Suzanne Harris Gets the Boot

Not at all, but as it is not in my power to move things or delete things I answered a question that was asked.

Not at all, but as it is not in my power to move things or delete things I answered a question that was asked.

Threads being removed or merged tend to cause this. Hard to follow threads on this board anymore...with all the moving and deleting being done round here.

Threads being removed or merged tend to cause this. Hard to follow threads on this board anymore...with all the moving and deleting being done round here.

If you don't like how this site is run, it is a big internet, and you are free to leave. No threads have been deleted in quite awhile. Those that have in the past violated forum rules, or are requested to be deleted by the original poster. Sometimes people post things and regret it later.

Merging and moving threads is standard operating procedure. No reason to have multiple threads on the same topic or in the wrong subforum. That gets confusing and is counterproductive. Quite often we get frantic and accusing messages about someone's thread being deleted when they were simply moved to the appropriate forum or merged to the appropriate thread.

Kurt, I was not implying anything, I was just explaining my rational, no issues with how you run it and appreciate the forum.
Thanks

Bob I wasnt referring to you. You are a valued member and contributor to our community. Thank you.

If you don't like how this site is run, it is a big internet, and you are free to leave. No threads have been deleted in quite awhile. Those that have in the past violated forum rules, or are requested to be deleted by the original poster. Sometimes people post things and regret it later.

Merging and moving threads is standard operating procedure. No reason to have multiple threads on the same topic or in the wrong subforum. That gets confusing and is counterproductive. Quite often we get frantic and accusing messages about someone's thread being deleted when they were simply moved to the appropriate forum or merged to the appropriate thread.

Well kurt let's see how this applys....you also said

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Well kurt let's see how this applys....you also said

I'm a local. I'm not mentally incompetent nor am I stupid. I just don't happen to agree with Becnel Reps. who work PR for Sandestin Investments LLC., the BCC and the charade being perpetrated against the taxpayers in Walton County in regard to funding the 331 bridge.

If you have rules in place, those rules should apply equally accross the board and not be selectively enforced depending on the "value" you place on an individual either because you personally know them or you "value" their opinion/support of a particular issue.

It is hard to follow threads that started out one place and are merged with something else. If you found that comment disrespectful and think it warrants my removal, I'm sure you will have no trouble doing so but you might want to go back and look at the mean and hateful comments in this thread from those you "value".

Have a nice day.

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Misty,
I might, or might not agree with your opinions..........but I like the way you stand up for what you believe!
Your my hero today!

Misty FYI Dawn in this thread is not Dawn Moliterno!

Misty FYI Dawn in this thread is not Dawn Moliterno!

That has already been ascertained, thank you. Right Church wrong pew.

Misty,
I did go back through this thread and some of the comment were what I would consider not nice. I would like to use an analogy for what I believe I saw here. I've seen the word Nazi, Dawn the TDC directors name, stupid and ignorant and uppitiy. Now in football referee mode you were the one that the ref saw throw the last punch and was flagged for it.
Now for my rant. Idlewind asked a question that did not relate to the bridge but the tax, the post just before was by misty, in which you referenced the bridge and not Ms. Harris. As one of those Uppity folks who like the idea of the bridge but did not like the way it was handled and addressed, which I believed I addressed myself in a former post, I think I will address who I am. The moniker Bob Wells is my name, I know very few of the other folks personally on this board. Some may know me but I am a unique persson and to look at me you would see that. I felt that when I put MY BELIEFS out there it was important to me that I use my real name. That being said let me tell you who I am. I have been told to be nice by Kurt, sometimes I rant and rave on here. I am the middle class, I work as a Firefighter/ Paramedic, I own property here and pay taxes here. I commute the 331 bridge as does my wife, I have lived in walton County since 1994. I am politically active in my own way. SoWal has many political signs put up and easily I put up approx. 500 in a busy season. I also take them down unlike some. I have backed winners and losers. I go to Tallahassee to lobby, but attend very few BCC meetings. Not afraid to support someone everyone hates if I think they will do a better job. Supported Alex Sink and there is no way I will support Gov Scott. I believe the office deserves respect and attempt at every turn to apply titles to all our politicians whether I like them or not. I have been married 28 years in March have 3 great children, a Teacher, Firefighter and a Navy Service member, I have 1 awesome daughter in law, I lean middle conservative and vote in general elections for the person not the party, am registered Republican but that is subject to change depending on who is running. I like Walton County and when I retire I will be spending part of it here, the other part will be in Costa Rica, unless we have grandchildren and then my wife will be telling me where I will retire. Thanks for letting me rant, we don't have to agree but we can disagree without being disagreeable.
Bob Wells

Sounds like you need to get in the Church on the pew!

Sounds like you need to get in the Church on the pew!

What business is that of yours?

Bob Wells...the term "Nazi" was directed at a country and a government NOT a specific individual. The term "uppity" certainly applys when some folks make statements like the one above in my opinion.

I get it now your just a MEAN person!

Bob, thanks for the very interesting and informative view of one poster's life. I personally think it would be very useful to many posters if more were known of the backround of those posting. Once again, thank you for the insight.

The unprecedented personal attacks against Misty could be construed as a crude attempt to stifle dissent.
Ideas should be allowed to sink or swim on the merits, not the poster's background. Some people prefer to remain behind the curtain. Fair enough. Protect your sources.
It is up to you, dear reader, to decipher whose content could sprout vegetables.
You Go Misty!
I don't know Ms. Harris but my hat is off to her and anyone else who can take on Walton County and come out of court 2-0. We need more like her. Let Freedom Ring.
My previous post, "No Bridge Now", began as a new thread but was "incorporated", perhaps suppressing the message. I don't always see hidden hands everywhere, however, no one has answered the question, "who is this bridge for?" It probably dovetails nicely with Sandestin's Casino proposal. But how will it help the average Joe more than it hurts?

