Barefooting into Incorporation

The City of Palm Bay is infamous for gobbling up unincorporated sections of south Brevard county.  A few people in Barefoot Bay are fearful that they too will be swallowed by the metropolis wanna be.

As plans progress to build the Palm Bay Parkway (which is to start at Micco Rd.) and the plans intact for future sustainable developments (Emerald City, Micco Park District and Calumet Hamlet, Palm Bay City Council Meeting 19 October 2010) on the Parkway between Route 1 and the east side of I95 it is no wonder the residents of Barefoot Bay would be a little nervous about what may happen to them and their HOA community. On the other hand, perhaps a small group of residents in Barefoot Bay see this as an opportunity to form yet another layer of government that would give them more power to run their community. 

The residents of Grant and Valkaria incorporated their villages on July 25, 2006 becoming Grant-Valkaria in fear of annexation by the municipal land mogul with its predatory code enforcement, poor road maintenance, and swail fees, but would the same be prudent for Barefoot Bay?

At present, Florida does NOT allow forced annexation.  According to the Florida Statues in Chapter 171 a vote must be taken and 50% of the property owners in the proposed area must consent to the annexation. See Florida Statues Chapter 171

Rev. Earl Medlen, a resident of Barefoot Bay, brings several great points to ponder before voting to incorporate.

Hear Bill Mick WMMB 1240 AM and Rev. Earl bring this to light on December 6, 2010.

Bill Mick - Barefoot Bay Incorporation

Rev. Earl B. Medlen

902 Midway St.

Barefoot Bay FL. 32976

(772) 202-4062

To All Residents of Barefoot Bay:

SUBJECT: Incorporation.

  The idea of incorporation of Barefoot Bay is a bad idea for many reasons.  A few of which were covered quite well by a Mr. Carl Gogats (good job Carl) in the Sound Off section of the Tattler for the Jan. 2011 issue.  Please see that issue. As I agree it, this move is nothing less than an attempt of a few Gestapo type thinking people who want to gain more power over you so they can tell you how to live your lives. They want to control you and live your life for you, because you're too stupid to know how to live your own life. You don't know how to spend your own money, etc., etc. You see, you must be turned into a group of sheeple led around by a ring through your nose. You need these agents of Gestapo Nazism to take care of you from the cradle to the grave.

  But a few of the reasons which have not been covered, are as follows.  It is my understanding that, if we incorporate Barefoot Bay, we would then have to, as a city, provide service to the residents which the county now provides.

  We would either have to build a Police and Fire Dept., equip them at the cost of millions of dollars, hire and maintain policemen and firemen, again at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, or we would have to pay thousands of dollars to the County for these services which they already provide for free.

  We would also be responsible for the up-keep of all roads in the Bay along with the street signs, street lights, etc., etc., which is now the Counties responsibility.

  I have been told that one of the main reasons for wanting to incorporate is that they fear being annexed by Palm Bay (it seems they are already trying to do that, with all the Palm Bay Police cars parked all the time at the Fire Dept. there on Barefoot Blvd. Most of the time as few as one, many times as many as four).

As I see it, this is nothing but a smoke-screen of fear tactics, to hide their real motives, that of total control over "We The People." No, I don't want to be taken over by a heavy-handed Gestapo agency like Palm Bay, we already have such agencies in the form of the HOA and DOR, but we don't have to incorporate to keep Palm Bay out of our business. Please excuse my language here, but all we have to do is to tell Palm Bay to take a flying leap and go to hell, we are not going to be part of you. They cannot annex us if we don't let them do it SO:

• NO, I do not agree to incorporation.
• NO, assessments would not be lower.
• NO I don't want code enforcement fines to be legal, in fact I would like to get rid of all code enforcement.
• NO, taxes would not remain the same. Taxes would, in fact, be raised again and again.
• NO, we should not continue to study the possibility of incorporating as a town. Stop wasting your time and leave things alone.

   I don't know about the rest of the people, but I for one, don't need larger more intrusive, heavy-handed government like that of the out of control governments of the very liberal, un-American North Eastern part of this Country.  If you folks from that area like that kind of government, GO BACK to it.

In fact I need government for four things, that is to:

1. Get out of my life

2. Get out of my wallet

3. Get off my back

4. And LEAVE ME ALONE.

What part of that don't you understand????