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kathydwells
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
Will this be his primary residence or his "vacation home"?
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I really like that little beach cottage next door! ...
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I know Rita - I simply adore those little beach houses! If I had tons of dinero, I would so like to build "retro" small beach houses - with ICF (insulated concrete forms) and solar. They would be strong and energy efficient (go for net zero) and I think people would love them. If you have a huge gang - rent 2! No need for anyone to build as large as Huckabee - republican or democrat. And I'd say the same if it was Obama's house. It is not the direction we need to be going and our leaders and people in the spotlight need to be first in line to set an example. I will give him a high 5 for building ICF
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Florida’s welcome mat out for the Huckabees
Florida’s welcome mat out for the Huckabees
New neighbors hope fame draws tourists
By Charlie Frago
BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH, Fla. --
BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH, Fla. — As the surf was pounding over the bonewhite sand near Mike Huckabee’s future home last week, Seth DuBois said he hopes the possible presidential contender won’t close down his favorite fishing hole.
“This has been our spot for quite a while and, hopefully, that won’t change too much,” said DuBois, 28, fishing for pompano directly in front of Huckabee’s fast-rising beachfront home. “Who knows? Maybe we’ll have a little fish fry out here with him.”
Huckabee is no stranger to fish fries, including the Iowa variety. On Tuesday, Arkansas’ former governor visited that crucial caucus state, which he won in the 2008 Republican primary. Huckabee still hasn’t decided if he’ll enter the 2012 contest, but residents of the Florida panhandle say they’re happy the Fox News television and syndicated radio host has decided to live among them.
Huckabee has said he’ll decide whether to run this summer. A recent Mason-Dixon poll showed Huckabee leading President Barack Obama in Florida, 49 percent to 44 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney,with 23 percent, leads GOP hopefuls in the state, besting Huckabee, who places second with 18 percent.
The survey polled 800 registered voters April 4-7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Local residents say that Huckabee’s 11,188-square-foot house - which will cost $2.2 million to construct, according to a Walton County, Fla., building permit - will be among the largest in the small unincorporated beachfront community between Santa Rosa Beach and Grayton Beach State Park, east of Destin.
In Blue Mountain Beach’s tiny commercial area, Dyane Bonjean, the owner of Petunia’s Store, a gift shop, said she was happy Mike and Janet Huckabee were going to be neighbors.
Tourism took a heavy hit after last year’s BP oil spill, and local merchants hope that Huckabee’s national profile will help attract tourists to the area, she said.
Over the winter, the construction of the Huckabee house was a gossip item among snowbirds, Bonjean said.
“They would say, ‘I hope he doesn’t ask for money [political donations]’ after seeing that house,” Bonjean said.
Builders were present last week, applying stucco to the outside of the three-story house. Three of them, leaning on their elbows over the back of a pickup, said they were happy for the work.
“The lumber alone is good for a lot of jobs,” said one worker, who didn’t want to be identified. “I like having him here. He’s a good guy, comes by quite a bit. He’s easy to talk to.”
Across the Florida panhandle, the politically interested are well-aware that Florida has a new high-wattage politician, said Ilene Gaines, president of Emerald Coast Republican Women, which met Wednesday in Fort Walton Beach in neighboring Okaloosa County.
“He couldn’t have picked a better place. This is pure Republican country,” Gaines said.
Whether relocating to Florida would boost his chances of capturing the Sunshine State’s 29 electoral votes is another matter, she said.
“He’s going to be considered an outsider, but we’re glad to have him here,” she said.
Huckabee declined comment through his spokesman, Hogan Gidley.
Carmen Reynolds, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and Navarre resident, who spoke to the 20 Republican women and spouses about the dangers of radical Islam, said Huckabee’s arrival was a good thing for Florida, but that she wasn’t convinced he’s the right man for the presidency.
“I wonder if he can be coopted by the multi-nationalists,” Reynolds said, referring to those who would like to see a “New World Order” and diminish American power. “He needs to spend some time with the Tea Party.”
