My wife and I took a road trip Sunday and drove over to Port St. Joe and drove 98 back to SanDestin. We were very impressed with Port St. Joe. The city looks good, clean and it is clear that they are all working together as a team to build a quality destination. Mexico Beach looked good as well and Panama City Beach was far better than the last time I went through. But I was disappointed and ashamed by the conditions on 30-A. The grass along the roadway looked as though ...it had not been cut since last year, the garbage was piled up and you could not even see the water for umbrellas and tents. Not to mention the lack of parking, the traffic and the apparent lack of upkeep on the roadway itself. We need to get our act together and fast if we are going to call ourselves a world-class destination. We collect and spend almost 20 million in bed tax money and we cannot mow the grass and pick up the garbage? We collect millions of dollars in taxes and cannot provide adequate parking or even fix the numerous potholes on the roadway? Or build turn lanes and make other improvements to move traffic? It is past time to stop blaming each other and throwing up our hands and get busy fixing problems. Spend money to hire enough employees to keep the garbage picked up and mow the grass. I did not post this for a couple of days because I needed time to calm down a little. But we need a change in priorities right now. It is not right to advertise and lure people down here for what they are paying and not provide the basic functions of government. I know it was Memorial Day weekend and the traffic and such were far worse than normal. But what does that have to do with cutting the grass and fixing broken pavement? We should have spent the past few weeks fixing things to put our best foot forward and it is obvious that did not happen.