Summary of Scott Schultz on Reasons to Oppose

FIRST AND FOREMOST  DEAL BREAKER IS FACT THE ACE GETS ‘HOLD HARMLESS/INDEMNIFICATION’ FOR ALL THEIR WORK?

Look no further than New Orleans and Katrina to see how much damage can be done after their work.

• Berms 20 feet down, 15 feet up, 25-50 yards base of poured concrete on and off from Bonita Beach Road to Marco Island?
• 14 foot Sea Walls Bonita Beach Road, Seagate Drive, Tamiami Trail from Davis/41, etc., bisection to the Collier County Buildings on Airport Pulling?
• 3 sand pipelines from 33 miles out to the mainland?
• Sea Turtle habitat destroyed, fines for any sea turtles or manatees harmed?  Money sent to ‘next of kin’ of the turtles or manatees?
• We must destroy the beachfront to save it?
• 60% possible success against mother nature for $3+ Billion?
• $150,000 damage to Baypointe in Naples Cay from IRMA?  Worth this expenditure of billions of $3+billion?
• $174,000,000 in lost property tax revenue to City of Naples for land acquisition, and eminent domain?
• City of Naples has no say?
• Wall along Seagate would require uprooting 50 banyan trees, etc?
• Water level rise may be 1 foot per century, this equates to just over one inch every 10 years?
• Sluice gates along Seagate Drive to be open 80% of the time each month annually?
• Why are all Collier County taxpayers to pay for ‘faux protection’ for beach front property owners?
• How did this project begin, and how has it continued?
• Why does Collier County need ACE and their strings, when 1 mill tax generates about $1 Billion with complete local control of entire process?
• Horse trading on wall placement with ACE is ‘fools errand’.
• Cost of $50-80,000,000 annually for maintenance for 60 years?
• 7 years of construction affecting all aspects of tourism and life in Collier County.
• Seagate Drive will be a ‘concrete hauling’ service drive.
• Why isn’t this being done in full cooperation with all taxpayers in Collier County, and City of Naples?
• Has any Government project ever come in ‘on time, and/or on budget’?  Why take such risks with one of the world’s most beautiful locations full of natural beauty, wildlife, livelihoods, and home for us all?