Another Tea Party activist at the meeting, Gaye Ellis, said she likes Huckabee’s TV show, but isn’t as enamored with tax increases that occurred while Huckabee was Arkansas’ governor.
Ellis is looking for a candidate who emphasizes fiscal conservatism.
“He’s a little too vocal about social issues. The big problem is spending,” Ellis said.
Her pick for president? South Carolina’s U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Other Republicans at the meeting said they supported Huckabee for president and were excited that he was now a presence in Florida.
“I love him, he’s wonderful,” said Marge Mann, a Fort Walton Beach resident. “I think living in Florida will help him here.”
Ellis wasn’t so sure if a Florida residence would help Huckabee’s presidential hopes.
“They come here and build houses and we never see them,” she said, referring to prominent Republicans who have property in the state.
Republican strategist Karl Rove also owns a home in the area.
Huckabee finished fourth at 13 percent in the 2008 Florida Republican primary behind eventual nominee John Mc-Cain, Romney and former New York Gov. Rudy Giuliani.
McCain, a decorated Navyveteran, carried Walton and Okaloosa counties, but Huckabee won neighboring Holmes and Washington counties. While Huckabee’s beachside home is being built, he’s reportedly renting a 4,077-square-foot home at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Walton County, near the golf course and close to the restaurants, boutiques and bars at the Baytowne Wharf.
Inside the well-tended and lushly landscaped resort, bicyclists and golf carts are as numerous as the Lexus, Mercedes and other luxury cars purring along in the vicinity of the resort’s 19-mile-per hour speed limit. People keep to themselves and don’t pry into the affairs of others, said several residents.
No one interviewed for the story had met Huckabee or his wife yet, but most said they’d welcome the opportunity. Almost every Floridian interviewed, including the fisherman DuBois, said they liked Huckabee’s down-to earth personality.
But a warm welcome doesn’t necessarily translate into votes on the Emerald Coast, DuBois said.
“Folks around here, it’s an eclectic mix. Folks who are going to be swayed about just the fact that he lives next door? That’s just random. Mostly, people around here are pretty much set in their ways.”
Florida’s welcome mat out for the Huckabees
New neighbors hope fame draws tourists
By Charlie Frago
BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH, Fla. --
BLUE MOUNTAIN BEACH, Fla. — As the surf was pounding over the bonewhite sand near Mike Huckabee’s future home last week, Seth DuBois said he hopes the possible presidential contender won’t close down his favorite fishing hole.
“This has been our spot for quite a while and, hopefully, that won’t change too much,” said DuBois, 28, fishing for pompano directly in front of Huckabee’s fast-rising beachfront home. “Who knows? Maybe we’ll have a little fish fry out here with him.”
Huckabee is no stranger to fish fries, including the Iowa variety. On Tuesday, Arkansas’ former governor visited that crucial caucus state, which he won in the 2008 Republican primary. Huckabee still hasn’t decided if he’ll enter the 2012 contest, but residents of the Florida panhandle say they’re happy the Fox News television and syndicated radio host has decided to live among them.
Huckabee has said he’ll decide whether to run this summer. A recent Mason-Dixon poll showed Huckabee leading President Barack Obama in Florida, 49 percent to 44 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney,with 23 percent, leads GOP hopefuls in the state, besting Huckabee, who places second with 18 percent.
The survey polled 800 registered voters April 4-7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Local residents say that Huckabee’s 11,188-square-foot house - which will cost $2.2 million to construct, according to a Walton County, Fla., building permit - will be among the largest in the small unincorporated beachfront community between Santa Rosa Beach and Grayton Beach State Park, east of Destin.
In Blue Mountain Beach’s tiny commercial area, Dyane Bonjean, the owner of Petunia’s Store, a gift shop, said she was happy Mike and Janet Huckabee were going to be neighbors.
