Light Pollution

[NotDeadYet]

Maybe you can put together a massive HOA that actually controls what everyone south of Choctawhatchee Bay does with their privately owned property.

It's a total mystery to me how anyone can think that private property rights include the right to do completely as you please without regard for your neighbors. As far as I am concerned, your rights stop when your impacts leave your property and spill over onto mine. What you do that stays within the confines of your property lines is your business, but once it crosses the line, it is no longer just your business alone, as if the rest of the world didn't exist.

Actually, that massive HOA already exists. It's called the comprehensive plan and the land development code.

 

[DuneLaker]

I understand a certain entity from Bay County who has been a long standing objector to any lighting ordinance will now play the "cost" card in these hard economic times in order to thwart any efforts to get a lighting ordinance in Walton County. Plan a great dinner in DeFuniak before, during or after the meeting. You might even be able to take in the CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY around the Circle!!

 

[TreeFrog]

Also, since the lights went on I no longer hear the owls that used to congregate in the woods along Western Lake-I am not sure of cause and effect, however.

We had an owl over here by Eastern Lake, but it seems to be gone now too. And we don't seem to have had any changes in lighting.

Sorry for your difficulty with the neighbors' lights. We had a similar uplighting situation with a neighbor, but fortunately were able to resolve it with a friendly discussion.

 

[Camellia]

Did anyone go to the meeting about the light ordinance tonight?

I also wanted to report that my neighbor across the lake has kindly, and much to my relief, begun to turn his lights off at night. It appears that he is also killing the floodlights that were aimed at the sky on Skunkape's side, and I am waiting for a report that such is the case.

 

[avalon]

Did anyone go to the meeting about the light ordinance tonight?

I also wanted to report that my neighbor across the lake has kindly, and much to my relief, begun to turn his lights off at night. It appears that he is also killing the floodlights that were aimed at the sky on Skunkape's side, and I am waiting for a report that such is the case.

Maybe the SoWal pen is mightier than the sword after all.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Did anyone go to the meeting about the light ordinance tonight?

I also wanted to report that my neighbor across the lake has kindly, and much to my relief, begun to turn his lights off at night. It appears that he is also killing the floodlights that were aimed at the sky on Skunkape's side, and I am waiting for a report that such is the case.

I have been sick for a few days and didn't get to go. I think it has been toned down a bit. I even think I heard one of the owls the other night

 

[wrobert]

I understand a certain entity from Bay County who has been a long standing objector to any lighting ordinance will now play the "cost" card in these hard economic times in order to thwart any efforts to get a lighting ordinance in Walton County. Plan a great dinner in DeFuniak before, during or after the meeting. You might even be able to take in the CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY around the Circle!!

Will that display not be illegal once all of these new regulations are passed? If they are passed.

 

[wrobert]

:roll:
Owls also represent wise thought. Why do you feel so comfortable operating without them?

Solve your lighting problem. Pellet guns are very inexpensive at Wally World. The owls will come back and those annoying puppies will be gone.

 

[idlewind]

WRobert, great to se you have re-emerged from the basement. Hope that your conservative juices have been recharged.

 

[Matt J]

WRobert, great to se you have re-emerged from the basement. Hope that your conservative juices have been recharged.

More like a loser that is dripping with resentment and hate.