Re: Was Jim now paychecks

Of course you are right, Auralie. Selling "retirement" plots in Florida goes back at least to Flagler, and maybe even earlier. And despite all the attention, the hucksters are still selling pond bottoms for retirement villas.


On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 07:18 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 09/06/2004 4:48:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jsinger@igc.org writes:
Florida's always been a state that fosters questionable business
practices, going back at least to the land scams of the 50s and 60s. It
hasn't changed much since then.


What do you mean the 50s and 60s, Jim. The big Flagler land scams were in
the 20s.

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