Posted on August 12 at 5 p.m.

This is a joke. These are the same residents that did everything in their power to do away with Coconut Island because they didn't like boaters on weekends enjoying the island. So they got their wish the island is gone.

No big mystery there, fairly simple actually, cut down all the pine trees on the island by saying they aren't native to FL. Coconut Island was what kept the sand on Hideaway beach. If you look at arial photos of Marco from the 60's Coconut was huge with a ton of trees. We allowed them to cut down the trees, with no promise of replacing them with anything.

Here is a thought...rebuild Coconut Island, pump the sand back there, replant the trees and you wont have to worry about Hideaway every 2-3 years.

OR... all the Hideaway residents will need to get comfortable with reaching into their own pockets every couple of years and rebuild their beach.

And for the record they still try and chase people off their not so public beach.

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