Posted by Henry Martin on 2008-12-13 11:49:18
The problem is with the bias of CNN. The headline should have been: Million Dollar Developers Accused of Negligence.

But that slant is all the way at the bottom of the article:

>> Multiple lawsuits have been filed, accusing builders of gross negligence and seeking unspecified monetary damages.

John K. Overchuck, a lawyer representing homeowners, is suing one builder, Lennar.

"They're the ones who made the money off this property. They're the ones who bought this for dirt, and built these houses for up to a half a million dollars," he says. "They're the ones who made the profit, they're the ones who are responsible because they've got these people suckered into these houses."

Lennar would not consent to an interview to CNN, but did provide a written statement. Lennar says it relied on studies that "made no mention of ... a military range," and claims the military did not show up in property ownership records because, "it had leased the land." <<

I'm sort of surprised they didn't find most of the bomb debris as they were clearing the land. But I guess the impacts can go quite far into the sand. Let's not blame the Army, they warned the builders in public reports.

Granted, it should have been cleaned up when the reports were being made, but it seems that their funds had been cut by the president and his congress. Just who was that president one might ask. None other than Bill Clinton. Funds were not restored until after 1994. Priorities change, and the new Republican congress had no reason to look into land development by millionaires in Florida.