Small Business Association

[Bob Wells]

Yes you are right BUT he never said to boycott them. I think if they are losing business it is because the citizens are fed up with the good old boy system and pigs in lipstick. Game playing must stop by the people who want to own the BCC members and their votes. Until this happens the sun will never shine on Walton County Government.

This will be the year of not who spends the most it will be about who is just plain fed up with the same old same old.

No ma'am he never said to boycott them, but he did post pictures of businesses and said he wouldn't shop or eat there. I know it is semantics, but it kind of looked like he did endorse it. As I said, I think this is a matter of perception. I personally like Bob Hudson even though we may agree on very little.

 

[Patriot Games]

Where is the letter to the editor at? What paper?

 

[Bob Wells]

Where is the letter to the editor at? What paper?

Think it was in the Sun or the Defuniak Herald. I read it just don't remember where.

 

[John G]

I wonder if the guy in this article was a SBA Member?

Sounds like the County footed the bill...

By TOM McLAUGHLIN
315-4435 | @TomMnwfdn
tmclaughlin@nwfdailynews.com

Posted Feb. 8, 2016 at 3:57 PM
Updated Feb 8, 2016 at 4:01 PM

Walton County’s Solid Waste Department and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have teamed up to remove 200 tons of tires from a property near Mossy Head.

The tires, an estimated 19,400 of them, had been piling up for years on land owned by a man whose last name was Brennan, according to Brandy Smith, a DEP external affairs manager. Officials said they don’t know his first name.“The owner (now deceased) had been picking up waste tires for a fee in neighboring counties, storing the tires on his property and slowly taking them to the Walton County Landfill for free disposal,” Smith said in an email.

DEP became aware of the unpermitted accumulation of tires, off a dirt road called Princess Street in 2012 when a complaint was made, Smith said. Efforts to get the property cleared were hampered by financial issues.The mountain of tires presented health concerns.“Not only did the site attract mosquitoes and other animals, such as rats and snakes, but these types of tire piles can also catch fire, which leads to additional environmental problems,” DEP Environmental Specialist Mike Stephen said in a news release.Brennan died in 2012 and his wife took up the tire removal effort under continued financial constraints, Smith said.

She did hire a private contractor to remove some 2,000 tires in 2015 before passing away herself in November, Smith said.

DEP then turned to the county, Smith said, and after logistical details were worked out for removal, the task was undertaken and has been completed.“This was a herculean task to undertake,” Jeff Massey, Walton County’s solid waste manager, said in the news release. “We were more than happy to be part of the process.”