Your choices

And with all civility, although you don't deserve it, you have three choices:

1. Face the fact that you aren't going to win. You'll just have to live with it.
2. Since you seem to want to have excessive community regulations, move somewhere where there are deed restrictions, codecils and such. I however enjoy liberty where I live. I'll even help you pack.
3. Buy me out. It won't be cheap. It won't be "market value". But that's the price you have to pay for living in a free country. Its simply pay up or shut up.

And further more . . .

To the "anonymous" complainer(s) and Orange County, FL Code Enforcement....

ONE MORE THING! Your Problem is Obvious . . .

.... still!

Here is some more comments about the July event....

Your Problem Is Obvious#1
Dedicated to the preservation of Florida's natural resources.For the rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happines... Choice of domicile.Against the Isle of Pines low-lifes who wish to impose their will on my property. If I wanted to give away personal freedoms and the ability to chose how I want to live and the arrangement of my domicile, I would have purchased a house with all those excessive deed restrictions. Instead, I chose LIBERTY. Nothing wrong if anyone chooses to live in one of those communities.Another message: I will not cease to oppose those who want to run my life. I beat them at the county TWICE! Whey the law wouldn't take your side, you decided to break the law and impose your intentions upon my property. When you couldn't win legally, you took the law in your own hands. Like trespassing and vandalism makes you think you have won. I'm not done pursuing this by all legal means.

YOUR PROBLEM IS STILL OBVIOUS

Around July 15, 2005 my yard was inappropriately desecrated by Orange County (FL) code enforcement. An anonymous complaint aledged violations; however, none was proven and the county did not folllow prescribed processes and protocols.

List of damages:
· 25'x10' Blackberry garden - been cultivating for over 5 years: DESTROYED. Fortunately, we picked several quarts in May (as we have done every year)

· ~6 Lantana plants - several years of effort; up to 4 ft. tall (6" lantana available at the store for about $3): DESTROYED

· 5' x 20' flower bed of Coreopsis (aka tickseed) variety; over 5 years effort to cultivate and spread these along front property line. I have been sucessful in using coreopsis to reduce overgrowth (wild grape, brazilian pepper and other invasives). At least until the Isle of Pines idiots ("If it isn't a rose, it must be a weed") came and DESTROYED.
Coreopsis deisgnated as the Florida State official wildflower (http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/symbols/symbol.cfm?page=1&id=12). Several varieties native to Florida. Commonly cultivated by road departments along rights-of-way.: destroyed main bed and several smaller outcrops.
· Cut down a 4 ft. loquat tree.

· Cut all native grasses and greenery in front and rear yards down to dirt.
(Granted, the only grass in my yard is crab grass - but at least it was green!). My property is densely wooded (over 40 trees - ~3 Live oaks, 3 cypress, several draecana ("corn plant") - the original was over 20 ft! and 3 dozen Pines. In the last year, the draecana was damaged (which has been rooted into nearly 10 rootlings!) by hurricane Charley. One of two palms was taken down, as was one medium pine. Another champion pine is damaged and will need to be removed soon. The key thing is that my property is a FOREST and for the most part, growing grass/sod would be futile. We love the shade.