Letters to the Editor Archive

The Citizens to Incorporate Navarre Political Action Committee is collecting signatures in an effort to convince Santa Rosa County Commissioners to place a nonbinding straw poll on the August primary election ballot. This is the second go-around for the group. The commissioners in 2012 rejected their request.

Publisher Sandy Kemp made a remark in her column on Feb. 6, regarding the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, and global warming. I suppose she cannot see beyond her own back yard, and certainly chooses to be willfully ignorant regarding what is happening to the planet. I am older than you and remember studying about greenhouse gases in the early 70’s largely caused by carbon emissions of the industrial age.

In the course of life, sometimes families experience overwhelming circumstances out of their control, which can make it difficult to provide for all their family’s needs.  It’s my hope and prayer that you moved through the end of the year with your family and loved ones and experience the joy of the season and did not go without nourishment.

In my opinion it should be obvious to the powers that be the tax deed was improperly issued for the County owned property located at 8228 Gulf Blvd, Navarre Beach; the County property formerly leased and d/b/a Sandy Bottoms. 

In the course of life, sometimes families experience overwhelming circumstances out of their control, which can make it difficult to provide for all their family’s needs.  It’s my hope and prayer that you moved through the end of the year with your family and loved ones and experience the joy of the season and did not go without nourishment.

“Mandela believed in God, was not a Christian,” per his confidante.  Surprisingly, admirably Mandela forgave his jailer. So did Corrie Ten Boom, a Christian, imprisoned for hiding and saving Jews from the Nazis! Corrie Ten Boom whose sister died in prison – they were incarcerated for hiding and saving Jews.

The spread that you did for the 5th Annual Penguin Plunge was great and I enjoyed reading it.  Too bad there is no mention of the two local groups that worked hard to make the event such a success!! You failed to even mention Pirates On The Panhandle who were responsible for securing a large number of the sponsors (approximately $2400.00 worth) and almost all of the auction items for the event and who were on hand to sell the tickets the day of the event (which raised approximately $1133.00) ~ nor did you mention Island Life Social Club who’s volunteers were there the night before to distribute the t-shirts and who were there the day of the event to handle the registrations.

The county terminates a sewer project benefiting Navarre East and returns $150,000 in grant funds leaving two streets in the project area unfinished and over 50 of our low income citizens without subsidized hookups and you don’t consider that newsworthy? 

I stated at the September 9th Santa Rosa Board of Commissioners meeting during the discussion of procedure used in determining ranking of proposals that the Navarre Beach Pier Request for Proposal stated selection shall be made based on the criteria in F.S. 287.055 (2). Florida Statutes section 287.055 (2) is the definitions applicable for acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping services therefore the reference to F.S. 287.055 (2) in the RFP appears to be a clerical error.  During the September 9th board discussion of the ranking of Navarre Beach Pier proposals there was no mention of a proposer protesting the clerical error after the issuance of the RFP.

When a black was elected President, I was thrilled, thinking: “Only In America!”