Watercolor sues Walton county to take back beach easements, close Van Ness Butler Jr. Access

As recently reported in the Defuniak Herald {4/6/22} Watercolor
has sued the county to take back the beach easements that were granted to the county by the St. Joe company twenty years ago. One of the easements lies under where the Van Ness Butler beach access crosses to the beach.
An access that was constructed by Walton county .

I can see where this is going if they should win the suit.
First thing would be to put a gate on the beach access. That will take care of those pesky "locals" and keep them from "sitting on the sand, sunbathing, picnicking, building sand castles, and other activities." that are so offensive to the Watercolor/Seaside/Beachfront owners.

They certainly do not want that HVAC technician, who fixed their AC at midnight the night they arrived at their house in Watercolor, to bring his family to the "their" beach. Let them stay in Freeport.

Next they will try and find a way to "leverage" the public parking lot from the county, put a gate on it, then put locks on the public rest rooms.

Then they can provide a private parking area for Watercolor residents, so they can drive their big ass SUVs right to the beach, and never have to leave the comfort of air conditioning. { I don't know how many times I have seen B.A. SUVs with Seaside parking stickers parked in that lot.}

Or maybe they will build another $500+ dollar a night Inn on the property.

The possibilities are endless for Watercolor to add value to the {their} community at the expense of Walton county taxpayers.

These are sad times indeed.