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In case I missed it- Have any of you guys in Fla.
- Thread starter Dancer
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It was really over sold. They were going to amend the laws because of some folks digging huge holes with backhoes on some water district land for artifacts. Under the existing laws the police had their hands tied and could only say go away. Unfortunately the people who wrote the bill used some mighty broad language that could be used by some govt drones to really put the hurt on us. A fuss was raised, changes were made to the wording and now the bill has been withdrawn. Safe for now.
We are having some fun with county parks in Orange county which is the greater Orlando area. You now need to get a free permit to hunt in county parks. Thanks to some idgit who dug a big hole in a baseball infield and killed off a bunch of grass they have just now decided no hunting any Bermuda grass athletic fields county wide, sigh..... Shut down everything because of one fool.
They also say no in water detecting in county park waters because FL claims these as "submerged sovereign lands". Fl doesn't allow hunting in state parks so the county says you can't in their parks because the bottom is state land. Blasted politicians and bureaucrats just love to create rules and from hard experience from years in FL the authorities here tend to push things over the limit when given a little authority. So the battle rages on.
Brevard county is now deciding to ban detecting in all county properties as well. Stay vigilant and vote folks!
We are having some fun with county parks in Orange county which is the greater Orlando area. You now need to get a free permit to hunt in county parks. Thanks to some idgit who dug a big hole in a baseball infield and killed off a bunch of grass they have just now decided no hunting any Bermuda grass athletic fields county wide, sigh..... Shut down everything because of one fool.
They also say no in water detecting in county park waters because FL claims these as "submerged sovereign lands". Fl doesn't allow hunting in state parks so the county says you can't in their parks because the bottom is state land. Blasted politicians and bureaucrats just love to create rules and from hard experience from years in FL the authorities here tend to push things over the limit when given a little authority. So the battle rages on.
Brevard county is now deciding to ban detecting in all county properties as well. Stay vigilant and vote folks!
banditicey
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You would think that given all the tourism by MDers that go to Florida, the Government would not discourage MDing
There is so much more to say but it is up to us who enjoy our Sport and Hobby to be aware and respond to efforts to
curb our Freedom and Rights
These efforts to let the politicians know of our displeasure through Emails and assorted media is necessary and effective
Sadly we cannot take for granted what we currently enjoy by putting our heads in the Sand
There is so much more to say but it is up to us who enjoy our Sport and Hobby to be aware and respond to efforts to
curb our Freedom and Rights
These efforts to let the politicians know of our displeasure through Emails and assorted media is necessary and effective
Sadly we cannot take for granted what we currently enjoy by putting our heads in the Sand
Theres an idea! Fill an empty mall full of a foot of sand, scatter out a bunch of pennys and jewelry every night, and charge detectorists and entrance fee!Hey, this state makes millions upon millions of dollars annually from the marine business. It's also at times one of the most marine business and boat owner unfriendly places I've ever been. The politicians just don't care. 20 years ago they played some games with taxation that drove 50% of the people in the boat building and service industry out of the state. The trade group rented a room and put on each table the name of the existing businesses and how many jobs, annual revenue and tax revenue on it. They also did the same for all the businesses who had left and showed how many jobs and how much money had been lost and we aren't talking small potatoes here. It was thousands of jobs and millions in lost taxes. They then brought a large group of state reps through and showed them what their money grab had done and quite frankly they didn't give a darn.
Florida, unfortunately, has a long history of this type of behavior.
They once tried to ban living on your boat statewide, or even spending more then ten nights a month on board. They were even going to require the marinas to play big brother and force them to log in and out every owner and report violators. Since they were required to hold public hearings on the subject they did, in places where there were no live aboard boaters. They didn't count on the rage level and how far bus loads and car loads of people were going to swamp them and give them both barrels. We got that one defeated and they've been trying to implement it in tiny increments ever since. The fight rages on.
Never give a bureaucrat an inch, they'll take everything you have.
Florida, unfortunately, has a long history of this type of behavior.
They once tried to ban living on your boat statewide, or even spending more then ten nights a month on board. They were even going to require the marinas to play big brother and force them to log in and out every owner and report violators. Since they were required to hold public hearings on the subject they did, in places where there were no live aboard boaters. They didn't count on the rage level and how far bus loads and car loads of people were going to swamp them and give them both barrels. We got that one defeated and they've been trying to implement it in tiny increments ever since. The fight rages on.
Never give a bureaucrat an inch, they'll take everything you have.