Pamkillen,
What disaster? This small section of lagoon went from 2 feet deep to 4 feet deep, more fish than before, birds abundance, where is the big damage?

Sail&Dive
The disaster was the tearing out of a stretch of beautiful mangroves.
To all others:
That is what most of us are objecting to as far as South Beach goes.
There is a law against destroying mangroves and we had to sit and watch it happen and have the law ignored.
I don't think dredging is a healthy thing but that was not my argument.
I wouldn't personally buy a time share but I don't care if other people do.
I loved the pull ferry except when all the bicycles made it impossible for golf carts to get across but the locals had a good time laughing at me when I would go nuts and loose it. Now we have a bridge and trucks are coming across on a regular basis.
There is some kind of ordinance that says large vehicles need to buy a daily permit to travel on the cart path up north - but none of them do and none are fined.
There were enough pot holes in the road to make speeding impossible; large ropes were not necessary and their placement was suspect.
Those of us who bought away from the noise and lights of town have tried to maintain this atmosphere and are slowly loosing what we thought we were getting.
The town has decided that they will put high powered street lights up high on every third light pole here on the north side; this against our protests.
Do you see a pattern here? Can you feel my frustration?
I have not chained myself to a mangrove but I am an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, I write letters and make phone calls to our elected officials and try to keep my side of the street clean and looking good.

Interesting Harriet-when you bought your first appt. off plan from Chris -did you miss the mangroves that were in front of your proposed building

Now Pedro, behave yourself. People can learn from their mistakes. Probably no need to talk about Long Cay either only to point out why I said mistakes and not mistake.

ScubaLady,
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there is a bunch of construction done north of RV, both condos and houses. Building materials are hauled by barges. Where is your concern about damage to the coral reef done by all this barges?
As to South Beach I’m with you. It is simply too huge for AC. There is a difference between building 100+ units (RV) and 3000 units (SB). I agree that SB will put enormous stress on AC’s infrastructure and by it’s intended style (casinos etc) will change San Pedro’s unique atmosphere.

S&D - I just forgot to mention them! LOL
Heck - I'm not yet perfect.
Hi Warren - so you want to get into a discussion on Long Caye? Tell me what the mistake was there - except that nothing is happening.

I don't as we discussed that in great detail a few years back, but I will if you want. It sure has a lot of similarities to exactly what you are against, for good reasons, now.

OK, I was lead astray by Pedro. Trying to bet back on a more positive and productive approach, I think it is more important what a person's possition is, for or against something and the validity of their arguments, than what actions they might have taken in the past.

Thats sort of an appology Harriette.

These developements are post Hurricane Keith, most of these developers weren't here at that time either. I guess nobody told them what happened to areas were the mangrove and seagrass was cleared. Particularly were RV is located.
Of course, our illustrious town planning committees have selective memories also (DFC).
Don't be surprised when the insurance co.s reject claims at RV and other similar developments after another Keith hits.