http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-a-boost-for-the-bolivar-buyout/2009-09-14/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-a-boost-for-the-bolivar-buyout/2009-09-14/#comment-43176 Scott Bodenheimer Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:46:59 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12242#comment-43176 Can we afford this? Where is the buy out money coming from? Did these people have flood insurance? How many of these properties were homesteads or vacation homes? Can we afford this? Where is the buy out money coming from? Did these people have flood insurance? How many of these properties were homesteads or vacation homes?

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-a-boost-for-the-bolivar-buyout/2009-09-14/#comment-43098 Ross Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:13:50 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12242#comment-43098 I've said for years that most of the Bolivar peninsula and Galveston Island South of the Seawall should be turned into state parks and left as natural as possible. I’ve said for years that most of the Bolivar peninsula and Galveston Island South of the Seawall should be turned into state parks and left as natural as possible.

]]> http://swamplot.com/comment-of-the-day-a-boost-for-the-bolivar-buyout/2009-09-14/#comment-43059 movocelot Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:01:48 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=12242#comment-43059 I suspected as much, as there isn’t enough tax base/political pull to even return the dunes/beach to Pre-Ike status. It’s a shame for the property-owners, of course. Please, won’t someone build the Great Galveston Fun Park there? Rollercoasters, arcade games, re-awaken Galveston tourism and necessitate additional ferry runs? I suspected as much, as there isn’t enough tax base/political pull to even return the dunes/beach to Pre-Ike status.
It’s a shame for the property-owners, of course.
Please, won’t someone build the Great Galveston Fun Park there? Rollercoasters, arcade games, re-awaken Galveston tourism and necessitate additional ferry runs?

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