Do You See Violations Of The Governor's Suspension Of Rentals?

“There will be warrants issued for arrest,” Sheriff Adkinson said.


Adkinson provided the public with two non-emergency office telephone numbers — (850) 892-8186 and (850) 892-1111 — to call to report potential violations of the short-term vacation rental ban.

At Publix at Carillon this morning, it's clear there are renters here. Saw one couple loading groceries into their car (TX plates), along with newly purchased beach chairs and boogie boards; that's just one example of many. Also, does anyone know why Rosemary Beach is allowing vacation rentals to be booked on their website? There is no mention of a vacation rental ban at all.

Nice try Poppaj.
That’s actually a “progressive” interpretation of Franklin’s famous quote which has been pushed by a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, one of the most far-left think tanks in the country.

Gotta hand it to the Libs — always trying to twist people’s words and re-write history to suit their narrative.

I was not attempting to be political. You went there so now we await your placing the quote into the context as written by Franklin and providing your analysis. :popcorn:
Bring it to the lounge.

Thank goodness we have Free Speech in this country - You can join the forum on Sunday, make a passing snide remark that assumes a persons political affiliation all on your second post in 3 days time - and your batting .500 :lolabove::welcome:

At Publix at Carillon this morning, it's clear there are renters here. Saw one couple loading groceries into their car (TX plates), along with newly purchased beach chairs and boogie boards; that's just one example of many. Also, does anyone know why Rosemary Beach is allowing vacation rentals to be booked on their website? There is no mention of a vacation rental ban at all.

You're right, I just went to look at Rosemary's site and was able to look at a few rentals where you can see dates booked in near future on their calendars. They are also running specials for vacations "leaving before May 23".

There are people driving up and down streets in SoWal writing down the address of any home with vehicles with out of state plates and submitting to the Sheriff.

This house had a visit from a deputy... :lol:

**de - lete**

Looks like fun. The good old days when I used to drive around finding tax evaders.

At Publix at Carillon this morning, it's clear there are renters here. Saw one couple loading groceries into their car (TX plates), along with newly purchased beach chairs and boogie boards; that's just one example of many. Also, does anyone know why Rosemary Beach is allowing vacation rentals to be booked on their website? There is no mention of a vacation rental ban at all.

Out of state plates and the purchase of beach crap does not mean the are renting.

I call BS. These owners are telling people to say that so they dont get kicked out and the owners dont have to refund $. But hey...at least the WCSO tried. If the owner says they are "not renting" not much else he can do. It will be interesting to see how the TDC handles things when they get wind of taxes not being paid on these "not rentals". But I still think they should be made to leave since he only thinks residents/owners should be here.

If they aren’t renting then there isn’t any tax to be collected. Lots of owners, family, etc here NOT renting but bringing in much needed $ into the community. And people can rent for 30+ days pretty cheaply these days which are allowed. We don’t need local busy bodies tattle tailing on people when they don’t actually know the facts.

If they aren’t renting then there isn’t any tax to be collected. Lots of owners, family, etc here NOT renting but bringing in much needed $ into the community. And people can rent for 30+ days pretty cheaply these days which are allowed. We don’t need local busy bodies tattle tailing on people when they don’t actually know the facts.

If people are here under rules then they have nothing to worry about. Relax.

Look at all the 30A snitches. Mind your own business. Pretty sure those snitch calls to the sheriff are public record.

Look at all the 30A snitches. Mind your own business. Pretty sure those snitch calls to the sheriff are public record.

Here from out of town huh?

If people are here under rules then they have nothing to worry about. Relax.

You are correct that the snitches need to relax and mind their own business. We don’t need to waste our limited police resources on BS like this. If they re holding a blow out Party or something then it may warrant a visit from the authorities but the garbage of calling the police because someone bought a raft with out of state tags has got to stop.

I bet all these people calling people "snitches' and "busy bodies" will be the first to call and "waste our limited police resources on BS" because someone is sitting on a towel on the wrong spot on the beach.

I bet all these people calling people "snitches' and "busy bodies" will be the first to call and "waste our limited police resources on BS" because someone is sitting on a towel on the wrong spot on the beach.

Quite the contrary. I would expect them to be one and the same.

So those folks who are renting, in violation of the order, are they remitting the tax? If not tax evasion is a pretty serious crime, of course this is just my opinion.

We are homeowners here from rural Tennessee where there have been only 6 cases of Covid in our whole area since March. We arrived yesterday to spend time at our vacation home since we are following the rules and cannot rent. We had the sheriff called on us within an hour of our arrival from a "neighbor" who does not live in our neighborhood but was patrolling since he saw cars with out of state tags.
Though I won't say it was "traumatizing" as some have written on this forum (that people have made fun) it is however, unnerving for a police car to pull up in front of your house where you pay the mortgage, HOA, and taxes and knock on your door and ask you to step outside and see everyone's identification while your child is asking if "Mommy and Daddy are in trouble?"
The police officer was very polite and apologized for having to bother us and stated, "It's a shame we are having to waste our time and resources on these calls when we could be out fighting real crime."
I would like everyone to stay safe and follow the rules but please let's not get ahead of ourselves and assume the worst of our friends and neighbors. It's always helpful to put ourselves in someone else's shoes before applying judgement.

Some amazing responses to this thread. It's pretty simple. In the words of the Sheriff himself:

“If you don’t live or own property here, you’re not supposed to be here; the only people who should be on the beach right now are property owners or local residents."

While I am not sure about calling the cops on people, the current vacation rental rules could not be any clearer.

"It's a shame we are having to waste our time and resources on these calls when we could be out fighting real crime."
Yes it IS a shame, but it is being brought on by homeowners that are breaking the law by renting and the people they are renting to getting on social media laughing and thumbing their noses at the law, posting pictures and bragging about being at a "short term rental"..but here we are.