Tourism took a heavy hit after last year’s BP oil spill, and local merchants hope that Huckabee’s national profile will help attract tourists to the area, she said.
Over the winter, the construction of the Huckabee house was a gossip item among snowbirds, Bonjean said.
“They would say, ‘I hope he doesn’t ask for money [political donations]’ after seeing that house,” Bonjean said.
Builders were present last week, applying stucco to the outside of the three-story house. Three of them, leaning on their elbows over the back of a pickup, said they were happy for the work.
“The lumber alone is good for a lot of jobs,” said one worker, who didn’t want to be identified. “I like having him here. He’s a good guy, comes by quite a bit. He’s easy to talk to.”
Across the Florida panhandle, the politically interested are well-aware that Florida has a new high-wattage politician, said Ilene Gaines, president of Emerald Coast Republican Women, which met Wednesday in Fort Walton Beach in neighboring Okaloosa County.
“He couldn’t have picked a better place. This is pure Republican country,” Gaines said.
Whether relocating to Florida would boost his chances of capturing the Sunshine State’s 29 electoral votes is another matter, she said.
“He’s going to be considered an outsider, but we’re glad to have him here,” she said.
Huckabee declined comment through his spokesman, Hogan Gidley.
Carmen Reynolds, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and Navarre resident, who spoke to the 20 Republican women and spouses about the dangers of radical Islam, said Huckabee’s arrival was a good thing for Florida, but that she wasn’t convinced he’s the right man for the presidency.
“I wonder if he can be coopted by the multi-nationalists,” Reynolds said, referring to those who would like to see a “New World Order” and diminish American power. “He needs to spend some time with the Tea Party.”
Another Tea Party activist at the meeting, Gaye Ellis, said she likes Huckabee’s TV show, but isn’t as enamored with tax increases that occurred while Huckabee was Arkansas’ governor.
Ellis is looking for a candidate who emphasizes fiscal conservatism.
“He’s a little too vocal about social issues. The big problem is spending,” Ellis said.
Her pick for president? South Carolina’s U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Other Republicans at the meeting said they supported Huckabee for president and were excited that he was now a presence in Florida.
“I love him, he’s wonderful,” said Marge Mann, a Fort Walton Beach resident. “I think living in Florida will help him here.”
Ellis wasn’t so sure if a Florida residence would help Huckabee’s presidential hopes.
“They come here and build houses and we never see them,” she said, referring to prominent Republicans who have property in the state.
Republican strategist Karl Rove also owns a home in the area.
Huckabee finished fourth at 13 percent in the 2008 Florida Republican primary behind eventual nominee John Mc-Cain, Romney and former New York Gov. Rudy Giuliani.
McCain, a decorated Navyveteran, carried Walton and Okaloosa counties, but Huckabee won neighboring Holmes and Washington counties. While Huckabee’s beachside home is being built, he’s reportedly renting a 4,077-square-foot home at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Walton County, near the golf course and close to the restaurants, boutiques and bars at the Baytowne Wharf.
Inside the well-tended and lushly landscaped resort, bicyclists and golf carts are as numerous as the Lexus, Mercedes and other luxury cars purring along in the vicinity of the resort’s 19-mile-per hour speed limit. People keep to themselves and don’t pry into the affairs of others, said several residents.
No one interviewed for the story had met Huckabee or his wife yet, but most said they’d welcome the opportunity. Almost every Floridian interviewed, including the fisherman DuBois, said they liked Huckabee’s down-to earth personality.
But a warm welcome doesn’t necessarily translate into votes on the Emerald Coast, DuBois said.
“Folks around here, it’s an eclectic mix. Folks who are going to be swayed about just the fact that he lives next door? That’s just random. Mostly, people around here are pretty much set in their ways.”
Huckabee's house
Lets give Huckabee some privacy.
Lets give Huckabee some privacy.
For tax reasons it will be "primary," but in reality I doubt he will be there 365.