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Wakely
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Wakely asks a good question
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7/16/2013 9:58:02 PM
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I am in favor of a full-pool season that arrives sooner, and lasts longer. My issue is with the three extra feet in the dead of winter, and with the idea that those three feet are some sort of magic bean that will drive people to the lake, into their boats, and to local businesses, even on the cold winter days and nights.
If water level was all it took, the Gulf Shores would be just as busy in December as it is in June.
I had never thought about the issue of school systems before, but that's a great point; to convince many of these summer people to become full timers, you need to be able to offer their children the same quality education that they can get in their wealthy Birmingham, Atlanta or Montgomery suburbs.
Besides all of that, thousands more full-time residents aren't going to have a 100% positive effect on every local business; unless all of those new residents are retirees, a good number of them are going to be competitors: restaurant owners, veterinarians, accountants, dentists, lawyers, bankers... and of course real estate agents. All drawing customers away from current businesses that offer the same services that their new businesses will offer.
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