If you live in Georgia, how about calling up your state Senator and Representative. Ask them why the state, which is in pretty dire financial straits, should take out $50 million in bonds for Jekyll Island State Park when the private developer who just signed a contract to develop the island stands to make a 300% profit on a project built on land you own.
Ask them why you, as a citizen, should be responsible for two bonds that will eventually cost around $100 million to repay, when Linger Longer Communities will get a projected $163 million gross ($120 profit) for building timeshares on your beachfront property... and the Jekyll Island Authority will get a measly $1.63 million. 99% for developers, 1% for the state.
And while you're at it, ask them who the hell appointed people that would negotiate such a crappy deal. And then ask them who would take out not one but two bonds to "entice" that developer to (gleefully, I'm sure) agree to such a crappy deal.
You won't be surprised to hear that guy is Sonny Perdue.
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