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keywestlou/ MOSQUITOS FORCE SALE n L E G A L I T I E S W I T H Louis Petrone Historically mosquitos have impacted man and his decisions. We who live in Key West are familiar with the mosquito problem. Were it not for local laws creating a Mosquito Control Board a number of years ago, Key West would not have developed as it did. Discomfort and disease would have run rampant. e local Mosquito Control Board is funded with tax dollars. It sprays by air and land. Planes and trucks are utilized. Property inspections are also made of all properties on a periodic basis. e purpose is to determine whether pools of water exist where mosquito eggs might breed. e local Mosquito Control Board runs from Key West to just short of Sugarloaf. Several months ago a newspaper article appeared claiming there were 1,000 cases of dengue fever in the Lower Keys. A reporting error. e writer had not properly researched the article before writing it. ere were only five cases. Dengue fever and yellow fever are the worst of the illnesses that mosquitos can spread. Which brings us back to the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was 1802. France had huge land holdings in North America. Bonaparte sent an army to New Orleans to open the port for additional shipping and French colonization. New Orleans and Louisiana were part of Fance’s holdings at the time. e army was under the command of Napoleon’s brother-in-law, General Leclerc. 8 www.konklife.com Napoleon told his brother-in-law to stop first in Haiti, which France also owned. A slave rebellion was proving bothersome to Napoleon. He instructed General Leclerc to put down the Haitian rebellion and then go on to New Orleans. e French Army was powerful. Too powerful for the Haitians. e rebellion was put down in quick order. However, the French lost 70,000 troops. ey died. Including his brother-in-law, General Leclerc. e cause was yellow fever. Brought on by the mosquitos in Haiti. Napoleon’s orders were swift. Get out of Haiti! Forget about New Orleans! Return home immediately! Napoleon decided he wanted nothing to do with the New World. He entered into negotiations with the United States to sell the new country, the Louisiana Territory. e price was a clear indication of how desperate Napoleon was to remove France from the new World. ree cents an acre! 828,000 acres for $15 million! A bargain! All because of those pesky mosquitos! e LOU PETRONE TALK SHOW HOST
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