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This is a list of Superfund sites in Florida designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
"Leepu & Pitbull" is an American reality television series featuring mechanic and auto-garage shop owner, Steve "Pitbull" Trimboli and Bangladeshi car designer, Nizamuddin "Leepu" Awlia, where scrap cars are rebuilt for their owners into unique but affordable custom cars. [1]
In the 2000s, after setting up business in Dhaka, Awlia made the "Leepu", a loose copy of another of his dream cars, a Lamborghini Diablo. [1] For £2,500, he has turned a Daihatsu Charade into a Leepu-mobile. [2] Awlia has also made a 22-foot-long limousine - made by welding together several cars, and powered by a 2.8 litre diesel engine.
[4] [10] Purchase from the family and sale of the preserve lands to the State of Florida and Lee County closed on July 31, 2006. [3] [4] As part of the arrangement, Kitson & Partners received $350 million for the land, with approximately $310 million provided in the final budget of Governor Jeb Bush and $40 million from Lee County, Florida. [12]
This technique was used notably by the Gulf American Land Corporation in the communities of Cape Coral and Golden Gate Estates, Florida (for which they were found guilty of fraud by the Florida Land Sales Board [7]). It was a form of confidence trick. The new owners came to find their land was underwater in a swamp or in some other way ...
The collapse of Florida land values caused a severe financial crisis for the state government. Land values had dropped nearly to the vanishing point, but the property was subject to property tax assessments far in excess of its current value. Many property owners simply abandoned the property and did not pay the taxes.
Gulf American Land Corporation (GALC) was a land development company in Florida founded by brothers Leonard and Jack Rosen. During the late 1950s and 1960s, GALC was the largest land sales company in the United States. [2] The company is noted for its role in the development of Cape Coral, and pioneering the sales method of installment land ...
Adena Springs Ranch is the former name of a 30,000-acre cattle ranch in Florida's Marion County now known as Sleepy Creek Ranch Lands. [1] Adena Ranches is a related cattle ranch property in Levy County. Both are owned by Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach. Sleepy Creek Ranch Lands (formerly Adena Springs Ranch) is located near Gainesville ...