New big blue signs in SoWal

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

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Del Stone Jr.

Friday April 11th, 2008

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

I think it's funny. I enjoy Del Stone about half the time. I imagine many people perceive South Walton that way and did before the sign issue came up.

If Del Stone is so worried about the "important" issues, why is he writing a story about blue signs. To someone who doesn't drive down our roads on a daily basis, they might not have a clue why anyone would think that signs were such a problem. I say, if Del likes the signs so much, let's put them in his front yard. Coming from a place like Destin or Ft Walton Beach, Del is probably used to seeing, or at least smelling, a lot of crap.

Thanks for posting his article. Now I know not to read any of his writings.

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When I get bug splatter on my Hummer, I don't wash it, I just buy a new one.

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

When I get bug splatter on my Hummer, I don't wash it, I just buy a new one.

Good one!

If I am not mistaken the chairman of the taxpayers association was on TV hating the signs demanding they be removed(Bonnie McQuiston). She is very concerned about tax dollars. Just for everyones peace of mind, I'm a girly girl, who sees red when she reads your post, and hopes you feel like a dawg when you have successfully thrown 1/4 milllion dollars out the window.

We have not thrown anything out the window. The TDC has thrown this money out the window. They will say that they held meetings and workshops prior to the signs that no one showed up for and therefore is our fault. However, they made the decision with little to no public input and then act shocked that the public might get a little mad at these ugly monsters.

No dawg here.

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When I get bug splatter on my Hummer, I don't wash it, I just buy a new one.

You must buy a lot of Hummers in love bug season.

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You must buy a lot of Hummers in love bug season.

I get a two-for-one deal!

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Obviously Del (dude you've got a chip on your shoulder) doesn't understand a fine wine. The sediment is normally filtered or the wine is poured carefully. He's probably never encountered this problem whilst swigging his Boone's Farm from a paper bag.

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When I get bug splatter on my Hummer, I don't wash it, I just buy a new one.

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i experienced the same narrow mindedness living in the eastern section of jefferson county, a louisville, kentucky suburb. everyone in the west end and south end always complained that we got everything - drainage projects, etc. because everyone had money there. well, there were different classes of people there but everyone made a generalization. del stone needs to figure out how to clean up ft. walton and destin. with a myriad of billboards, some flashing, towering condo's, a downtown in ft. walton beach that has so much potential but has been left to disintegrate, i think that should keep him busy. i can assure you if everyone in south walton decided to just leave the blue signs, it would be the beginning of a nightmare. speaking of signs, what's with the two tall, square signs outside of redfish village by 30a & 83? someone who has a business in there was told that those signs were temporary but they are not - both business received a permit. what are they going to do - line up big square signs everytime a business opens there? that's where monument signs work - just slide names of all the businesses in and remove and replace them when businesses change. a no-brainer.

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At a minimum $250K down the drain why didn't the TDC come up with a backbone?

How many of the sign protesters would pony up the bucks to replace them?

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

At a minimum $250K down the drain why didn't the TDC come up with a backbone?

How many of the sign protesters would pony up the bucks to replace them?

You are aptly named.

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Beachfool, I think the better question is, what fool would remove perfectly good signs only to replace them with horrid-looking signs which costs more than $5,200 each?

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Say what you will about this Del Stone guy, he's a sharp enough reporter to have uncovered JDarg's plot to rid the world of unicorns. Now we will have to cancel the Platinum Pride Alliance founders meeting. Drats!

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

Say what you will about this Del Stone guy, he's a sharp enough reporter to have uncovered JDarg's plot to rid the world of unicorns. Now we will have to cancel the Platinum Pride Alliance founders meeting. Drats!

Crazy hefer Please take those cookies down.

I'm really thinking about writing a letter to the editor about this. The column bothered me because what you guys did proved that any community can change something it doesn't like. If he was busy organizing people to get the treatment plant under control instead of this rant, maybe he could get something bothersome in his area changed as well. It doesn't have to be about big blue signs. It can be about anything enough organized people in a community dislike. I've always had an issue with complainers that don't have a plan to change what they don't like. If you are unhappy with something, fine, but come to the table with some ideas as well as your complaints.

