Opinion Archive

College football is back. I’ll pause for a moment while you cheer.

Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and District 4 commissioner Rob Williamson has proposed a $6 million Navarre Park renovation – or reno as it is popularly called on DIY shows. Only this is no DIY.

The anticipation of Hurricane Irma is a difficult waiting game for businesses.  Restaurants have to figure out if they need to order a little – or a lot, payroll companies want payroll amounts early so they can make sure checks get out in time, property managers start seeing the cancellations rolling in, car repair shops get rush orders on the cars already in their shops and the repairs that people have been putting off, are suddenly – very important. However, if you are a grocery store or a dollar store – things are more certain. Storm or not – people want water – and beer – apparently.  I had a message Monday evening that our Navarre Walmart was wiped out of beer and water and it was a week before we may even see a rain shower due to Irma. 

Thank God for sports.

An August 15 headline reads, “People Need to Stop Hating.” Heather Heyer’s father also said “people need to learn to forgive.” Because he’s a believer in Jesus Christ, he forgave her killer.

I will never look at a yellow number two pencil the same way again.

We would like to welcome our new athlete of the week sponsors:  Culver’s of Navarre and Mark Boltz, a Realtor with Century 21 in Navarre. We will begin with Navarre High School “The Athlete of the Week” in our next issue.

My reading of Tamara Fountain’s impressive resume, presented in the Navarre Press Aug. 10, made me a happy camper. The article was well written by reporter Jamie Gentry, Navarre Press.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – First Amendment, Constitution of the United States of America 1789 (rev. 1992)

By ignoring history, one can make the same historical mistakes. By studying history, one can test theories without exercising the theory. The elimination of free speech leads to tyranny of thought and promotes extremism. One of the first steps toward totalitarian is the elimination of free speech. This has happened in Germany, Russia, China and many other countries. The radical left is imposing limits on free speech at our colleges and through the press. This will lead to a destructive future and must be countered.