“Not until just now,” she stated.
Especially peeved was Franklin Moss. The 61-year-old homeowner moved into the new Artisan Lakes development a quarter mile down the road near Palmetto last year. Like Ingram, Moss had never heard of the ongoing problems of Piney Point until last week’s massive breach.
“We’re right on the borderline of where they had to evacuate everybody,” said Moss. “Am I going to have to get out of here, too? But my main concern right now isn’t so much the flooding but what happens to the wastewater, and getting sick in the aftermath.”
Group of Suncoast fishermen begin to see effects on marine life after Piney Point facility leak
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William Harley III was a wealthy hedge fund operator said to have managed $1.5 billion in assets. He owned a Hooters restaurant in New York, a pecan farm in Texas, and at one point he attempted to build a massive electric car plant in Syracuse with the help of friend and current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Also in Harley’s portfolio? Piney Point, a chemistry-set chunk of land in northern Manatee County he purchased for $4.2 million in 2006 and remains associated with, according to court records, though it is currently in foreclosure after Harley and his company failed to repay a $17.5 million loan secured by the property.
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