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    New marketing plan dubs this area "The Beach"

    then it's definitely an experience issue, since any kid whose taken one tourism marketing class understands that the destination is what drives revenue not marketing individual entities. there's always been this kind of fuedal system here, that doesn't serve progress or people. i am not sure...
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    New marketing plan dubs this area "The Beach"

    i mean...c'mon the name of their group says it all "COASTAL VISION 3000"?? here's what my vision is when i hear that, it's the year 3000 and a bunch of idiots are still screwing up the marketing of this area while "the beach" is now up in bonifay. seriously, kurt did a better job branding...
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    What's Up at Prominence?

    i could never look past the random architecture..new england townhomes?? talk about not fitting in with the indigenous culture. and the name?? they should have called it: KLASSY
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    Cyclist killed in collision with Walton Co School Bus

    if you think this was bad, you should hear what they were saying about this poor old man who was nearly beaten to death at a vegetable stand. as jennifer aniston would say, they're missing a 'sensitivity chip'.
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    whatever you backwoods hillbillies! cue deliverance music! hahaha! i'll take these nasty abusive responses for what they are...fearmongering.
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    yes, just the response to a 'dang fereigner' i'd exepect from here. don't expect any investors from overseas here anytime soon. but then, that would be terrifying for you wouldn't it.
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    more threats and attacks for saying something that's not pre-approved? ewwww. i hate to use the "r" word, but seriously. the "redneck" quotient here is scary! this response makes me feel even about our decision to get the kids out of here and around some educated people with open minds. i was...
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    between this, the high school shutting down the play production and this site attacking and censoring my thread regarding gangs in the area, i'm SO not suprised. there's alot of fear here about ideas and information. it's quite tragic, really. we're sending the kids to school elsewhere for sure...
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    easy now. nobody's goin to scare you with any facts or information. we'll take your advice and save that for the intellectually curious. now for something alittle more your speed:
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    i know what you meant. and contributing to a thread isn't hi-jacking it. speaking of which censorship...is illegal. sorry for contribution information, we know how scary it is for you. sorry if i made you read.
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    ACLU SUES FLORIDA PANHANDLE Highschool for surppressing speech

    why am i not surprised to hear about that kind of bias in this area???? disgusting. what a horrible message to send to all kids, let along the gay, lesbian and transgender kids who already probably feel unsafe in that school. oh..and gay people are not "illegal" and it's unfair to make that...
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    How are you going to Vote on Amendment 1?

    they really think we're schmucks don't they? pay no attention to the man behind the curtain............
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    Airport is a go.

    FINALLY! jetblue and virgin america here we come!
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    waltonpa.com

    and they couldn't manage a simple forward? weirdness, but mostly incompetence! gives you a warm feeling to know who our property taxes are going to.
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    Trends

    don't be offended by people calling your post a "downer". people on this site think if you live in denial and smile alot that somehow reality will dissipate. it's a tragic part of the culture here. keep pretending and somehow the facade will become real :) that's why businesses here are so...
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    Primary residence neighborhood?? (advice)

    agreed. especially since the demise of the RE market sandestin has become more of a primary residence community for families and retirees. it's not really much of a resort rental thing anymore because there's no money to be made.
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    Seaside...Welcome or Not

    it's not that way everywhere, i promise. the minute you leave that area, you will see there are plenty of good, unselfish people in the world who think of their communities and neighbors first and understand the benefit of an open society. people who know how to balance their own concerns with...
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    Seaside...Welcome or Not

    that attitude has NOTHING to do with the constructs and concept of new urbanism. that is merely a local selfishness that is cultivated by narrow-minded developers. real urbanism and NEW urbanism offers an architectural and planned answer to sharing space and the movement and behavior of...
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    Panama City Airport on hold

    i know it's not the right forum, but...we were talking about hicks... presumably you were outraged by the genocide of kurds to facilitate oil deals with the french and russians by hussein, i guess... oh you mean no WHITE blood for oil and none of YOUR tax money to defend arabs...i see. if...
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    Panama City Airport on hold

    there's nothing wrong with progress, but sadly the powers that be in this area think progress is tearing down natural charm and the environment in favor of some crappy strip malls or heinously tacky developments mistakenly marketed as "luxury". too bad there aren't enough experienced...
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    Panama City Airport on hold

    you mean the rednecks in ny? it's a ny judge that has executed the stay of construction. mind you. i'm from ny and there are plenty of rednecks there. but i don't think that's what this is about.
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    Shopping Centers Needed

    sounds like the perfect developer for WALPAC Walton County Performing Arts Center rehearsal, performance, office, classroom and theater space for the arts. ask about the plot of land north of the gas station at the westernmost 30a intersection of 98. more mediocre shopping is not a good...
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    Grand Opening of the Emerald Grande

    it's just tragic how tacky and wrong all the developers in destin are. they can't do a thing correctly! i love how he compares it to developments "worldwide" as though any of these idiots have been beyond south alabama. vile and tacky. all they would have had to do is stay in keeping with...
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    Looking for married couples to share their secrets

    i could have been happily single for the rest of my life, if i didn't meet somebody that i wanted to be married to. the same is true for my husband. after 15 years of marriage i would say that when i got married i wasn't sure if i wanted to be with him forever, i just knew i didn't want him to...
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    Who really owns your property?

