Here’s a quick look at how the Madeira Beach City Commissioner changed things to allow massive developments.
Long range planning, begun in 1999, produced the “Madeira Beach Master Plan”.
Work continued and in 2007 the City adopted a new Comprehensive Area Plan (CAP).
Goal #1 of the Comprehensive Plan was to:
“Ensure that the residential/family and beach community character of the City of ...
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Well, if you were watching via computer, you missed the first half hour or so because the City Manager has STILL NOT focused resources on a decent broadcast of meetings! During the Citizen’s Forum – which could not be heard at home – MB resident Sam Baker, said…“I’ll be brief. You know:
We are NOT the people who produced the offensive, negative website that calls for Commissioner Poe to resign. The mission of Madeira Beach United, LLC (MBU) is focused on a positive approach to community concerns.
And, we strongly object to the attempt to malign her by posting a photo of a dear man, tragically killed recently in a motorcycle accident. Those of us who live in Madeira Beach and knew this man, knew him to be a ...
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Well this may a ‘Believe It or Not’ type of story… But it’s for real and is a good read!
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/03/Business/How_far_can_a_fight_o.shtml
We’re not sure who sent us the article, but we know it wasn’t actually about the lawsuit for $1.96. Read a little further…
They sent it to us because Mr. Bill Karns – who has proposed the Madeira Beach City Center over-development – was ...
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Late morning, MB city officials decided to put off the vote on the Holton project off, until the Commission’s next meeting – May 10th!
Why did the meeting get delayed?
Well, the city attorney, Mr. Trask, said indirectly that the city was not sure if it had properly notified us (the public) about the meeting. If they did not do it properly – and approved the rezoning and PD – the vote might be legally challenged!
Despite the fact that ...
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Madeira Beach United, LLC, formed “by the people, for the people” is making a difference already!
We were were working together with folks in the neighborhoods and condos of MB to address the sad situation with our city government – even before we made ‘legal’ the name of our group!
So far, we collaborated on two objectives — and have achieve success on both!
A NO VOTE ON THE REFERENDUM
Getting out the information about the ...
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The full complaint can be found here.
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It appears that Big Money Developers have identified Madeira Beach as the place to build and profit from unfettered development in a way that they cannot any where else in Pinellas County — now that Clearwater ...
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Join Us! This is a website by and for the people… of Madeira Beach who want:
— the best quality of life possible for Madeira Beach and
— to preserve the relaxed, comfortable village feel that drew us to our beloved city
— to avoid the overdevelopment that has overtaken other cities in our area
— to get back our city and stop ...
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