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  1. ShallowsNole

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    The Heritage Museum is a train caboose by the railroad tracks. If we ever get train service back, that would be hellacious.
  2. ShallowsNole

    Remove the Confederate Monument and flag from the Walton County Courthouse

    Keep the Monument, as it IS part of our history, a gift from the Daughters of the Confederacy, and has moved with the Courthouse until the Courthouse finally settled in DeFuniak. I personally do not have any of my ancestors named but many of my friends and extended family do. But (and this...
  3. ShallowsNole

    SoWal Coastal Heritage Video series from Friends of the Coastal Branch Library

    I would love to participate in this...my cousins and I have quite a bit of knowledge of early South Walton :=) And I so wish Vernon Bishop was still alive. He lived much of if!!
  4. ShallowsNole

    Tornadoes cause damage in SoWal area 1/9/24

    I hate to tell them, but the South Walton tornado lasted considerably longer than 3 minutes. left Dune-Allen, caused significant damage on Bay Grove and Old Jolly Bay Road, then headed for Ponce De leon...
  5. ShallowsNole

    Authentic Walton

    Well, south of the bay WAS in Washington County until roughly 110 years ago. "Authetic" is pretty bad. "Original" would have been better.
  6. ShallowsNole

    AJ's in Grayton Beach History

    I miss Pandora's in general.
  7. ShallowsNole

    AJ's in Grayton Beach History

    Keith Urban stayed in Grayton and played at AJ's in Destin. Several in my family knew him, but nobody foresaw that he would ever be more than a local musician.
  8. ShallowsNole

    New Freeport Middle School At Hammock Bay

    Freeport currently has an elementary school and a high school. The middle school has been held at the former Freeport High School on Kylea Laird; now they will have a new school. Remember the school is not for Hammock Bay exclusively but for all middle schoolers in and around Freeport.
  9. ShallowsNole

    Looking for a restaurant serving Flounder

    Smoked is good too! Again...fresh!
  10. ShallowsNole

    Looking for a restaurant serving Flounder

    Choctawhatchee Bay Mullet is another thing you don't often see in SoWal. Nick's in Basin Bayou normally has it. Many people who say they don't like mullet have never tried it - but it has to be fresh!
  11. ShallowsNole

    Traffic Signal Coming to MC Davis Blvd and US98

    And a single stop sign, reinforced by a ton of billboards, at 98 and 331.
  12. ShallowsNole

    Bloody 98

    Agreed, as a victim of a left turn (at a signal) into the wrong lane. My son almost had an incident with one about a year ago as well. We had a fatal accident head-on accident with two of the nicest ladies you'd ever want to meet up in Freeport. Sadly it is frequent. Turn right, go down, make...
  13. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    I'm still waiting to see which actions were proved and which ones were not. Knowing these guys, I don't believe there was intentional wrongdoing. Possibly sloppy bookkeeping but they and their assistants can work on that. However, the audit was not conducted up to generally accepted...
  14. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    Danny doesn't drink. He is possibly the only one who doesn't, but he definitely doesn't.
  15. ShallowsNole

    Golf carts becoming major safety issue in Walton County

    On most of the roads that feed into Back Beach Road in Panama City Beach, there is a sign that golf carts are not allowed on US 98 / Panama City Beach Parkway. What would have to happen over here to get those type of signs on the county roads in SoWal? An ordinance? I tried to take a picture...
  16. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    As long as it includes all the constitutional offices, in particular the County Clerk's office, yes. But be warned it is horrifically expensive.
  17. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    I worked for the Clerk's office, not the county. But yes, between high school, my spouse's 30+ year career in the WCSO and hanging around Nick's every chance we get, we know them pretty well. I'm amazed at all the people who DON'T know them.
  18. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    If you grew up here, you'd know all of them pretty well. My husband worked with three of them, graduated from high school with two of them, and I attended high school with one of them. My best friend works for another one of them and gives me a hug wherever he sees me. They are all welcome at...
  19. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    Did you attend the meeting or watch it online? If you did, you'd know. I do not have the time to make a running list, but for starters...two commissioners were tasked with improper county vehicle fuel procedures and those two do not even use a county vehicle. They confused Tony Anderson with a...
  20. ShallowsNole

    Internal Audit of Walton County BCC

    If you know them, you know at least some of those things didn't happen. For one, Danny doesn't drink. I hear that the employee tasked with making travel arrangements for the BCC resigned sometime during the past two weeks. And if you have to wonder who the anonymous complaint was from...wow.
  21. ShallowsNole

    Cindy Meadows is moving

    Turns out it's a moot point. Danny is officially unopposed!!
  22. ShallowsNole

    Cindy Meadows is moving

    We'll take it. We can always put up two.
  23. ShallowsNole

    SoWal Restaurants Adding Fees to Bill - Replaces Tipping?

    And Rosemary Beach, Baytowne at Sandestin, anyone else? The customer can opt out, but the business still has to pay it, as it is calculated not by actual collected, but as percentage of sales. And what's more, that fee is subject to Florida Sales Tax.
  24. ShallowsNole

    Taxes and fees on rentals

    Something those who want to include taxes and fees in the rate up front may want to consider is that Walton County is considering an additional 1% surtax for infrastructure. Nothing has been decided yet, but this would make the sales tax to the State of Florida 8%...and the bed tax would be...
  25. ShallowsNole

    Dune Allen 1950's

    Hurricane Eloise was not kind to Camp Harold Baird. After Eloise, the remaining gutted buildings became places to explore, and other things teenagers do...
  26. ShallowsNole

    What are those posts / pilings in the bay east of the 331 bridge?

    The drawbridge was where the northbound bridge now is. There was no wooden bridge across the Bay.
  27. ShallowsNole

    what the BUG?!

