Letter: Growth is being crammed down Palm Coast residents' throats

Palm Coast Observer
Opinion

Cure city's growing pains — vote for change

Dear Editor:

It’s no front-page news that development and population growth are big issues, and I’ve been thinking about two recent Observer opinion pieces addressing them.

Paln Coast mayoral candidate Mike Norris commented that the State Legislature gushes funds to facilitate new construction and development but funds for the benefit of the current residents come at a trickle.

Councilwoman Theresa Carli Pontieri wrote of the difference between a politician and statesman and how she has concluded that cutting tax rates at this time may not be desirable given current infrastructure needs and the responsibility to make hard decisions without punting the costs to the next generation.

Both takes resonate with the word on the street. Growth is being crammed down the existing residents' throats and many of us feel as if we get the bill and a small group of people get the profits. This disparity is leading to a sense of illegitimacy of our governing institutions. But, we can change course in the forthcoming primary elections.

We can decide that where we live is for us and governed by us or we can continue with an era of the real estate agents, by the real estate lawyers and for the real estate developers.

Matt Nellans

Ormond Beach (Flagler County)