"HAPPY NEW YEAR,BUT NOT TO THE PEASANTS"

THE NEW YEAR BRINGS BLIGHT to the city of Casselberry,Florida.They have ruined more businesses and have gone around continually terrorising business owners and having so many of our landmarks torn down that our home town city charm is unrecognizable.
A ghost town is what we are becoming and then allowing developers come in and rape our land.
Let us look at the facts,for anyone not familiar to our city just bear with each account to add up how our city has ruined our community.
Look first at the land across from city hall, there used to be businesses,ie,Casselberry glass ,Shell gas and then strangely the mysterious and"CONVENIENT" fire at the Masonic lodge that not only house the masons but also Demolay, a youth version for building community values for teens, now what has that done to promote our community and help our businesses?How convenient it was for the Masonic Lodge to burn to to fit in with the city taking land[eminent domain] to leave a large empty field. Next look west at the plaza the city bought and immediately started tearing down most of this little plaza tearing down the old hardware store and the great community bar/restaurant to put parking for city hall while having near 10 acres of open field? The city became mean unbearable landlords forcing business out leaving a plaza that is sickly looking with city fleet parking that is out of place and trashy looking.
Now across the street from thereon our major highway the city bought all of the land ,Tore all the business buildings down and change the roadway behind going into the target plaza with a bizarre circle with a group of turns that is more confusing than usable and we should not absorb the cost of this roadway that was not even needed.
Next go north of city hall the city bought the land with our tax dollars to close an adult Entertainment club which also housed in the plaza a few businesses and a separate restaurant.The building torn down to leave a hideous sight of broken concrete and concrete slabs that once was a building.Why was that done? could it be for the millions of dollars spent to build a boardwalk across Lake concord that no one uses and goes no where? We can not forget the new intersection and the millions spent to change the lake shore and road with a new wall way.
East of city hall the city tore out the road and tore down the city buildings along lake concord to put in a large fountain and extend the lake shore to make a park area.
We can not forget that the city built the boardwalk across private land[Blacks Auto lot] and the lawsuit that now pays the landowner damages per month or access across his land. Why did the city not check before the built?The city fired Mr. Paradise[force to step down] for his stupid decision.
Wow that is only land around city hall, amazing? We now have to briefly look down 17/92 and 436 where the two flyovers they are going to build tat the public, certain commissioners ,public surveys and data have opposed and confirmed will not benefit our city.Each intersection that a flyover will be built the business that have disappeared ,torn down ,bought out,forced out or left to face going out of business mainly from,you guessed it, harassment and city ordinances making it unbearable to stay in business.
How many businesses and properties are we talking about?30 -50 businesses have disappeared or putout of business.Some business owners afraid to speak up for fear of reprisal,some barely staying in business and the city buying with our tax dollars property so we can be taxed even more because of shortfalls from over spending.
What does this new year have in store for our city? Nothing positive,nothing reducing the tax burden on the residents and business owners and finally to harass the residents by restricting and forcing new ordinances that they force to harass us with. Wow,taking our tax dollars to force business out of business,buy their land and then spend our tax dollars deciding how redevelop the "NEW" properties and this doesn't include the many dozens of lawsuits to annex[force into incorporating] into the city.Have a comment, post one. Happy new year?