    i think there was a time when everyone was held to the same standards of law and taxation and there was a system to whom everyone was beholden and upheld. so even if you had to pay taxes or association fees you felt there was some logic to it or that you had some say. also, people's homes were...
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    Perspective

    shelly is experiencing how lonely it is to be a voice of reason. but thanks for the rational approach to the ups and downs shelly! sometimes the truth hurts, for most of us we'd still rather know the truth even if it's not ideal than have a pretty phony picture painted for us. thanks for...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    processed wood mulch as used in the texas playground also contains rubber.
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    Park surfaces made of recycled rubber ignite a heated debate But officials and parents are questioning the flammability of the rubber and whether some rubberized landscapes, especially in the summer sun, are simply too hot to handle for young children. "When we had one fire last year, we...
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    84 sq ft house (not for sale)

    i'm more than comfy in 500sq ft. but 84? :) wish i could be that good!
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    beach goers harrassed

    we don't really agree. my point is that if we're marketing this area as the "the beaches of south walton" tourists should be free to come and go around our beaches. not have tons of signs and ropes and barriers making them feel unwelcome and uncomfortable. otherwise, just change the branding...
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    beach goers harrassed

    did they ever deign to offer a response? i look forward to reading his Op-Ed. that will cause house prices and tourism to tumble here. so pathetic, that people who behave this way toward visitors and homeowners don't make the connection that this is where their bread is buttered.
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    let's not let this issue die. whether at sandestin or van butler, let's make sure that the rubber tire mulch is removed. i think those of us who understand the scientific research, know that this is not a good thing in the longterm and or the short term. there's a reason this stuff is only...
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    Seagrove Villas to be torn down

    :lolabove: PERFECT shelly!!! people can't mourn what they never valued. and there is little understanding about what it is that visitors actually come for here. they think, being from atlanta and all, what you really needed was another store or development, cuz there aren't enough of those...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    totally! that's about as normal a match as katie holmes and tom cruise!
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    here's more research and analysis (mind you i would not refer to any study funded by the tire or rubber industry): http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?storyID=594605&newsdate=7/9/2007&BCCode=MBTA (difficulties with recent fire in rubber mulch factory)...
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    i'm in love... Mitchell's Fish Market

    i'm reticent to talk about it, cuz i want to be able to get a table! but i have to tell you..the SERVICE (i could yammer forever about the service!), ATMOSPHERE (FINALLY A GREAT SOUND SYSTEM!!) AND FOOD at Mitchell's Fish Market are FABULOUS! and the bar is FANTASTIC! REALLY a proper bar with...
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    Led away in Handcuffs

    HELLO!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! on the nose baby!!!! we're not paying to maintain somebody's private beach. we're paying to maintain a beach that is the lifeblood of the entire county. we need to act like we want this business and that we care about the visitors instead of just bleed em dry...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    here's a very interesting study on rubber mulch from Washington State University. Please note the longterm affects on wetlands and aquatic communities. the rubber mulch folks were trying to sell it to organic gardeners as a "recycled alternative" to wood mulches. they aren't buying it. if it's...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    "creating chaos"? :floor:
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    oh my...i think your defensive response is very sad. it's hard to believe there are people like you who care more about corporations and their own egos than the safety of little children but there you go. as for me, there's no amount of money or "marketability" that's more important to...
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    beach goers harrassed

    2008 30A Beach Issue: Tourists stop showing up because Walton County doesn't acknowledge its own responsiblity to ensure that tourism continues to be #1 economic engine of the country. Like a spoiled child they think they are entitled and can continue to abuse their good fortune instead of...
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    Led away in Handcuffs

    scooterbug!! i like you ALOT! so please don't take this personally... but um...are you serious?? our number 1 economic engine in this area is tourism and we're asking THEM to go find the library in a weather emergency to get relevant information???? that's not cool. and it is yet ANOTHER...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    p.s. it's the fact i think this place is too precious to squander that is why i even bother. i understand my approach is antithetical to the culture in sandestin. i get that the status quo is to sit around and slap each other on the back for a job well done, but that's not the behavior of a...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    shelly, that's exactly the case. fortress buys out failing companies on the cheap. after they bought last oct, i had hoped for some changes and some did come. there were firings, but i suspect it will take a scenario where the bottom line becomes unacceptable, then they'll just dump it...
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    Led away in Handcuffs

    speaking of infrastructure... while the powers that be BARELY communicate with full-time residents, imagine the frustration at being a visitor here? having been here during one hurricane as a visitor, no matter who i tried to call or speak with i couldn't get any information about evacuation...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    sandestin doesn't have the same breezes so the area where the playground is located is frequently VERY hot and it doesn't even need to be august to reach those temps! mangos used to have fans with water spray to keep the area cool and kids would go there to cool down, but they removed those. in...
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    Led away in Handcuffs

    another local case of a brilliant use of "marketing" for the purposes of looking pretty instead of building business. the tdc went to GREAT LENGTHS to change the branding of the region to "the beaches of south walton" with an image of "the small, low-key southern beach" because they understood...
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    Freeport Tax Increasing 79%??

    it's not logical or moral or responsible govt. they do it for the reason they do everything here. because they feel like it and because nobody will stop them.
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    LOVE IT! symptom solvers not problem solvers! that requires not only intellect, but concern for one's neighbor. i have failed to see sandestin express through its actions any concern for residents or visitors. so to them...these safety issues are not problems. in their minds, the problem is...
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    sandestin playground=toxic waste dump?

    that's really all you need to say. because given that recommendation why would you use tire mulch for a playground? who else do you think is going to that playground? and, most importantly, would you allow your own child to play in it? we may disagree on the specifics of this material, but it's...
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