NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE: ALERT! WILL FLORIDA PAVE OVER HER NATURAL BEAUTY?

TONIGHT NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK FROM CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMING TO BROADCAST A SPECIAL ALERT TO FLORIDIANS CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING OUR STATE'S NATURAL BEAUTY.  THE FLORIDA DOT IS PROPOSING AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO LINK MAJOR METRO AREAS TOGETHER EASILY AND QUICKLY. THE PROBLEM IS, ALL OF THE PROPOSALS APPEAR TO FAVOR THE CREATION OF MASSIVE NEW HIGHWAYS AND RAILWAYS RIGHT THROUGH THE LAST BASTION OF OLD FLORIDA, THE INNER SPINE OF THE STATE.  THIS BROACASTER ATTENDED ONE SUCH MEETING IN OCALA THIS WEEK AS A CITIZEN OBSERVER WHERE LOTS OF LIP SERVICE WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNTRYSIDE YET RELEASES AFTER THE FIRST TASK FORCE MEETING SEEM TO INDICATE THE DIE IS ALREADY CAST. 

WE AT NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO MASSIVE NEW AND HIGHLY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS WHICH MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WILL LEAD TO THE URBANIZATION OF ALL POINTS BETWEEN DESTINATIONS.  AFTER ALL, FLORIDA'S HISTORY IS FILLED WITH LAND DEALS AND SWINDLES WHICH HAVE CREATED MANY PROBLEMS THAT ARE JUST NOW GETTING WORSE. iF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL PROBABLY COME, BUT IS THAT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT?  VICTIMS OF THE RUSH TO GROW AND GROW AND GROW ARE ALWAYS THOSE WITHOUT DEEP POCKETS OR POLITICAL CLOUT TO FIGHT.  AND REMEMBER, MOST OF THE JOBS AND SUPPOSED PROSPERITY GOES TO THOSE BROUGHT IN TO FILL THE VOID, ONCE AGAIN PUTTING EXISTING CITIZENRY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRIORITY CHAIN AND PITTED AGAINST THE POLITICAL CLASS.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS TONIGHT BUT, SINCE IT IS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, OUR MUSIC WILL ALL BE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.  THEN, IN FUTURE DECEMBER BROADCASTS WE WILL REVERT BACK TO THE PEACE AND SERENITY OF CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMING. I HOPE YOU FIND TONIGHT'S SHOW OF INTEREST, FOLKS, AS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNNG.