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iHeartBeaches writes:

The City of Marco Island has NOT fixed any of these issues. The seawall is still falling in and other homes have similar issues affecting their neighbors.

How can the City justify charging someone $91,250 / year for a "violation" that is still in disrepair? If the City paid to fix the seawall, I could understand charging a per diem fine for "interest" on the money spent. But... $91,250 ($182,500 for the house in the article) for noticing a violation and having Erik Wardle or Liz Carr send a letter once a week is ludicrous.

I agree that something needs to be done with these homes... but a home that is already in foreclosure is NOT GOING TO BE REPAIRED by the current owner. The City isn't going to force this to happen by charging them $250/day. If they had the money to pay the City... they would have fixed the seawall to begin with. Or at the very least they wouldn't be in the foreclosure process.

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