It was announced the other day that two 18-hole golf courses, along with a 9-hole course, would be built on 1,000 acres of rare scrub land at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, which is located just outside of Hobe Sound, Florida. It is all part of Governor Ron DeSantis' Great Outdoors Initiative, which targets a number of Florida state parks for major changes. Protests about this golf course proposal began immediately, and in less than a day, a Facebook page set up to oppose the plan had 45,000 followers. The organization behind the proposal, Tuskegee Dunes Foundation, stated that the golf courses would benefit a non-profit called Folds of Honor. However, it appears Tuskegee Dunes Foundation is a shell corporation, and its location, board members, and contact information are all unknown. Tuskegee Dunes withdrew the proposal the following day after the outcry, but people are still worried the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (ironic, isn't it?) could just find someone else to put in those courses. Another one of DeSantis' ideas is to put chaplains in public schools to counsel children, but the problem with this is that the Satanic Church wants their chaplains in schools, too. It is a shame DeSantis did not get the Republican presidential nomination. Think of all the fun ideas he could have proposed. Perhaps Yellowstone National Park turned into the largest golf complex in the world? In any case, I took the photograph above of my sister Susan years ago as we cruised up the Loxahatchee River in Jonathan Dickenson State Park toward Trapper Nelson's campsite. Nelson was a colorful local character who lived out in the wild where the park is now located, but as far as I know, he never did play golf. Strange.
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