Crazy hefer Please take those cookies down.

I'm really thinking about writing a letter to the editor about this. The column bothered me because what you guys did proved that any community can change something it doesn't like. If he was busy organizing people to get the treatment plant under control instead of this rant, maybe he could get something bothersome in his area changed as well. It doesn't have to be about big blue signs. It can be about anything enough organized people in a community dislike. I've always had an issue with complainers that don't have a plan to change what they don't like. If you are unhappy with something, fine, but come to the table with some ideas as well as your complaints.

Thanks ALeonard. I think it is obvious, from quite a few times this year, that lots of people here are not "all talk.";-) Del Stone's piece does have quite the icky tone to it.

Now, back to my irrational fear of unicorns. Dangit Punz- I need a new plan.

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Actually, I adore Del Stone's columns. Have for many, many years. He is a local (FWB) boy who has the fine art of satire down pat. I just wish I had his imagination.

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Say what you will about this Del Stone guy, he's a sharp enough reporter to have uncovered JDarg's plot to rid the world of unicorns.

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

Actually, I adore Del Stone's columns. Have for many, many years. He is a local (FWB) boy who has the fine art of satire down pat. I just wish I had his imagination.

I usually do as well SN. I think it was a small scent of hypocrisy in this article that bothered me. He says in one breath that the people against the signs were somehow trivial for organizing and stopping a government entity from running roughshod over a neighborhood and then in another breath complained about something in his, he has to drive by and smell, but is willing to do nothing about. Why complain or minimize someone who is willing to take a stand, when you are not?


But then again, maybe, I need more coffee and I will be less irritable this morning

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This is by far the first Del Stone column to raise my ire. I even called him once to complain about a column he had penned. He was, as I remember, anything but friendly. He is one of the main reasons I am no longer a subscriber to the Northwest Daily News.

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Thanks ALeonard. I think it is obvious, from quite a few times this year, that lots of people here are not "all talk.";-) Del Stone's piece does have quite the icky tone to it.

Now, back to my irrational fear of unicorns. Dangit Punz- I need a new plan.

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Del Stone is a tool. Need I explain further?

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Years ago, there was another columnist and, unlike Del, this dude had a daily column we had to suffer through. Can't think of his name right now, and it was hard to miss this guy's ramblings since he was on the front page of the Local/State section. I think he was former military, but he was NOT the one who had a part in The Truman Show. The main things I remember was that he had recently quit smoking, and about three times a week he would either make reference to his new, healthy lifestyle or take the opportunity to bash smokers. However, many of his other columns referenced his many evenings at the Emerald Coast's infamous watering holes. He thought himself quite the social butterfly. I met him once, and found that he was a drunken, self-important pompous @ss.

The final straw for me was when, in a column mentioning something that was being held at Seaside, he gushed about "that place just makes me WIGGLY!" Thank God they finally ran him off.

Of course, my favorite guy at the Daily News is Tom McLaughlin. He'd have a ball in the Politics forum.

Re: Del Stone on the Big Blue Signs

Years ago, there was another columnist and, unlike Del, this dude had a daily column we had to suffer through. Can't think of his name right now, and it was hard to miss this guy's ramblings since he was on the front page of the Local/State section. I think he was former military, but he was NOT the one who had a part in The Truman Show. The main things I remember was that he had recently quit smoking, and about three times a week he would either make reference to his new, healthy lifestyle or take the opportunity to bash smokers. However, many of his other columns referenced his many evenings at the Emerald Coast's infamous watering holes. He thought himself quite the social butterfly. I met him once, and found that he was a drunken, self-important pompous @ss.

The final straw for me was when, in a column mentioning something that was being held at Seaside, he gushed about "that place just makes me WIGGLY!" Thank God they finally ran him off.

Of course, my favorite guy at the Daily News is Tom McLaughlin. He'd have a ball in the Politics forum.

Was it Bill Campbell's column that you're thinking of?