Opinion Archive

Earlier this week we sadly reported that our resident Loggerhead sea turtle, Gigi died. For those of you who may be visiting our area, Gigi’s home was the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center. You will see a beautiful tribute to her on our Beach page. The people at the center who cared for her are going to miss her as will all of our Navarre residents. She had become the mascot of our area. I know they will begin the search for another sea turtle to care for soon. And I know their hearts are big enough to welcome another turtle in.

We’ve had a GOP majority Congress for at least the last six years. What has been transpired in that time other than excessive voting to repeal Obamacare?

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.

To paraphrase John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in the Coen Brothers’ 1998 crime comedy “The Big Lebowski”: “Just because we’re taxpayers doesn’t mean we’re saps.”

July is one of the slowest months in sports. The good thing is the month doesn’t last forever. The bad thing is we still have 18 days to go before it’s over.

Seems like the Board of County Commissioners is finding their inner Goldilocks when it comes to land for the future courthouse. This one is too expensive, this one is free but lacks infrastructure, this one isn’t in the right place, and none of them are just right. The indecisiveness of this board would be amusing if we didn’t need a new courthouse yesterday. But you can read about it in Rob Johnson’s story on 1A. Hopefully you read it before you got to this page.

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

We give credit where credit is due. We therefore agree on the merits with Commissioner Rob Williamson’s July 6 statement on policymaking, when he told constituents in Tiger Point that government cannot be run like a business. And this is very true.

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.   

Baseball players who hit .220 at the low-A level of minor league baseball typically aren’t in line for promotions.