Battle brews over Beer Can Island

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[bellwethertrucking]

"What if someone gets hurt?"
Are we going to make it illegal to go out on boats? People get hurt out there and It's "hard to get emergency service out there" too!
Government overreach at its finest!

[GetOffMyyLawn]

They realized they missed out on grabbing the island and want it back.

[olewornhat]

We used to go there before it was developed. Marine Patrol had no problem getting there. The Coast Guard can get there fast. Hillsborough County just wants to steal it.

[OmarGoshTV]

The land of the free: where you really never own what you own.

[jamesmiller]

Government just can't leave people alone. Not hurting anyone. Just can't stand people enjoying themselves with paying off the pols.

[nicksflixworld]

I'm from the government & I'm here to help...take away your rites.

[exposingboulder]

It's unincorporated and the county is pissed because the money they aren't making money. Dude needs to be removed from public office.

[tonalddrump]

Just put up a rainbow flag 🏳️‍🌈 It’s just that easy

[crazyflboy]

It was all good 8 years ago and on when no one owned it.

[MorningStarChrist]

Dangerous Liberty > cowardly safety

[mikepatrona]

Helicopters don’t need to completely land to help someone. They do it all the time in the ocean

[altha-rfet]

The owner s of the island can make it into a private club member only even if they charge just $10.00, Then the government has to stay out of it.

[hookaboowho]

The authorities need to stop harassing them.

[andrewstrakele]

From the aerial view in the thumbnail, there appears to be plenty of room to land a helicopter. It sounds like a typical City Council Shakedown to me. 🙀

[actionfaction]

Just hire a medical professional or EMT to be stationed there. Problem solved.

[ZXNTV]

If it's within the governments reach you're screwed.

[garrettgolden]

Government overreach at its finest! Let’s remember this and get Michael Owen out of office!! And any more tyrants in Hillsborough county!

[detroitvlogs]

How about governments leave people alone and let them decide if something is ( safe ) or not.

[williamgleaton]

The first time I stepped on beercan was 1964 and always thought that us tax payers took care of the island, especially since it was we boaters that kept it clean and carried other trash back to the mainland, so when I heard a set of brothers bought the island for $64, 000 I was shocked. To think no one knew it was for sale, otherwise us boaters would of stepped up bought the island and made it a free sanctuary for future generations to enjoy like we did for decades. However once the brothers realize that the island goes under water during severe storm, they decided to try and sell it (are you ready) for $14 million dollars. When I went to the Coast guard class n St Pete to learnhow to captain a boat the first thing they teach you is you don't drink and drive ever on the water, yet these brothers thought it a good ideal to put a bar on the island and as we all know you only get to the island by boat, so if you get blasted you still have to get in your boat and drive home to your dock. So yes as a lifelong boater in Tampa im pissed and me along with hundreds of other boaters, we'd like to know who sold the island to begin with since there was no public notice the island was up for sale.

[deenak]

No way!!! They bought it. I'll buy it from them.