Letters to the Editor Archive

Robbie Williamson still doesn’t know that stormwater infrastructure is a county function at Holley by the Sea. Robbie doesn’t pay the assessment nor property tax and should keep his mouth shut; he only adds to the problem. He didn’t do his homework to read the Army Corps wetland regulation pertaining to Holly by the Sea; usual Robbie. It’s amazing anyone listens to him. It would be nice if his listening tour would take him out of the state never to return.

Another Fourth, thanks be to God and those men and women who gave their lives for freedom.

Many residents living in Northwest Florida are not aware that Pensacola Beach was once for “whites only.” At that time among the few beaches accessible to African-Americans was what is now known as Johnson Beach at Perdido Key. Since 1973, it has officially been called the Gulf Islands National Seashore. And yet Rosamond Johnson Beach has retained its name and for good reason.   

First I would like to say I am not a politician nor do I aspire to be one. I typically would not respond publically to news articles and I do not use the media as a venue to advance an agenda or political view. However, in recent weeks Navarre Press had continued to write negative articles about Holley Navarre Water System most of which are inaccurate, slanted, one sided, misleading, taken out of context, and/or sensationalized, making a response necessary. One editorial written by Sandi Kemp herself was an outright attack on my character personally and was replete with complete untruths. So first is the matter of correcting the information in her opinion piece dated May 25 2017 titled “A House of Cards”:

A founding principle of the communist manifesto is if a lie is stated enough times then people will begin to believe the lie. We are experiencing this exact action against our current government. These lies are inciting discontent or rebellion against the government. If there was any truth to the anonymous accusations, then the seditious activity could be justified. An outsider was elected because the people were tired of the corruption within the government. Multinational corporations and special interest groups aided by the insiders within the government have promulgated policies and laws that serve the few not the many. Free market capitalism, not phony capitalism, provided our high standard of living and it will again if we have the foresight to return to its core principals.

God Bless the one wounded and three dead U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. This Afghani was vetted for being a terrorist by our military before ever being trained by the same military and given a loaded gun. If the military can’t vet someone for being a terrorist what makes you think our government can when any Sharia Law believing Muslim wants citizenship here? Nothing is perfect or a guarantee. But like those soldiers who turned their backs trusting this unknown Sharia Law killer we are doing the same with every individual let in our country from these Sharia Law Muslim countries. With just 10 Sharia Law believing terrorists among each thousand (just 1 percent) Muslims admitted to our country we face the possibility of 10 terrorist attacks and maybe our death, a family member’s death or our neighbor’s death. The odds of someone dying are better than if you buried 10 12- inch landmines within a 32 ft. by 32 ft. area and waited for someone to walk across it. At some point someone will die. 

Tourism is an important growth industry in our economy. Many citizens in our community make their living directly and/or indirectly from tourism. I respect the importance of this industry within our county. I support the new “Relax” branding campaign’s mission to create greater economic prosperity by targeting tourists within an 8-hour drive time of our county. I think the majority of the work Paradise Advertising created is excellent and elevates the image of our home town. The source of monies used to pay for this campaign came from bed tax generated by tourists, and these monies are allocated for tourism marketing in various forms by state law. I understand the budget for this campaign is not funded by locals or their hard-earned tax dollars.

I have copies of “The world’s Meanest Mom”, printed in the Press Gazette on May 4, 1995, in another area paper on May 8, 1994, and where Ann Landers on October 22, 1983 wrote “Country Needs More Mean Mothers”. Amen to that!  For those not familiar with it, here’s the blessing! Many of us can relate to most or all of it, Praise God!

It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you. Yesterday, I stated my position and had every intention of moving forward; however, Commissioner Williamson’s recent Facebook post demands an answer.

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