision of Babcock Ranch.:evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown:

Kitson & Partners
Syd Kitson
Chairman & CEO
[phone]
[e-mail]

Kitson & Partners Communities
Tom Hoban
Division President & COO
[phone]
[e-mail]

Kitson & Partners Clubs
Mike Rippey
Division President & COO
[phone]
[e-mail]

[Maraya1969]

1. Please keep this kicked for the evening crowd.

:cry: I do realize this is a shameless plea but please do it!

[Benhurst]

2. Recommended. As long as Floridians

allow the Bush Crime Family and the Repubs to control the state, I'm afraid little can be done to prevent such things from happening. Good luck!

[roguevalley]

3. done. I see stuff like this and I could just die of grief.

[Maraya1969]

4. We need one more vote people!!! Let's kick them where it hurts!

[graywarrior]

5. I'll vote.

[Robeysays]

6. that's so sad...

i wish i could help you guys... i wrote the email, but i feel helpless.

[texpatriot2004]

7. Stop the Shithead. nm

[nashville_brook]

8. florida breaks my heart

that habitat is a treasure. so much of florida is/was. and there's plenty "old florida" that has already been developed that needs to me reclaimed, reused.

i fucking hate these shitheads, and i reserve that emotion for the really deserving.

keep kicked and read carl hiaasen.

[0007]

9. bttft & nominated

[Maraya1969]

13. Ummmm what does bttft mean?

[0007]

17. Bounce to the fucking top

[Maraya1969]

20. OK bttft then!

:kick:

[Nothing Without Hope]

10. Under the Pombo rider on the House version of the Budget Bill, they would

be able to do this to hundreds of millions of OUR PUBLIC LAND - only they could buy it cheap and either "develop" it or sell it to absolutely ANYONE with the money and connections - like foreign corporations.

See the links in my sig line. I'll be posting an update tonight or tomorrow. This is going to happen or be defeated soon - possibly by the end of this month. The Pombo rider MUST be blocked from the reconciled Budget Bill (it's not in the Senate version currently) before passage. Horribly, this is going under the radar of almost all major media except the LA Times. It's worse than ANWR drilling, much worse, and it was sneaked into the bill at the last minute, without public hearings.

Good luck with your very worthy and important fight.

[Shallah Kali]

19. They want to rape our public lands. ANWR was just the opening shot

bump for the panthers and bump to block Pombo!

[NoFederales]

11. k&r; environmental efforts are getting sooooo hard with * think

NoFederales

[Ferret Annica]

12. Thanks for posting this, this needs to get out on Indymedia as well

Too much of Florida has already been gutted, yet still they have no shame.

Earth First!

[Maraya1969]

14. How do you get it on Indymedia? I just went there and it looks like

a news site.

[rateyes]

15. Putting a face on the shit-head....

http://www.kitsonpartners.com/managing/interview_with_syd.htm

[bonito]

16. Kick.

[eleny]

18. Kick

:kick:

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Kicked and recommended and bookmarked..

[Maraya1969]

22. JUST A FEW MORE CALLS PLEASE!! God and email this morning

and everything seems to be going through!~!!!!!

I am sick. Now I think it is time to let these people know that whoever supports this is not going to win any election in the state of Florida EVER AGAIN. I can say that with certainty because most Floridians hate the idea of destroying our state no matter WHAT party they belong to.

Please people. Just a couple more phone calls/emails!!!! I have been calling and writing here for hours now. I am telling them all what is going to happen next election. My mother is a dyed in the wool Republican and she is SICK TO DEATH about this. No one is going to vote for them in the next election when we put their names up in commercials and on flyers and signs as the ones who supported this the destruction of Florida.


Governor Jeb Bush

PL 05 The Capitol
400 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001

850/488-4441

[e-mail]

Senator Mel Martinez

United States Senate
Russell Senate Office Building - Courtyard 2
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Congressman Connie Mack

2000 Main Street, Suite 303
Fort Myers, Florida 33901
239/332-4677


Senator Mel Martinez

United States Senate
Russell Senate Office Building - Courtyard 2
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


http://www.babcockranch.org/Contacts.htm

[Algorem]

23. Must treat Syd vicious

ly.