Fellow sailor, Fane Lozman, is fighting a crusade against the city of Riviera Beach, Florida. The city literally rewrote the law in order to seize his floating home and destroy it. Remember Sleepless in Seattle? Lozman's home looked similar to that but the city deemed his floating home to be a vessel, despite the fact it had no engine or propulsion system of its own or bilge pump. Add to that the fact that Lozman had successfully argued in court ~ that the marina he was docked at had resorted to what amounted to bullying in an effort to use eminent domain to expand the marina for the rich. The city caring less about Lozman's rights than big business, stepped in to help get rid of Lozman by holding secret sessions and rewriting the law in order to seize his home and hastily have it destroyed. Fane Lozman is a man that can never go home. Irony is often ironic. The little guy made it big in the money market, at a time when no one else did! At least he made enough to continue his crusade and take it to the Supreme Court.
This is a modern day David and Goliath story. Rooting for the little guy! As a sailor, I could be bias but it seems wrong to me that laws can be rewritten to suit whomever the city favors.
~ Ancient Mariners, Water Guardians, King Neptune and the Wicked Banshee of the Bay ~