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2020-04-11 -Land of the Free

Mike Huckabee Sues Florida Authorities for Threatening to Arrest Him on His Private Beach

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Posted by Clem 2020-04-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 I'm surprised that this sort of push back hasn't been happening before. Enough is enough with these petty tyrants.

Posted by AlanC 2020-04-11 07:20|| 2020-04-11 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 The issue cuts both ways. On the one hand I'm not that fond of the beach itself being privately owned. I'm always happy when the courts kick some lefty in the nuts over trying to do that as has been happening in California. OTOH, once they are telling you what you can do in your own back yard, who actually thinks it will stop there? Wasn't it always lefties crying about "don't tell me what I can do in my own bedroom?" Well, how bout the living room and kitchen then too? The thought crime crowd is already trying to decide what you can and can't do inside your own head.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-11 10:10|| 2020-04-11 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I hear ya, but private property is private property, be it the beach or on 5th Avenue in NYC.
But, exactly, just where does this end? People a little here and a little there is o.k., until it's too late.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-11 10:24|| 2020-04-11 10:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm pretty conservative when it comes to private property rights, but I'm reminded of Colorado, where landowners are required to allow access to fishing streams. They can own the land you have to cross to get to the stream, but the stream is public property. If there's a fence, the property owner has to install a gate or a set of steps to get through or over the fence.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-11 13:23|| 2020-04-11 13:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Eminent domain in the United States

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-11 13:23|| 2020-04-11 13:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Florida beach law - The state constitution says all beaches below the “mean high-water line,” or the wet sand, are public. Court cases have found that the public has the right to the dry sand parts of beaches in two instances:

One is if the public has established a “prescriptive easement,” using a particular beach for the past 20 years without objection from private landowners.
The other is through “customary use,” which is the “ancient,” peaceful use of the beach by the public.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-11 13:26|| 2020-04-11 13:26|| Front Page Top

#7 My personal thinking is, if you want to be NIMBY you better be able to afford and obtain a title to that back yard.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-11 13:30|| 2020-04-11 13:30|| Front Page Top

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