Access road will be an improvement for Navarre
The Navarre Community Access Road kickoff meeting last week at Tiger Point Community Center seems only to have added to confusion about the project and its purpose.
Bringing Jorgenson back will be a mistake
With all due respect to Jorgenson, Collins identified in five months critical challenges facing the city that Jorgenson – in five years as city manager – at best didn’t recognize, at least didn’t report, and at worst helped create.
A giant U.S. flag would help unify Santa Rosa County
Should the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners invest in buying and flying the largest U.S. flag in Florida? Absolutely.
County must ensure sewer service for rapidly growing East Milton
If the City of Milton decides it can’t build its new wastewater treatment plant, Santa Rosa County will have to step in to provide services for the rapidly growing East Milton area.
Good citizenship requires access to truthful information
“Truth is our currency.” That is the first, most basic and foundational core value prescribed by our parent company, Sandpaper Publishing. We explain it this way: “We must know the truth to make good decisions. The same with our community – they must know the truth. Admit mistakes quickly so we can deal with them.”
Human trafficking is on the rise in America
Since 2010, the U.S. President has designated January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
From the Mayor of Milton, Heather Lindsay
EDITOR’S NOTE: State Rep. Dr. Joel Rudman filed a draft version of HB 1485, which would create the North Santa Rosa County Utilities Authority on Friday. He said edits to the bill already have been filed and will appear in the version of the bill considered in committee.
Water conservation costs you more
We have been taught that clean water, fresh water is a valuable and limited resource. We use it in our everyday lives to drink, shower, brush our teeth, cook, clean, do laundry, run the dishwasher, wash the cars – and it all adds up. Our lifestyles can produce a lot of water waste, and the world is not producing new water sources. What we have is what we have.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except (what) they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Parker’s plan will streamline meetings without reducing public input
Santa Rosa County is fortunate to have a committed group of citizen advocates, small but vocal, who monitor local government to protect the interests of “We the People.”







