Judge rejects effort from Mike Huckabee, others to access private Florida beaches amid coronavirus

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida on Monday denied an emergency motion that would have allowed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and other beach-front owners near Pensacola to be exempted from an order that closed all public and private beaches in their county amid the coronavirus outbreak.

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida heard arguments from both attorneys representing the plaintiffs and attorneys representing Walton County by phone on Monday, court documents show.

Huckabee, a Republican, and more than a dozen other owners of beachfront property along the Gulf of Mexico in Walton County sued last week after the county closed the beaches in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The plaintiffs said in their complaint that county officials and officials from the local sheriff’s office had been patrolling and occupying their private properties and that “through threats of prosecution including fines of up to $500 and jail (up to 60 days), have physically prevented Plaintiffs from being able to use or even set foot in their own backyards."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-rejects-effort-from-mike-huckabee-others-to-access-private-florida-beaches-amid-coronavirus/ar-BB12Chnu

[Newest Reality]

1. Well, I NEVER!

How dare they treat them like commoners!!! That's an insult. There are the "other", implicit rights of the "club members" to consider here.

That's just no fair in a class-based society.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Hey Mike!

You got snakes in your moat?
What a pompous twit!

[marble falls]

5. Laws apply to private beaches. Why would this be so hard to understand for a 'law n' order" ...

kinda guy like Gubner Mike?

[ScratchCat]

9. Because they are not talking about a "beach"

In north Florida, if you own gulf or bay front property, you own to the water in most cases(unless the county acquired that land decades ago, which is common in S. Florida but rare in N. Florida).

In this area of Walton County, what they are calling a "beach" is simply the land between your house and the Gulf of Mexico. You own it. Its part of your property. Its not a "beach". I haven't read the entire complaint, and it is unlikely any home owner is being prevented from using their property in the manner he is claiming, however. What happens in these situations is, because there is no fenestration between the homes, the property owners essentially allow each other to use the property as if it were a beach(meaning, if you all have 100' wide lots, you don't have to stay within your 100' area). I assume any property owner can still go out on their property and what probably happened is that they were all still trying to invite their friends over and have a beach party and the County said they couldn't.

[marble falls]

11. Same difference.

[Blue Owl]

3. Last thing I wanna see is Huckabee on a goddamn beach

n/t

[marble falls]

6. Annnny Huckleby.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Or his daughter. Yuck!

[Marrah_Goodman]

4. I hate these people with every fiber of my being

[42bambi]

8. But-but ... they're so special! Ya' know God loves them more than us stinkin' libs.

[whopis01]

10. Reminds me of Chris Christie out on the beach he closed

during the government shutdown.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Where's Greenpeace when you need them?