oh! i know! thank you!
i'm sorry! i hope you didn't misunderstand! i was saying i hope that a decision wasn't made against it simply because of "emotions"!
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oh! i know! thank you!
i'm sorry! i hope you didn't misunderstand! i was saying i hope that a decision wasn't made against it simply because of "emotions"!
mf, were you here when we rallied to get the traffic signals? We have done some good things (many of the people on the board here participated)--there is still much to be done, and IMO the Economic Development effort here in Walton Co is a joke.
I have some experience in this field and know so many opportunities are just simply not explored....
A thorough investigation of local government would most likely reveal a lot.....
I have some experience in this field and know so many opportunities are just simply not explored....
A thorough investigation of local government would most likely reveal a lot.....
I don't discourage discussion of anything here, but rather encourage it, as long as it's done with decency and respect. So far, some political issues have been covered pretty well here and I am proud of that.
I am a little wary of a political forum because I've seen them elsewhere degenerate into ugliness from left and right.
As long as decency and respect is maintained, perhaps the enviro forum can be modified to include political, social, and environmental issues - what do y'all think?
I am a little wary of a political forum because I've seen them elsewhere degenerate into ugliness from left and right.
As long as decency and respect is maintained, perhaps the enviro forum can be modified to include political, social, and environmental issues - what do y'all think?
I know some people (BMBV) don't think I can construct a complete sentence, but I agree with the above. Thank you and be well.
Sueshore, don't worry about BMBV. He's going to get carpal tunnel syndrome when we discuss eminent domain actions versus retaining wall owners.
:rofl: 
like i said, i'm new here, which is part of why i wanted a forum to get a sense of history as well as current information.
i agree with your assessment of our economic development efforts.
there is currently only one person on staff which reflects a lack of commitment on the part of the county. i believe T.I.P.S. who were hired by the state to consult each county recommended a full department which i recall as being 3 people minimum - but don't count on my memory!- let's just say it wasn't ONE person.
kurt, if you think we should move this discussion to the environment forum, that's cool. but is there some way of indicating that we're hijacking the forum so the kindhearted environmentalist souls don't have a heart attack? :roll:
Dear Sueshore,
Your posting methods may actually be more effective than mine. When E.F. Hutton.... I mean, Sueshore (finally) speaks, people listen.
Oh yea, I saw where you ladies were dissn' me in the lounge - talking behind my back and all....actually made me smile!;-)Look, we probably have more in common than not. We both spend too much time on Kurt's computer. We both love South Walton. We both dislike dishonest politicians.
But we do seem to differ in one respect, as Bob pointed out: my fingers probably do hurt more than yours lately.
Peace.
It's your ball. We just get to play with it.
During the height of the retaining wall stuff, it did give me a chance to ponder my inner soul when I wasn't posting in defense of my position and dodging all the knives being thrown at me. I don't know how many nay-sayers were enlightened by all the discussion, but I feel some, at least, understood the total picture better than if nobody challenged the status-quo.
If anything, I distinctly remember one member here that actually complimented me on my research efforts (regarding retaining walls) and for the fact we properly installed ours. And that was all I was really trying to get across. Others finally admitted they would have probably done the same thing in my situation.
Some activists, in their over-zealousness, tend to lump similar but different things in the same group. It's easier to see things as the same than trying to disect...basically the ecological equivalent of stereotyping.
Was the above worth all the confrontation and many hours / days / weeks worth of messaging? Probably not. The outcome of our wall will not change based on perceptions on this board alone.
Let me make one thing very clear..."wrong doing" does not always exist just in the political arena. Misguided activists can do just as much harm.
But this thread is about corruption and politics. And that's where mf is coming from.
As far as I can see, there's nothing stopping anyone from posting local political stuff in either forum. They'll get read either way for the most part. The real question is, "Do they have an impact?".