The unprecedented personal attacks against Misty could be construed as a crude attempt to stifle dissent.
Ideas should be allowed to sink or swim on the merits, not the poster's background. Some people prefer to remain behind the curtain. Fair enough. Protect your sources.
It is up to you, dear reader, to decipher whose content could sprout vegetables.
You Go Misty!
I don't know Ms. Harris but my hat is off to her and anyone else who can take on Walton County and come out of court 2-0. We need more like her. Let Freedom Ring.
My previous post, "No Bridge Now", began as a new thread but was "incorporated", perhaps suppressing the message. I don't always see hidden hands everywhere, however, no one has answered the question, "who is this bridge for?" It probably dovetails nicely with Sandestin's Casino proposal. But how will it help the average Joe more than it hurts?

Who is this bridge for? An intriguing question which lends itself to speculation about sub rosa agendas at work by the powerful, i.e., land developers and their enablers in government.

The original proposal by the state which started all this was for a toll bridge. Greg and Kenneth came back with a counterproposal to focus on 331 and which proposal suggested a 20-25% cost share by the county up to a mx of 75 mil. The estimated cost of doing both bridge and 331 to I-10 was, not coincidentally, about 300 mil.

An effort will be made to re-direct those state funds of 102 mil to 331, leaving the bridge for later. Whether that effort will resonate with the BCC and, if successful there, the FDOT, remains to be seen.

Nobody doubts having the bridge woud be nice, but almost everyone would agree that having 331 widened should come first and is much more desirable than the bridge right now. One might anticipate that those who say otherwise stand a better than average chance of having a vested financial interest in the relatively limited benefits that would accrue to having a bridge rather than a better and safer and more useful 331.

Watch carefully to see who squeals the loudest.

The unprecedented personal attacks against Misty could be construed as a crude attempt to stifle dissent.
Ideas should be allowed to sink or swim on the merits, not the poster's background. Some people prefer to remain behind the curtain. Fair enough. Protect your sources.
It is up to you, dear reader, to decipher whose content could sprout vegetables.
You Go Misty!
I don't know Ms. Harris but my hat is off to her and anyone else who can take on Walton County and come out of court 2-0. We need more like her. Let Freedom Ring.
My previous post, "No Bridge Now", began as a new thread but was "incorporated", perhaps suppressing the message. I don't always see hidden hands everywhere, however, no one has answered the question, "who is this bridge for?" It probably dovetails nicely with Sandestin's Casino proposal. But how will it help the average Joe more than it hurts?

Funny I don't see any attacks, surely not unprecedented except to maybe a newcomer. If someone says you are mentally incompetent that could be a personal attack. If someone refers to an action or inaction in general to be the abode of the mentally incompetent, than it is not a direct attack. A fine line yes but one that thinking people understand.

Anyhoo you should remove your tinfoil hat
http://www.sowal.com/bb/search.php?searchid=603830

Now Bob, as I am a major mover and shaker I would venture to guess I have less of a vested financial interest than my wealth may let on, as for Furthers comment how it will help more than it hurts will be dependent upon the cost one is willing to pay. I for one believe it will be cheaper for me to pay the tax over the toll, but I am not a numbers guy.

I heard someone say at the last bridge meeting I attended that they would like to know the difference between median income of the Nowal folks vs the Sowal folks, because according to him the income is higher in the south. That being said they believe they will pay more on a sales tax than the Nowal folks. I wonder do folks who have higher income deserve more military protection, better government service, schools because they pay more in taxes.
Sorry Misty, we seemed to have hijacked yur thread again, but in fairness I was just responding, no attack intended.
Bob Wells

It's not just alive and well in SoWal it's the County as a whole.

I'll answer the question again for all the incompetents who are to lazy or arrogant to go back and look for what I said. Yes, as a matter of fact I do attend BCC meetings. I don't say anything but I listen. I also read and try to decipher fact from fiction as far as our local news reports go.

I also read these web forums (I like Brawlers better than this one because people aren't quite so UPPITY over there) and don't have the attitude that because they attend all the meetings and rub elbows and noses with the BCC that they are better than and/or more informed than anyone else. They aren't quite so arrogant in their disdain for folks that don't share their personal views either.

What irritates me is the UPPITY folks who want this bridge at any cost that won't address the letter from the County Admin to the DOT that effectively brokered the deal to build the bridge. This was a lie and a scam from the get go and this rush to push this through with Dawn Moliterno telling us if we dont do this now, the money will go away never to return was BS. The BS about this being a life or death issue is what it is also....BS!

The DOT has committed to 4 lane 331 regardless of whether or not the County can produce the funds to build the bridge. Get er done! Evacuations can be handled by shutting down the bridge to south bound traffic. If people in the South end choose to stay during a hurricane that's a personal choice and won't change evacuation times regardless, it also won't save lives if wind velocity reaches 45 mph because the bridge will be shut down anyway.

Taxing the people for personal agendas is ridiculous. Making us the highest taxed County in the State ensures that none of the folks currently in office will be re-elected but the damage will have already been done if the tax passes. Like I said before...if I want something I either have to save the money to purchase it or I don't buy it. I don't have the luxury of living above my means and the County should not have the luxury off the backs of the taxpayers either. if this can't be done without taxing or tolling the people of Walton County then by golly we just don't need it done right now.

Misty...You go girl! Tellem like it is..Thanks