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1 a working Joe. In defense of myself and others like me,
2 it's difficult to know what point throughout the day we
3 ought to appear and what point public comment will be
4 and so forth. So that's why I wasn't able to
5 necessarily be here earlier, and I'm sure that others
6 may be in that same situation.
7 I am a property owner at 1544 Miramar Beach,
8 and I'm actually a fifth generation Miramar Beach
9 neighborhood property owner, and I consider myself very
10 fortunate in that regard. When I was a couple weeks
11 old, my grandfather carried me proudly down onto the
12 beach for the first time much as I imagine that
13 grandfathers -- Native American grandfathers probably
14 did long ago.
15 MR. BIERIG: I'm going to caution you at this
16 point. We're really trying to just take testimony on
17 new material.
18 MR. BOEHR: I understand. There was an issue
19 that came up about the mean high tide, and I'm a little
20 unclear about that because I believe I've heard that the
21 property line officially is declared to end at 106 feet
22 from the edge of the boardwalk.
23 MR. BIERIG: It's actually about 116 feet.
24 MR. BOEHR: 16 feet. Excuse me. And I
25 believe one of the gentleman here, one of the staff,
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