Does anyone know how much the sales tax in Walton County is collected and what impact that has in offsetting ad valorem taxes. I remember we voted to pay a 1/2 cent sales tax to pay a portion of the 331 bridge and that raised somewhere north of 25 million in 3 years. I would also venture to guess without tourism and the lack of manufacturing or high tech jobs that our economy would suffer due to unemployment. I would also bet the services that those of us want would cost us more in ad valorem without tourism. Just my opinion.