Syd Kitson

11 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 4, 2023 by Syd Kitson · across every show →

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May 4, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Kitson: Babcock Ranch uses predictive smart systems to regulate lake levels
“Our lake system actually has a smart water management system where it, a computer can predict What the weather's gonna be like in seven to 10 days, and then regulate the amount of water that's in that lake.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 27:10 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Kitson purposefully sited Babcock Ranch inland to prevent hurricane storm surge
“There's no luck in, in that at all. I was very purposeful. We wanted to be above the storm surge. We want to be certain that during a hurricane that that our residents, that we will all be safe that it wouldn't flood and that a storm surge wouldn't be wouldn't…”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 15:42 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kitson: 1,000 people move to Florida each day
“And when you look at, you know, Florida as an example, a thousand people a day are moving down to the state of Florida.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 7:34 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023 negative
Opinion
Rebuilding coastal homes to 20-year-old standards is a big mistake
“To rebuild a house the way that it was built 20 years ago is, is, in my mind, is, is a big mistake. Because these storms are going to happen again. It, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 34:52 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023
Insight
Kitson: Multi-generational Florida towns require jobs and schools to avoid retiree defaults
“And in Florida, you gotta be really careful because you can easily default to just wanting to have... Retirees... So how do you prevent that? Well, you have to have two things. One is jobs, but more importantly, a school.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 20:26 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Babcock Ranch built a school before homes, immediately filling all seats
“We built a school at Babcock Grants before anybody lived here. I remember we had, we built a school that had a 156 seats... And when it was announced that we had a public charter school, it was or when it was published in the paper, we immediately filled all 1…”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 20:41 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023
Disclosure
Kitson spends roughly 70% of his time living at Babcock Ranch
“I do live here. I do have a home here, and I probably spend 70% of my time here and really enjoy it.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 37:22 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023
Insight
Working with natural water flowways is essential because nature always wins
“Mother nature is going to put that water where it wants to put that water. You can do all you want, but mother nature is going to win every single time. So we said, let's work with the nature. Let's not work against it.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 26:38 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Babcock Ranch partnered with top builders to test novel housing tech
“We have something called Innovation Way here, where we got the three top builders in the country to build homes with technology in them that's not being used today, and to test it, see how it works, and then ultimately, hopefully, implement that into the homes…”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 36:12 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kitson: Half of Babcock Ranch residents work from home
“As a matter of fact, a lot of the people here that that moved here opened up businesses here and half of the people here work from home.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 24:08 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
May 4, 2023
Assertion Supported
Kitson: My rookie NFL salary was $40,000
“I was a third round draft choice, and I made 40,000 dollars my first year.”
Syd Kitson May 4, 2023 ▶ 0:59 HIBT Lab! Babcock Ranch: Syd Kitson
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