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Ginger, I think I understand, and perhaps share, some of your concerns. The question is not disenfranchisement, since we agree that folks can easily and sometimes do vote. I do agree with with you that a 30% turnout (while it might be a high point as far as record keeping goes) is abysmal when...

So Ginger, what would you do to increase turnout? Voting is out there and known to all; very convenient with absentee ballots, two weeks of early voting, and then of course, the big one on election day. I don't know that anyone has been disenfranchised unless they choose to be so. We can only...

I make it a point to not try and pass on 331 nowadays - at least for the past two years. One won't get there any faster, or any slower, than just staying in line and going with the flow down the road. Inevitably, we all end up meeting at the 331/98 traffic light. I do the legal speed limit as...

Try Breeze Animal Clinic on Back Beach Road (850 233-7091). A few years ago we "rescued" a rather large seagull down on the beach at the Eastern Lake Pass that couldn't walk or fly. After trying FWC, Animal Control, Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, and others, Breeze came through with flying...

Don't know about a law requiring use of them, but Alabama and South Carolina also have these kind of turn-outs. Alas, we don't have them here.

Please don't misunderstand my post. I love folks from Tennessee. I have many friends who live there, and I started my college career at a small liberal arts college up in northern Tennessee up by the Cumberland Gap/tri-states area way, way back in the day. I could have said Michigan, Texas...

I made a quick unplanned emergency trip to DFS yesterday (check-out day) leaving Seagrove about 1:00 pm. As a local, I do know better than to get on 331 on check-out day, but it couldn't be avoided. Made it up there in record time just doing the speed limit because of the 4-lane opening, and...

Publix deli makes a really good one.

OK, we're now into our second small bag of Friskies. The cat is still with us. She gives my fishing buddy Diesel a good run through the palmettos in the morning when I let him out to help me take out the trash and check the crab trap. She keeps me company out in the workshop during the day...

We have a cat who has taken up with us in the last couple of days down here on Eastern Lake. She's friendly....nay, affectionate....which tells me she's somebody's cat. No collar or tags, kinda stinky...but friendly. Normally we'd go buy cat food and fill up the water dish, but we already...

Ladder/tool rack for small pickup truck, and a locking tool box for the truck bed. The rack could also be used to carry canoes or kayaks...which is what we thought we'd be doing with it when we got it. $300/OBO. Contact me at kenlittle@mchsi.com or 231-3067

Great PA speakers for small to medium venues. Each cab has a 15" speaker in a tuned port enclosure with a horn speaker and a 2-way 3,500Hz crossover. Setup includes a matching 15" floor monitor. All cabs have double jacks for daisy-chaining connections. Main cabs are 3/4" plywood, glued...

I've seen them at Sam's Club on 23rd in PC. Didn't pay attention to price as I wasn't in the market for them.

Kurt, thanks for the support....the distinction is important. The locals (owners I should say since many of them aren't locals) pay the ad valorem property tax, but the bed tax is only paid by the tourists who rent for six month or less. Yes, it's important that we keep our eye on the ball of...

Indeed you do Scooty...it's just more effective to biatch up front when the decision is being formulated than afterward when they think they've got consensus from the inputs proferred. I will freely admit that better notice that change is being considered could be put out there. If you paid...

Bob, nope, I'm here for life. Thanks! Ken

Kurt, where's the like button?

Not at all BB, and I apologize if you were offended. Guess I need to quit posting late at night when the head's a little foggy. My intent was to encourage folks to participate in the public input process at the point where the decisions are made, rather than sniping after them after the...

Why do we fret so over the TDC’s rebranding efforts? Bottom line is this is an effort to move usaway from the national media coverage of last year’s oil spill and that damned oiledpelican in Louisiana that kept showing up on the national media. The whole Gulf Coast was “tarred” with...

I understand that 150 will get permits, and there were 54 who will not.

The Florida Division of Forestry and the South Walton Fire District (SWFD) are teaming up to present "How to Have a Firewise Home" on Tuesday, April 12th, 2011, 5:30PM- 8:00PM at the South Walton Fire District, 911 N. CR 393, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459. The workshop is designed to help...

Well, the Library Director sent me a copy of an unexpected letter of resignation. In this day and age, I hope that means that the person found a better gig. I haven't heard otherwise from the Library Director or the HR exit interview, so assume that was the case. From conversations I've had...

We did lose 3 of our overall library staff to retirement, and another just left us for another opportunity. Two of these losses were at Coastal Branch. We're working to get replacements to keep all four libraries in our county system providing full service. Please bear with us.

Actually, Commissioner Brannon is a very knowledgeable history and archaeology enthusiast. It's a genuine interest for him.

Amen, Mark! I graduated from Walton in 1970 when it was the only high school in the county with a football team. Had many friends at Paxton and Freeport at the time - among them a former state representative, several PhD's, many friends who are now teaching and leading our school district, and...

