Sorry, wasn't meaning to pick on floridagirl's father so much as trying to give other readers perspective on where floridagirl gets her outdated information. Times have changed, but some new people are still stuck in old ways, and it isn't just here in Walton County. ;-)
Necessary to build on the old ways, provide proof, evidence to come to an accurate conclusion. As much as you say you have improved, I say you have digressed. Many of you are like sheep to the slaughter; you readily believe what your peers have told you without searching it out for yourself. Our culture demands respect for our elders with a proven track record of what they are. I do not believe in throwing out the old paths, many important lessons to be learned, nor are we, as local culture, rugs to be ridiculed, and trampled on. Who are your peers? Why do you believe everything they say? Are they worthy of your adoration and undying loyalty? Many of you came to South Walton with a chip on your shoulder, thinking that we locals were some kind of scum, that your intense brain was so much better than we. Most of us would roll our eyes and say nothing, knowing that nature itself would correct many of the issues. I applaud those old timers, such as Capt. Melvin that stood up and wrote a letter to the editor and voiced his views. I think more of us should do so. I refuse to be a rug for your nonsense, if you don't agree, give me PROOF! Evidence to back up your theory! I am not ashamed to be a local, I'm proud of my heritage! I like our culture, I don't like the city! I don't know why anyone would want to live in one!
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for homemade riprap (fifty years later we are STILL cleaning it up). The craziest thing was, in the 1950's, he had some fellows drill for oil on part of our property near Fate Love Bayou and nearly caused a sinkhole in what is now Egret's Landing. I told the planning commission about it before it was approved...hope nothing happens when someone builds there! :funn: