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Name: Connie Lehman on Dec 12, 2007Comments: Please keep the Turtle Beach camping area open for our residents and guests to share in our beautiful area. What a tragedy it would be to allow the wishes of a miniscule portion of our community to dictate who can enjoy our beaches in this manner.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Dec 12, 2007Comments: Please preserve this special space for all community members to enjoy. If there are issues of discontent with local homeowners, I'm sure that people working together can resolve them. I am optimistic that there are many alternatives to shutting the campground down entirely--and something positive might even come out of trying to work it out among people! Thank you!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Dec 12, 2007Comments: Please don't close the campground! Beach camping is an amazing way to enjoy the natural beauty Florida has to offer.Flag
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Name: Deborah Johnson on Dec 13, 2007Comments: I would like to see the campground remain "as is" with camping reservations to stay "as is" and save this gem.Flag
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Name: Rebecca King on Dec 13, 2007Comments: Please do not allow a few outspoken local Turtle Beach homeowners trample the will of so many Sarasotans and tourists who treasure this campground so much. The campground has been here since 1921, and has been a rare gem on the west coast, as well as a piece of this town's history. If local residents do not like being next to campers, then they should not have built or purchase houses next to a campground. It would be an appalling perversion of justice if these few are able to change the face of the entire beach.Flag
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Name: Rebecca King on Dec 13, 2007Comments: Please do not allow a few outspoken local Turtle Beach homeowners trample the will of so many Sarasotans and tourists who treasure this campground so much. The campground has been here since 1921, and has been a rare gem on the west coast, as well as a piece of this town's history. If local residents do not like being next to campers, then they should not have built or purchase houses next to a campground. It would be an appalling perversion of justice if these few are able to change the face of the entire beach.Flag
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Name: Rebecca King on Dec 13, 2007Comments: Please do not allow a few outspoken local Turtle Beach homeowners trample the will of so many Sarasotans and tourists who treasure this campground so much. The campground has been here since 1921, and has been a rare gem on the west coast, as well as a piece of this town's history. If local residents do not like being next to campers, then they should not have built or purchase houses next to a campground. It would be an appalling perversion of justice if these few are able to change the face of the entire beach.Flag
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Name: Beverly Mott on Dec 13, 2007Comments: As a native, I support saving this park for camping use. Would like to see half tent camping at least for more local enjoyment. These types of places are too rare in Florida to risk losing another one.Flag
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Name: Brenda Dowling on Dec 14, 2007Comments: I thought that the Parks and Recreation Dept. was supposed to support local, good, family recreation. When I visited TurtleBeach campground I saw mostly LOCAL families doing the things that we all used to safely do all over Florida ,when life was slower. Now, to take that away from these families and replace with a parking lot No wonder our youth are on a downhill slide. Thanks, Parks and Rec.!!! A new playground will not produce the same memories for these local hardworking parents. LEAVE THIS ALONE SO THESE KIDS HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. I promise you that when these kids grow up all of Sarasota Co. will be proud that they are good and happy citizens. This camping experience can only help that happen. Care for the kids not the man who CHOSE to move next to it .He blames noise on the campground. Campers and campgrounds are much quieter than the ajoining parking lot is at night.Flag
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Name: Brian Matthews on Dec 14, 2007Comments: Improve the campground... don't close it! Make it into what you want to keep the only beach campground in Sarasota open!Flag
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Name: BOBBIE VERSTRAETE on Dec 15, 2007Comments: I have visited Turtle Beach Campground and have enjoyed my stay very much. I also spend money in your town. If you close the campground, I will have no reason to return to Florida or Sarasota. I will no longer spend my money in your state or your town. You will lose money by removing a very nice tourism site.Flag
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Name: Thomas O Malmevik on Dec 15, 2007Comments: Please keep the campground open. 80% is a very high number in favor of keeping it as is.Flag
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Name: Robert Roy on Dec 15, 2007Comments: Please do NOT close this beatiful area for RV's Its getting harder and harder to find such a nice place for the RV er to to go!! Thank You, Robert RoyFlag
