Homeowners: 2, Hunters: 0
March 3rd, 2010 by admin
For years, hunters chasing wild pigs have driven their trucks through Valerie Bindhammer’s property in Rockledge. Posting “No Trespassing” signs didn’t help. The last straw may have been when hunters dragged a pig down the street with a chain around his neck. “Somebody’s going to get hurt or killed down here,” she told Florida Today. Valerie and several of her neighbors contacted the city for help, and on February 17 the City of Rockledge City Council, citing public safety, voted unanimously to approve a temporary emergency ordinance prohibiting hunting within city limits. The ordinance will be revisted in six-months.
Please contact the mayor and city council and thank them for banning hunting within city limits. Ask them to make the ban permanent.
Contact:
Mayor Larry Schultz and City Council
Online comment form (select “Contact the Mayor & City Council” from the drop-down list).
Stray bullets has been the concern of Flagler County resident Tricia Kanawall ever since a property behind her home was leased by a hunter. She’s pleaded with county officials to, at the very least, enact a buffer between residences and hunting areas. County officials have not been receptive to her concerns, but the hunter told the Daytona Beach News-Journal last week that the lease has been terminated, “because of the outcry, it’s not worth it, he said.” (According to the paper, the hunter “asked not to be named.”) Way to go Tricia!