emails to SRIA

Some emails sent to SRIA, names have been removed !!


Why won't the Island Authority listen to what the citizens of Escambia County
want in regards to development on the Beach? Most of us want the Beach for
family use and do not want any more development. Why does the SRIA represent
business interests that limit the availablity of the Island? The Beach should
not be exploited for financial gain!


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Dear SRIA Staff and Board,
Please do not grant a zoning change for the Clarion high rise. The 1988
Land Use Plan should be recognized until such time a new plan is developed and
presented to the public for review. Such a zoning variance has not been allowed
since 1991. It is imperative you do not give in to this developer now. It will
open the gate to many more such changes. I'm sure the folks who are current
owners of Clarion are nice people and want to make a larger profit. But not at
the expense of throwing the current guidelines out the window. Please hold the
line. Let's not throw our particular kind of paradise away. Most of the
residents, county residents and tourists do not want this high rise. Only a
handful want it.
I tell my children not to ever throw a piece of trash out the window and
they say, so what, one piece of trash will not hurt anything. But as more trash
is thrown, it begins to pile up. Even my 5 year old understands this concept.
Its not OK to approve even one variance for a medium to maxium density high
rise. It will ruin everything. Hold the line. We all love this beach.



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We have been visiting Pensacola Beach every year since I was a child. I've
seen what overdevelopment has done to Gulf Shores, Destin and Panama City. We
do not want to visit a place where the high rise buildings block the view and
the sun. It's bad enough that the Boardwalk stores which we loved to shop at
and spent a considerable amount of money in, are now going to be replaced by the
Portofino plaza. Please keep the atmosphere of the island intact by not
allowing it to be wall to wall high rises. If people want that then let them go
to Destin. On another tangent, It's pretty sad the first thing you see when
you arrive on the Island is a destroyed Palace junk shop. Get the owners to
either tear it down or fix it up. It has been over a year!!!! Thanks for
listening and I truly love Pensacola Beach!!!!!!


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Let it stop NOW! Save the beaches for everyone, not just the rich! NO MORE
HIGH-RISES!


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This, again, is a reminder that I am TOTALLY AGAINST the variance that would
allow a change in the zoning for the Clarion. Pensacola Beach has more than
enough High Rise buildings. I do not want to see another Panama City or Destin
made out of our PENSACOLA BEACH! That is why I signed the partition and why I am
not sending you this email. I can not be at the last meeting, because of a
business trip, but believe me...I AM AGAINST ANY VARIANCES IN THE ZONING TO
ALLOW MORE HIGH DENSITY HIGH RIST BUILDINGS! DO NOT ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO OVERTAKE
OUR BEACH! Keep the zoning as it is!


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I have been coming to Pensacola Beach for 13 years now. I come because of the
community feel that this area has to it. If you allow more high rises to be
built, this area will no long feel like the second "home" I've become used
to. It will begin to look like Destin. Please, I emplore you, oppose this
rezoning request. I know my vacation dollars are a tiny drop in the bucket for
your area but they're $1500 every year that I'll begin to take someplace else
if you start allowing these monstrosities to be built.


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Dear SRIA Staff and Board,
Please do not grant a zoning change for the Clarion high rise. The 1988
Land Use Plan should be recognized until such time a new plan is developed and
presented to the public for review. Such a zoning variance has not been allowed
since 1991. It is imperative you do not give in to this developer now. It will
open the gate to many more such changes. I'm sure the folks who are current
owners of Clarion are nice people and want to make a larger profit. But not at
the expense of throwing the current guidelines out the window. Please hold the
line. Let's not throw our particular kind of paradise away. Most of the
residents, county residents and tourists do not want this high rise. Only a
handful want it.
I tell my children not to ever throw a piece of trash out the window and
they say, so what, one piece of trash will not hurt anything. But as more trash
is thrown, it begins to pile up. Even my 5 year old understands this concept.
Its not OK to approve even one variance for a medium to maxium density high
rise. It will ruin everything. Hold the line. We all love this beach.







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If you put high rises out at P'cola Beach, not only are you destroying the
natural beauty of the Beaches, but you are going to be stopping people from
every where and future generations from enjoying those beaches....They do make
great hunks of debis when Hurricanes come through...which also contaminates the
gulf when the storms are doing their worse....Leave the beaches to their natural
beauty....DON'T CONTAMINATE


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We are natives of Pensacola and we have lived in other cities such as
Clearwater, FL and know the direct effect on what high rises do to beaches. We
do not want the High Rises and over-developement on our beaches! Please, don't
distroy our beaches with such things? Thank you.




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Dear SRIA members,
Please do not allow any more high rises on Pensacola Beach! It is just a jewel
of a place and it will be spoiled beyone belief if you let another giant be
built. Our family has been going to Pensacola Beach for generations and if it
just becomes another high rise haven, we will just have to move down to Okaloosa
Island, where they have height restrictions. Please, please don't spoil one of
the most beautiful places in America.


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Please do not allow Pensacola Beach to become another Panama City or Destin. The
beauty of Pensacola Beach lies partly in the absence of high rises. I visit PB
several times a year. I could go else where but I choose PB because of its
character. Please don't allow it to be ruined in the name of progress or the
pursuit of the almighty dollar.


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Stop the Hi-Rises! We don't want another Destin or Perdido Key here!!!