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"We've been to lawyers … I even called Legal Aid. … I've done every bit of research I can possibly do until I'm exhausted from it, and there just basically is no one willing to help us," Chapman adds. "So, essentially, it's lost property value. … I am now stuck in my house. There's no way I could ever sell it." She has lived there for 30 years, she says. The house was built in 1959 by her parents. "I expected to live the rest of my life there. It's my home." Because she is a caregiver in that home for a relative with significant health concerns, Chapman continues, she also is unable to flee when the music begins, unlike some of her neighbors. "The booming just con- tinues to come through. Even standing in the shower, we hear 'Boom-bahbah-boom- bahbah-boom-bahbah-boom' for four hours" on weekend nights. "I had a tendency to open my windows in the summer and enjoy the nice fresh air," Rickey says. "Can't do that anymore." Chapman pulls out a copy of an article that appeared in the daily paper in 2010. It is about the plans for the new Bob's Boathouse on South Tamiami Trail. "Nowhere was it [described] as a nightclub," Chapman points out. Instead, the article discusses plans to create an estab- lishment similar to the Phillippi Creek Village Restaurant and Oyster Bar, which is located nearby at 5353 S. Tamiami Trail. Referring to Bob's Boathouse, Rickey inter- jects, "They're too busy trying to kiss our keel," referring to signs at Bob's. Danny Chapman, Michele's father, used to train Sailor Circus students on trapezes in this setting. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader August 8 & 15, 2014 Page 47