Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island nearing development limit, student researcher says

A doctoral candidate’s term paper could turn into a bombshell for development interests on Jekyll Island. According to the student’s professor at the University of Georgia, the state-owned barrier island is “very, very, very close” to breaching the 35 percent limit on development set under state law. Some of the scenarios show the island already has surpassed the limit.

Worst part of the story was this gem of wisdom:

The authority’s chairman, Robert Krueger of Hawkinsville, said delaying the revitalization of Jekyll Island would be “criminal.”

When I throw off my backpack and enjoy getting away from the crazyness of modern "development" I think of criminality. But more so of humans pathological need for more, more, more... until we destroy our meaning, and ourselves.