Horse Power Pavilion

[Matt J]

Horse Power Pavilion faces longer legal battle with Walton County

FREEPORT, Fla. (WMBB) — A five-year legal battle continues between the Horse Power Pavilion in Freeport and the Board of Walton County Commissioners. The owner’s last update to News 13 was a…

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Looks like Danny Glidewell is gonna cost us even more in legal settlements.

 

[Beacher]

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A five-year legal battle continues between the Horse Power Pavilion in Freeport and the Board of Walton County Commissioners.

The owner’s last update to News 13 was a court date for February 15 in a lawsuit filed against the county for harassment. They now tell us that day in court never happened.

“It’s just insanity,” said owner Kate Holland.

Holland bought the Highway 20 ranch in 2018 with dreams of opening a wedding venue, a coffee shop, and a bistro. Her dreams came true. But after what she said was hundreds of code complaints, all that remains is the bistro.

“My wedding venue. I spent over $350,000 putting that venue in just in timber and building it out. We had two weddings over there before they shut it down. It’s just been endless,” said Holland.

Holland tells News 13 they set a meeting on April 25 with Acting County Attorney Clay Adkinson and board members.

Holland said the result of that meeting was a 90-day cease and desist to end the lawsuit against the county for harassment.

The trade-off was a proposal to be sent to the Hollands attorney rezoning her property and allowing on-site businesses as well as negotiations for her nearly $500,000 dollars in damages.

In a letter from the Warner Law Firm on June 2, the county rejected a settlement claim from the Hollands made in 2022. The letter said the County would not make a counteroffer and any lawsuits can be reopened.

“If we can’t find this proposal that’s missing in action, then we’ll have to go to court and make the judges deal with it. My understanding is if we do that, then we depose county officials that have been involved in it. In the meeting on the 25th of April, Mr. Glidewell admitted that he owes us an apology because he wrote an e-mail that said to shut my business down and he has never even set foot in any of my businesses,” said Holland.

While the owners are awaiting the proposal to resolve the ongoing legal battle with the county, they want the community to know they are still open.

“I’ll always be open. You know it. They’ve tried everything in their power to shut me down along this process. And if it wasn’t for the support of everybody, we wouldn’t have continued fighting,” said Holland.

At this time, the county has not responded to our questions regarding a proposal from Adkinson to the Hollands attorney.

 

[Beacher]

Horse Power Pavilion faces longer legal battle with Walton County

FREEPORT, Fla. (WMBB) — A five-year legal battle continues between the Horse Power Pavilion in Freeport and the Board of Walton County Commissioners. The owner’s last update to News 13 was a…

www.mypanhandle.com

Looks like Danny Glidewell is gonna cost us even more in legal settlements.

Do you know that the code complaints are invalid?

 

[Matt J]

Do you know that the code complaints are invalid?

No, what makes them invalid?

 

[Beacher]

No, what makes them invalid?

Can't really make heads or tales - It's terrible "journalism" - no details. Perhaps you have some that will help us know what is going on since you posted it? You mention Glidewell - what do you know to single him out? What's the other side of the story? She says she received hundreds of code complaints. Who were they from? Were they valid? Is she suing the county over VALID code violations?

 

[Matt J]

Can't really make heads or tales - It's terrible "journalism" - no details. Perhaps you have some that will help us know what is going on since you posted it? You mention Glidewell - what do you know to single him out? What's the other side of the story? She says she received hundreds of code complaints. Who were they from? Were they valid? Is she suing the county over VALID code violations?

Danny Glidewell is quoted in the article as apologizing for sending an email to code enforcement with the title of "Shut it down", that's entirely out of line for a county commissioner.

You stated the code complaints are invalid, I asked you why.

My understanding is that the owner bought the property as a horse ranch. She never went to planning prior to installing a wedding and events venue never got that approved. She's also operating a restaurant and bar that I've been too. Also, never approved by planning prior.

Our planning department is very good at helping folks after the fact and from what I can gather this woman is going the sovereign citizen route instead of working with the planning department.

I have been to the place and had badly made drinks with an edible pizza. It's not like there's some gem hiding there either.

 

[Beacher]

Danny Glidewell is quoted in the article as apologizing for sending an email to code enforcement with the title of "Shut it down", that's entirely out of line for a county commissioner.

You stated the code complaints are invalid, I asked you why.

My understanding is that the owner bought the property as a horse ranch. She never went to planning prior to installing a wedding and events venue never got that approved. She's also operating a restaurant and bar that I've been too. Also, never approved by planning prior.

Our planning department is very good at helping folks after the fact and from what I can gather this woman is going the sovereign citizen route instead of working with the planning department.

I have been to the place and had badly made drinks with an edible pizza. It's not like there's some gem hiding there either.

I don't know if the complaints are valid or not. You seemed to be on her side like you knew they weren't. Perhaps you have a personal stake.

As for Glidewell, if someone reported to him that there were hundreds of complaints, why wouldn't he say to shut it down? I would if I knew they were valid.

Again the article is shallow so I draw no conlcusions, For instance - were they complaints or complaints that were actually about real violations?

 

[Matt J]

Walton county only takes credible code enforcement complaints, meaning it can't be down anonymously. So whomever has made these complaints is known to all parties.

Again, she bought a horse ranch. Without proper permitting, to my knowledge she didn't do that, the creation of a wedding venue and a bar/restaurant are pretty obvious code violations.