Opinion Archive

Indiana Republican Milo Smith forgot to ask Santa for a new brain. He needs one because his latest legislation idea is about as idiotic as they come.

If you are not an All Access member to Navarre Press – you are missing the boat – well really, you are missing some pretty amazing concerts and plays, hockey games and any other events we have tickets to. Right now, our All Access subscribers are enjoying tickets to Pensacola Little Theater’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starting Jan. 26 or Sinfonia Gulf Coast’s next performance of Sybarite5  Jan. 26. Hard decision to make but either one will no doubt make for a great evening. Visit SinfoniaGulfCoast.org for more details on the show. Our All Access subscribers can also get tickets to the Pensacola Ice Flyers. Call Navarre Press at 939-8040 to start your subscription. Even if you are in the middle of a basic subscription now, we will extend your subscription for a year and start your All-Access benefits today!

If you’ve ever wondered how seriously state legislators value your constitutional right to open government, you can thank the Florida Society of News Editors for bringing it out in the sunshine.

“Lord our Heavenly Father, High and Mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech thee, on these our American States, who have fled to thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent on Thee, to Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give; take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their Cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle! Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. all this we ask In the Name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior. Amen.”

Where is the low income housing for the tax payers in the south county District 4?

I am the Holley Navarre Water System board director who voted against hiring Rob Williamson as CEO of the utility. My friends and family keep asking me, “why don’t you just quit? You have nothing to gain and nothing is going to change.” My answer is because this is my town. I got my first job out of college in Navarre in 1992 and have been here since then. We had a gas station at Highways 98 and 87, Winn Dixie and McDonalds. It was a small town with good, honest people. That’s why I decided this is where I wanted to be.

I recently moved from Navarre to Chattanooga, and I wrote a short essay about my very special Navarre Beach bridge and bridges as connectors in our lives. I thought your readers might be interested:

A new year means new hope.

The Cleveland Browns hope they can win a game at some point in 2018. The franchise is a mess. One of these years has to be their year. You can hope 2018 is it but probably not.

Happy 2018!

The Sept. 19, 2017, Holley Navarre Water System board meeting was peculiar in several respects. For the first time in months, all members were present. The meeting was contentious, filled with outbursts and accusations, open hostility, and President Bien May clearly lost control of the meeting; indeed, at times he personally joined in the unseemly shouting match. There was fighting and serious disagreement among the members on almost every issue, but two were at the very top of the list.