BlueMountain Beach public beach access has now become beach mafia territory only. This morning (6:30AM) at the 83 access my wife set up a chair at the wet sand directly in front of the 83 beach access stairs to the beach. Along comes the mafia kid and sticks an umbrella in the sand directly in front of her ( he spoke not a word)
Keep in mind she is over 10 feet Inside the western magical public beach boundary line ( vendors not allowed on this section of Public beach). Not sure if beach enforcement is even interested in enforcing vendor rules. Would love local (PCB) TV to investigate and document the real ( brother in law) story here.
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SoWal Guide
Wow. If public beaches are all we have left to access it would be nice if they were kept clear of all vendor crap. Why can't we have nice things? Other beach communities have very strict rules about vendors on the beach. Isn't this the very least we can accomplish here on the world's most beautiful beaches?
Beach Fanatic
Have you tried calling code enforcement?
Beach FanaticAuthor
Have you tried calling code enforcement?So So So many times.. they Mafia and beach Enforcement claim eastern boundary goes east at 45 degrees into public beach ( more umbrella setups)..see for yourself "Walton records " property line is straight to Gulf not a45 degree angle East
Walton County Parcel Maps
Beach Fanatic
When a BCC commissioner's son is a beach chair vendor, this is what we get. And it may very well continue as long as that commssioner is in office.
I am sending an email to WMBB's Okaloosa/Walton reporter, Peyton LoCiero (email: plocicero@wmbb.com) about this. I recommend anyone reading this to please send her an email as well. Just a few emails regarding the same topic can get exposure, and this practice needs to be exposed. Sooo....if all of you that "like" steelman's original post will send a quick email to Peyton, maybe we will see a story. Hopefully, WMBB being in Bay County they will have the fortitude to investigate and air the story.
I am sending an email to WMBB's Okaloosa/Walton reporter, Peyton LoCiero (email: plocicero@wmbb.com) about this. I recommend anyone reading this to please send her an email as well. Just a few emails regarding the same topic can get exposure, and this practice needs to be exposed. Sooo....if all of you that "like" steelman's original post will send a quick email to Peyton, maybe we will see a story. Hopefully, WMBB being in Bay County they will have the fortitude to investigate and air the story.
Beach Lover
Public beaches cut in half for vendors and tent size went up to ten feet. No enforcement on tent placement either. Not fair.
Beach Fanatic
So So So many times.. they Mafia and beach Enforcement claim eastern boundary goes east at 45 degrees into public beach ( more umbrella setups)..see for yourself "Walton records " property line is straight to Gulf not a45 degree angle EastThat sucks. There is so little public beach there. Giving more than half of it away to vendors seems like a bad idea to me. Wish there was something we could do about this.
Walton County Parcel Maps
Beach Fanatic
When a BCC commissioner's son is a beach chair vendor, this is what we get. And it may very well continue as long as that commssioner is in office.You are talking about Cecilia Jones - VOTE OUT JONES!
I am sending an email to WMBB's Okaloosa/Walton reporter, Peyton LoCiero (email: plocicero@wmbb.com) about this. I recommend anyone reading this to please send her an email as well. Just a few emails regarding the same topic can get exposure, and this practice needs to be exposed. Sooo....if all of you that "like" steelman's original post will send a quick email to Peyton, maybe we will see a story. Hopefully, WMBB being in Bay County they will have the fortitude to investigate and air the story.
Decent people have courtesy and beach etiquette. That vendor was so rude ... If somebody set up an umbrella in front of me blocking my view and access you better believe I would ask them nicely to move and prepared to go to any length to make them move if they don't comply.
Beach Lover
This website needs to redo their beach access videos to show what the beach REALLY looks like these days!
Beach Lover
That sucks. There is so little public beach there. Giving more than half of it away to vendors seems like a bad idea to me. Wish there was something we could do about this.
There is something you can do about it. Vote for Danny Glidewell and Bill Fletcher. They don't have family operating beach businesses on public beach, unlike Cecilia, and they are not backed by the cabal backing Cecilia and Trey Nicks. Getting Danny and Bill on the BCC is the first and essential step to changing the way the county does business.
Beach Fanatic
There is something you can do about it. Vote for Danny Glidewell and Bill Fletcher. They don't have family operating beach businesses on public beach, unlike Cecilia, and they are not backed by the cabal backing Cecilia and Trey Nicks. Getting Danny and Bill on the BCC is the first and essential step to changing the way the county does business.Yep. Our family will be voting for Danny and Bill. I'm also encouraging my friends to vote for them.
Beach Fanatic
This website needs to redo their beach access videos to show what the beach REALLY looks like these days!Depends on time of year doesn't it?
Beach Lover
Well if it shows people in the water then it must be when the weather is warm.
Beach FanaticAuthor
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This website needs to redo their beach access videos to show what the beach REALLY looks like these days!Noon Sunday two weeks ago BMB so called public beach.
Beach Lover
Well if it shows people in the water then it must be when the weather is warm.March thru December
Beach Fanatic
As I brought up in a BCC meeting our vendors should have rules and be the type we are proud to have as the face of our public beaches. Instead we have 1 who was arrested for drugs, one was arrested but shoving a tourist to the ground in a temper fit. Does this ever embarrass the BCC. No, if it did they would have rules and enforce them. We are going to be known as the most unfriendly public beaches in Florida. As long as Cecilia is on the BCC nothing will change is my opinion
Beach Lover
As I brought up in a BCC meeting our vendors should have rules and be the type we are proud to have as the face of our public beaches. Instead we have 1 who was arrested for drugs, one was arrested but shoving a tourist to the ground in a temper fit. Does this ever embarrass the BCC. No, if it did they would have rules and enforce them. We are going to be known as the most unfriendly public beaches in Florida. As long as Cecilia is on the BCC nothing will change is my opinionAnd one who pulled a knife on a tourist.
Beach Lover
To put the blame on Cecilia for beach vending is really stretching things. The vendors setting up chairs are for people visiting here.they are no more responsible than people like Suzanne Harris who rents to them. I would like to see how many visitors complain about them compared to just a bunch of new homeowners who want to privatize the beaches. Maybe we should start removing illegal sea walls on all the private lots and when next hurricane hits we will have it where they can't rebuild on them. I'm not sure but I think Suzanne's buildings beach was renurished with tax payers money. We should send them all a bill for it.
Beach Fanatic
So you want beach vendors to behave like thugs? Good for you. Tear down sea walls, give me a break if the homes close to a public beach wash out so does all the beach around them.
Post under your name so everyone will know who you are.
Post under your name so everyone will know who you are.
Beach Lover
Oh by the way does you're building set up beach chairs for renters.or is you're buildings beach private
Beach Fanatic
Your name please.
Beach Fanatic
By the way if houses fall down in a storm the county will allow developers to build more condos, and the person who buys will have all the rights as the person selling the land.
Beach Fanatic
And one who pulled a knife on a tourist.Yes you are right I forgot about that one. Thanks.
Beach Lover
You didn't answer does you're building set up beach chairs for renters and is you're beach private
Beach Fanatic
You didn't answer does you're building set up beach chairs for renters and is you're beach privateProbably private - what is your point?
Beach Crab
Wouldn’t it be terrible if these working class folk returned to pick up the umbrellas/chairs only to find they must have mistakenly placed them somewhere else. Hmmm
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