    Dog flies are what will nail you this time of year. Fast little turds.
  28. ShallowsNole

    Hwy 395 & Hwy 283 North Bike Path

    Hwy 395 is still supposed to get a bike path, but it will be several years from what I understand. in case I'm not around then, someone please remind the County that Chance Powell agreed that Gid Godwin's oak tree wouldn't be harmed.
  29. ShallowsNole

    Another former county employee suing

    Although Stan and I no longer harbor hateful feelings toward each other, I really, really have no comment, especially since I haven't a clue exactly what went on. His mama is a sweetheart and I wish him the best.
  30. ShallowsNole

    When is water clear in South Walton, Destin, 30A?

    It's impossible to guarantee clear water, but chances are early October is a great time. Unfortunately, some of our worst hurricanes have occurred in October as well.
  31. ShallowsNole

    New York Times: Visiting the Florida Panhandle

    Police wife here - advertising unsupervised elementary-school age children running free ties my spine up in knots. Not because I don't like children, I love them. I am afraid for them. Creepers are everywhere. And don't get me started on teenage mating rituals at the ice cream shop. :blink:
  32. ShallowsNole

    Truck drives over woman lying on beach in Grayton Beach

    A sobriety test in the sand? I would fail stone cold sober. Any word on how the young lady is doing?
  33. ShallowsNole

    Walton TDC Director Jay Tusa Fired

    Yeah, not a good idea to lie about not being able to set up a meeting with a commissioner when no effort to do so was made. Not having a dog in the hunt, I am surprised that 40% less costs of administration isn't the threshold any longer. It was originally not a stated 40%, but that the base...
  34. ShallowsNole

    Brian Kelley Embraces His Inner Beach Cowboy with Release of BK’s Wave Pack

    "Made by the Water" brought tears to my eyes the first time I saw it. Van Ness and Jonnye's house. Special place. As is all of Grayton!
  35. ShallowsNole

    Grayton Motor Lodge

    Driving on the beach at Grayton is a condition of being able to access the beach at Grayton, or so the Butler family told me. It is the only place you can launch a fishing charter, and besides, it is the last piece left of everything we used to enjoy about Grayton. As far as the Grayton Motor...
  36. ShallowsNole

    Misc For those looking for a laugh - palm trees on roof

    The Concrete Residence!! :clap:
  37. ShallowsNole

    Costco Coming Soon To Freeport

    That reminds me...LOCALS TEST that a lot of locals wouldn't have experienced...I was maybe five years old. You know that before Regional Utilities came along, most of us had wells for our tasty, lime and sulfur water. Who ELSE remembers that when First American Farms began irrigating their...
  38. ShallowsNole

    Costco Coming Soon To Freeport

    Disney was supposed to be buying First American Farms. Then, the rumor was that it was supposed to be a new version of Branson, Missouri. Still, there it sits, except for the piece carved out for the Freeport bypass. Nice, peaceful drive from Freeport to DeFuniak and back, unless nature...
  39. ShallowsNole

    Support the A County Mask Mandate

    We get tired of people who think they are smarter than we are. :cool:
  40. ShallowsNole

    Ability to use a neighborhood access, for small fee, for medical reasons.

    There is a public beach access in Inlet Beach, just before you cross into Bay County. I think it fills up fairly fast too, but it is larger (and flatter!) than many of the other accesses. There are public bathrooms and a shower to wash your feet off. If you want to go REALLY early, there is...
  41. ShallowsNole

    Celebrities Buying Homes In South Walton on 30A

    Also in the early 1990's, while still married to his first wife, Garth Brooks stayed in a house in the BeachHighlands neighborhood. He kept it very, very low-key - if he needed anything, he would visit the Dune-Allen Tom Thumb in the middle of the night.
  42. ShallowsNole

    Celebrities Buying Homes In South Walton on 30A

    I have been told that, before there was much out here and before he hit it big in Nashville, Keith Urban used to hang around Grayton Beach and play in Destin. I do know he is familiar with Destin as he gave an eulogy at a funeral there a couple of years ago. I am afraid that if he and Nicole...
  43. ShallowsNole

    Where's the Beach?

    That is more than just a little disturbing
  44. ShallowsNole

    Where's the Beach?

    Dang. I was at Santa Clara a week ago at there was plenty of dry sand. Was surf up due to the hurricane that went to Texas? Or is it STILL like that?
  45. ShallowsNole

    Political Billboards

    You must not remember when there were at least 20 if not more business / attraction signs at 331 & 98. The reason my cousin Gid has a raspy voice was that he ran the intersection, hit the signs, one snapped off and the splintered wood pole came through the windshield and nailed him in the voice...
  46. ShallowsNole

    Virtual “Meet the Candidates” Town Halls in July

    Question - why are some candidates featured for all three nights and others for only one or two? I can understand other commitments but if someone watches each night that could unfairly skew someone's chances.
  47. ShallowsNole

    Countywide Tourist Development Tax

    Because the original purpose of the Tourist Development Tax was to support marketing and maintenance of the Beaches of South Walton. There was no reason to enact the tax north of the Bay, therefore no representation on the board. A couple of years ago they did some promotion of the Biophilia...
  48. ShallowsNole

    Countywide Tourist Development Tax

    Admin cost should be negligible, as the Clerk's Office already has the technology and the staff in place. Though it might be a good time to hand it over to the Tax Collector's Office :floor::floor::floor:
  49. ShallowsNole

    Countywide Tourist Development Tax

    Panama City Beach, Panama City and Mexico Beach all have different funds under the direction of the Bay County TDC, and I've never seen anyone over there complain about that :dunno:
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