reginald saw the taxes on his family s land increase overnight more than 500%. and he is not alone. the problem, new county assessments spiked by demand for expensive vacation homes on this undeveloped island. how basic is life here? as basic as it gets snmpl he takes mow a tour down bumpy roads through island s only residential area. a place scenery rich but job poor. what are you getting for your. at a money? nothing. there are no paved roads. no schools, and the only ferry to the island doesn t run at night. that hasn t stopped outsiders from setting off an upscale building boom with unaffordable taxes as the fallout. once we lose the land through this strategy of increasing taxes, we re gone as a people. these residents are descend yanlts of the hundreds of slaves brought here from africa in the