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How do you feel about property rights and properties being impacted negatively for the benefit of others? The following was submitted to be incuded in the final EIS statement for the Yazoo Backwater Project.  I could not find it in the web version of the final EIS.  I have blogged about it in response to this article in the Clarion Ledger, a Jackson, MS newspaper - http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/NEWS/712120347/1001/news  Readers upon completion should review "inverse condemnation", "mill pond and eminent domain", and the testimony of James Hand, Jr. before the Committee on Flood Control, 77th Congress H.R. 4911 April 21-May 14, 1941 pages 810-825 to fully understand the implications and impacts improvements… Read Full Post

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The Gulf Coast Region of the United States consists of the coastal States that border the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf States are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are in the Southern Region of the United States. The majority of the Gulf Coast shoreline is in Florida and Texas with Mississippi and Alabama having the least amount of coastline.

The waters along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Mississippi are influenced by the Mississippi Sound where massive amounts of silt laden fresh water from the Mississippi River mix with the salt waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  The effects of the sound reach over to the barrier island of Dauphin Island, AL and the mouth of Mobile Bay. 

The effects of the Mississippi Sound play out around Dauphin…

101 Things to do at the Beach - Orange Beach and Gulf Shores that is!

A list of things you must try when visiting the Alabama Gulf Coast - http://www.gulfshores.com/photos-fun/101-things-beach/

So you are beginning to wonder just what it looks like on an Alabama Beach - check out Brent Burns "Down in Paradise" video and you'll figure out how Jimmy Buffett got so laid back!

The 2007 Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival is November 8th through the 18th and will feature artists from all over the country playing their original blues, rock, folk, and country compositions.

The question is who is Frank Brown?  Hint - "he wore a pair of matched revolvers, slung low, but he didn't have to use them".  Find out about the legendary Frank Brown here.

The artists will play in local venues in Perdido Key, Orange Beach, and Gulf Shores and have written many of the popular songs that have been recorded by your favorite acts..  The participants from 2006 can be viewed until the 2007 schedule is confirmed here.

ZZ Top is schheduled to kick off the Spring concert season at The Wharf Amphitheatre in Orange Beach, AL on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007.

Widespread Panic will be the second event of the season with a two day event on Friday & Saturday, April 27 & 28, 2007.

Tickets for both events available through www.ticketmaster.com .

Come on down and check out the condo opportunities at The Wharf