Sun Sentinel: Delay prolongs Mizner Trail golf course development push
Residents frustrated over delays; sides can’t reach a compromise
By Andy Reid, Sun Sentinel
March 27, 2014
The nine-year fight between developers and residents over what to do with the closed Mizner Trail golf course near Boca Raton will drag on even longer, Palm Beach Countycommissioners decided Thursday. That’s because commissioners opted to once again delay a vote — this time until June — on a controversial 288-home development plan for the 130-acre golf course that snakes through the Boca Del Mar neighborhood. The idea is to give the developer, Compson Mizner Trail Inc., and the nearby residents who object to the building plans even more time to reach a compromise. But through the years, delay hasn’t helped end the golf course stalemate
“I have a better chance of bringing the Israelis and Palestinians together for a solution,” said County Commissioner Steven Abrams, who failed at previous attempts to broker a compromise between the developer and residents. He opposed another delay for the “incredibly frustrating project.” Read more: