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Letters from readers: A new hotel built without Curry Letters from readers A new hotel built without Curry Just opening in Jacksonville Beach is the Margaritaville Beach Hotel. The $50 million 202 room hotel includes restaurants with ocean views, retail space, meeting space, dedicated parking for 215 cars in addition to being oceanfront. The design and construction paid for by the developer and/or the owner with no taxpayer assistance. Unfortunately for Jacksonville Beach and the hotel owner(s), they didn t have Lenny Curry and his administration looking out for their best interests. Had they, the city of Jacksonville Beach would have given the developer the property for nothing, a 50 year no-interest loan, credit the owner 75% of the property taxes for the next 20 years, and then give the developer millions of dollars just for completing the project. ....