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Name: Richard Bauer on Dec 15, 2007Comments: Not all camping activities occur in wilderness areas. Some take place just outside cities and some take place on beaches. The people who camp there, even IF they are 'outsiders', where do you suppose those people shop for food, gas and other staples of life where do you think they spend their entertainment dollars I wouldn't be too quick to run those folks out of town.Flag
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Name: Mary Dukes on Dec 15, 2007Comments: Campers give a lot to the community where they camp. We spend money on meals, groceries, gas (LP and auto), supplies, etc. You know if a camper is in your county they aren't spending money elsewhere. If you are having trouble with campers then you need better campground managers!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Dec 15, 2007Comments: Have relatives close by, Tampa bay on the water (Boat)Flag
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Name: Herbert M. Test on Dec 16, 2007Comments: I would like to stay at this campground on my many visits to the state of Flordia.Flag
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Name: Joe Hart on Dec 16, 2007Comments: After hurricane Charley this is where many uutility workers were forced to stay while helping with recovery. I know this because I gave directions there to some and couln`t believe they were not permitted to stay in Walmarts parking lots. It was true, they were all there camping while HELPING us to recover. Take this away and I demand to know what the commishioners have planned for the relief workers next time we get hit. And you know we will get hit because the state just changed to roofing codes to protect us from another big storm.Flag
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Name: Pat Silva on Dec 16, 2007Comments: This is one of our favorite campsites when we are in the area. If closed we will bypass this areaFlag
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Name: Tom Shewbridge on Dec 16, 2007Comments: I'll leave my name. If I'm going to support something I want folks to know it! I'm assuming the campground was there when these people bought their houses. They knew the circumstances and the situation. It's offenseive that they want to change the existing situation for their individual benefit. I live in the country, people have sued to cancel contracts on recently purchased houses when the wind blows from the countryside and they realize they have cows for neighbors! Or, even worse, they then try to enact ordinances that remove the cows from their olfactory presence. Seems like reality dictates what's there first should have precedence.Flag
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Name: Bob Turner on Dec 16, 2007Comments: hello, please try to kep this campground open for generations to enjoy, nothing like camping near the waterfront. thank you, bob turner and familyFlag
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Name: Nancy Vojtek on Dec 16, 2007Comments: My husband and I are retiring next year,and were planning on coming down there from Ohio. We heard how beautiful this place is. It will be a Great dissappointment if it is not preserved for us campers. We have very limited places to be on the ocean. Please consider those of us who just want to relax and enjoy the scenery and area in Peace and Quit! If my money won't be good enough, we'll plan to head to another state. Thank YouFlag
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Name: Kay Jones on Dec 16, 2007Comments: Please listen to the voice of the people. Commissioners are voted in to speak for the people they represent. If a majority of the people want this beautiful campground to stay then it should stay.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2007Comments: keep this campground open. It is a great place to stay in the area.Flag
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Name: Stan Grabiec on Dec 16, 2007Comments: I am a property owner in Florida today and plan to retire there full time in the future. I support the retention of the Turtle Beach campground in Sarasota CountyFlag
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Name: Fred E Maiser on Dec 16, 2007Comments: Please don't slide into "generica" where every place looks like every other place. We need to preserve uniqueness, or the tourists will stop coming.Flag
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Name: Mark Loomis on Dec 16, 2007Comments: The campground must be saved! This is one of the last tiny pieces of public land that has not been taken away from the people by developers. Campers pay taxes too. We are entitled to a beach campground.Flag
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Name: Elizabeth Spargur on Dec 16, 2007Comments: This seems contrary to best use of beach property. You don't want expensive business and houses that can be devastated by hurricane. A area of easily moved campers and tents would seem to be an excellent use of beach front property.Flag
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Name: LUCY & DON WINNIE on Dec 16, 2007Comments: This is a worthy cause and has made allot of childern very happy. I can't imaging them wanting to do away with this very worthy cause.Flag
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