Letters: Joni Mitchell song describes our local predicament

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Letters: Joni Mitchell song describes our local predicament

To the Editor: As Joni Mitchell sang “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” My eyes could not believe the likes of the building plans for the Island located longitude and latitude as the Tropics. Everyone, beachfront and natives alike, were so very proud and protective of the abundance of the flora and fauna found in our “Paradise:” Surinam cherries; varieties of mangoes; key limes; avocados; sea grape; sapodilla, a tropical evergreen; …