Come on - it's ridiculous to make a for profit business as some referendum on someone's character. With few exceptions, by definition a for profit business is self serving. Taxes are part of expense of running the business - he's not running the business in order to pay taxes - so how much he pays in taxes is irrelevant as a qualification to how he would run Walton County.
There are a lot of questionable commissioners who ran businesses, look at Tony Anderson, who in my view is a complete failure for his district.
Give me someone who understands the issues and runs on protecting what we have and controlling growth. I don't hear that out of any of the commissioners. The only thing slowing them down are private citizens and that means we have a runaway situation.
If memory serves, the businesses Tony Anderson had a hand in or partnered with someone else were DISMAL FAILURES, as was his marriage. His first year in office has been scripted for him by the likes of Cecilia Jones, the SBA or his secretary who just happens to be an inlaw/outlaw of Lloyd Blue's. At every BCC meeting he reads from an already prepared dossier which has been carefully crafted for him on the issues which come before the board. The man doesn't have a mind of his own and couldn't wipe his rear end without instructions or Cecilia and the SBA's help. He knew nothing about government or how to run a business and he hasn't improved with time.
Back to Trey Nick...I see or read comments all the time on social media about how good the food is (I have eaten there myself) and hear wonderful things about Nick as a person. I also know the civic work his father was/is involved in. My daughter worked for Mr. Nick from the time she was a freshman in high school until she graduated. Met her now ex husband there and had her wedding reception at Basin Bayou Nicks but none of that means I'm willing to support Trey Nick as a candidate for County Commissioner.
Totally agree with you on understanding the issues and controlling growth which we have had NONE of in NoWal. In fact we have 4 commissioners with the majority of their districts being up here and we don't even get lip service out of them. Now Trey is running and doesn't even live in the district he's running for but then again, neither does C. Jones. Is he actually going to live in District 4 or is he going to pretend or fake it like C. Jones does? If he's not invested his district (actually living and owning a home) there is nothing to prevent him from ignoring his constituents. Just ask Tony. He is from NoWal and has forgotten all the people he served as a humble mailman in exchange for the grandeur of SoWal....YEP bought and paid for!