Jim Toomey is all for Mangroves... Yeah!!!! By Geniusofdespair

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I root and plant mangroves. Maybe you can too. The pods are everywhere, you can find them at the beach, on store shelves...everywhere. Don't take them from natural habitat, they flourish by themselves. I find mine floating with the tide.

Just put the brown part in water (tap water) and wait. Hint: Mangroves are very social they don't like being alone. They thrive better when you put a few of them together. I have about 7 or 8 right now in one vessel. The brown part starts developing roots. Then the top starts to generate leaves. It  really is quite nice to watch.

Don't be impatient. Remember impatience is not a virtue.

Also see Mangroves...guardians of the coast:

Mangroves are among the oldest and most productive wetland forests on our planet. Found in the intertidal zone, they are uniquely adapted to survive highly saline and anoxic conditions. They are ideal habitats for many terrestrial and marine species, carbon sinks and natural barriers against storm surges and coastal erosion. Mangroves provide invaluable services but have been declining worldwide as a result of anthropogenic and other threats. 

Maybe Palmetto Bay Vice Mayor John DuBois will start cultivating mangroves for the good of the community.

My Mangroves. They came in with the tide. Note, my fine china cup.

As you can see, they are starting to root. Note: They are hearty little fellows, sometimes I forget about them and leave them in my beach bag a few days or in the car overnight with no water. They are still alive.

Maybe we shoould plant these all around Marco Rubio's house. What a photo op that would be for the country: All of us with our seedlings in a cup surrounding his house. I love it.

Vice Mayor of Palmetto Bay John Dubois intends to Appeal The Judges Decision in his Mangrove Cutting Case. By Geniusofdespair

According to the Miami Herald,

DuBois has filed formal notice of his intent to appeal. He did not respond to requests for interviews left via e-mail, text message and voicemail, but has previously maintained his innocence – publicly and throughout court proceedings – alleging that the environmental agency’s actions are part of a calculated political campaign to discredit him. 

AND:

“Typically people don’t fight us in a situation like this,” said Assistant County Attorney Tom Robertson, adding that DuBois had already filed a notice of appeal for the March 18 decision. “There’s no question that the violation exists. Most people say, ‘oh, let me correct it.’ Whether it was accidental or intentional, usually when you catch people, they fix things.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/04/4039460/judge-orders-vice-mayor-to-pay.html#storylink=cp

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/04/4039460/judge-orders-vice-mayor-to-pay.html#storylink=cpy

Vice Mayor of Palmetto Bay John Dubois: Miami Dade County has a Preliminary Injunctive Relief Order Granted Against Mangrove Violations At His Estate. By Geniusofdespair

Read it, self-explanatory. I left out all the lawyer type stuff and went to the Judge's order at the end of the document. This case has been going on since 2012.  It was 7 pages. Link to all 7 pages.

Link to entire document.

Candidate John Dubois's Mangroves: The Progression

John Dubois is running for Vice Mayor of Palmetto Bay and he recently sent out an environmental mailer, to my disgust. Here is why there is an environmental lawsuit against him (not including the fill he also is accused of putting on wetlands):

I traced the outline of the mangroves and trees in a photo taken of John Dubois mansion from the water 06/21/2009 (I had previously dated this photo as 12/27/09, Corrected April 12, 2013).

 This photo was previously taken 5/2009. You can hardly see the mansion.

Both photos superimposed. You can see the older tree line in transparency.

I took just the red line from the newer photo and superimposed it on the older photo. You can see trimming has been done

Now we go to 12/22/10 same mansion:

Now how did that happen?

 Of course all these photos are taken at slightly different angles and I tried to resize them as best I could based on the corner of the house visible. This isn't a scientific rendering, just a sketch. But it does appear that over the years the mangroves have been trimmed back at the mansion of Mr. John Dubois.