I am officially disgusted by the inadequacies of our governement. There is still debris everywhere and I have seen no evidence of any clean up. Grayton is pitiful. All those nice piles of debris that volunteers gathered up for the county to pick up have mostly been spread out again. How do you let all that stuff sit for weeks and not pick it up before the biggest holiday weekend of the year? Who has my tax money in their pocket?
There's a big volunteer cleanup on July 5th. Are we supposed to gather all that stuff up again and hope the county picks it up before it gets scattered, covered, or washed away?
AND - I feel like scolding parents that are letting kids pull lumber and trash out of the piles and play with it, a lot of it pressure treated with poisonous chemicals, sharp broken pieces, and some with nails and screws sticking out.
Groups of unsupervised kids are making forts out of the stuff and it's scattered everywhere. They're digging huge holes and covering them with plywood and other lumber. This is a recipe for disaster. I've heard of kids in FLA dying in these tunnel forts when the sand collapses.
And it's not just kids. I saw one idiot in his 20s dig a hole on the side of the lake today that must have been 6' X 8' by about 4 feet deep and then collect plywood and other crap to make a shelter. Not only did he make a big mess but I don't doubt he'll leave it there for some other persons' kid to get injured or killed.
Maybe the county is too busy conducting anti-shark PR (please don't be scared come spend your money it was just a fluke). How would it be if some 6-year old got smothered or crushed? I wonder if that would make CNN?
If you have concern:
Brad Pickel - TDC,
bpickel@beachesofsouthwalton.com
Beach Activities Coordinator - Ken Wilde,
wilken@co.walton.fl.us
County Commissioners:
? Dist. 1 -Scott Brannon, (850) 622-3081,
brascott@co.walton.fl.us
? Dist. 2 - Kenneth Pridgen, (850) 834-6328,
prikenneth@co.walton.fl.us
? Dist. 3 - Larry Jones (850) 892-8474,
jonlarry@co.walton.fl.us
? Dist. 4 - Ro Cuchens, (850) 835-4834
cucro@co.walton.fl.us
? Dist. 5 - Cindy Meadows, (850) 622-3059
meacindy@co.walton.fl.us