The release went out this afternoon Alicia. You should have it in your in-box tomorow morning. It was sent out on behalf of the Community Coalition. The county is not really involved in this apart from my time in attending the meetings. There are many folks involved -- from the various...

Was at a meeting of the Community Coalition this morning and learned that 4 people used the shelter last night; and it was manned by Freeport Fire Dept Community Emergency Response Team members (all volunteers) and Red Cross volunteers. The city is providing the building as a public service...

Congratulations Sara!

Congratulations Bob!

Indeed! I thought it was a very nice piece that really encapsulated SoWal as much as one can do that given our diversity down here. Perhaps all her readers will troop on out to BWI and hook a flight down here for Labor Day.

They went with a Special Meeting on Monday, August 30 at the SoWal Annex rather than Thursday night for the continuation of the land use issues.

This was really good! A great write-up for the Beaches of south Walton; and most of the stuff listed for Destin is in south Walton as well. Sure wish they'd get that right....it's not Destin folks.

That's not far-fetched. He made an appearance on The View daytime TV...why not "The View" at La Vela...got to appeal to the younger voters as well. MTV has made it an icon for Spring Break. I'm sure the Secret Service would have a connipting fit if he actually wanted to go to La Vela...but...

I'm hearing lots of fireworks right now -- 8:48 pm, July 4. I'm up on the end of North Lake Drive...sounds like they're coming from down about One Seagrove Place. With all the rain, I haven't bothered to venture out tonight after getting home from DeFuniak for the parade up there this afternoon.

CJ, I?m not trying to threaten you on this; merely trying to explain the realities of the situation. As you may already know, the Walton County Board of Commissioners has delegated Emergency Management responsibilities to the Sheriff ? which is why you see him out front in this situation...

Thanks Kurt! Guess I need to check out Firefox as well. I'm still using IE8 as my browser. I'll get with you separately to discuss.

OK, I had a nice reponse formulated, but I timed out on SoWal before I could hit "Submit Reply" (Help us out here Kurt). I'll recreate it on Word and copy and paste to beat the time monster.

The Sheriff is indeed doing a great job...and is working hand in glove with the County Commission, who to date is paying the bills. There is a host of state and federal agencies, regulations, and procedures standing in the way of moving forward and just cleaning up the mess. It's a complex...

It ain't over till it's over SN. I'm sure you also remember going to the beach as a kid with a bottle of baby oil to get the tar balls off your feet...I do. Hopefully we won't have more than that now. The beach has a way of taking care of herself, despite what we do.

I'm with Goodwitch on this. Whether on official travel or not she got the message out that Beaches of South Walton is open for business on YouTube...in a really neat way. She was working as far as I'm concerned. Way to go, Tracy!

A splendid crowd in the Watercolor Publix when I stopped in for my almost nightly visit about 7 pm. Steve Myers was bagging groceries if that's a clue. Followed quite a train of cars down 331 to get home from work this evening. Looks like it's going to be a great Memorial Day weekend...

Susan, what is lasagna gardening?

Road was opened by 5 pm on Friday. Delay was caused by delivery of the bridge pieces - 2 of them, each 150' in length, and they had to be assembled on the site. Crane to lift them and the two flatbed trailers that carried the bridge pieces filled the road, so it had to be closed. Floridian...

All of that is true. I swam in that pool several times when it was all alone in the woods in the 60's as my grandmother was Miss Maxon's housekeeper at Eden; then I worked for Miss Maxon after she gave Eden to the state and moved to Pensacola. She told me a lot about her adventures in south...

Ms. Virgie is a wonderful person and truly deserving of this award. Congratulations to her!

Nice thought SB, but the law authorizing levy of the bed tax -- the TDC funds -- does not allow their use for anything but marketing of the destination, beach maintenance, and beach nourishment. Also, No TDC, no bed tax funds -- the two go hand in hand under the law. If the county levies...

Bob, yes, we are still friends. But as a 57-year citizen of Walton County, a property owner, taxpayer, and fairly well educated in the intricacies of government, please give me some credit for having a deep abiding concern for the best interest of the public at heart. I too am a member of...

Bob, Thanks for elevating me to the status of ghost writer for The DeFuniak Herald; but I can assure you that I did not write the editorial published in yesterday’s Herald. I think the by-line says so. For the benefit of those who may not have yet received their copy of the Herald, here’s...

Was just reminded of this coming home yesterday when I passed by the wreckage of what used to be Cube Magee's house at the 30A/395 intersection. In its day, it was one of the more "upscale" homes on the beach in Seagrove -- now a pile of splinters and bricks, and soon to be a vacant lot for...

Promises to be a good program with little-known info on a part of our county. Ya'll come!