Opinion Archive

Dear editor,

I see a picture of the beach clean up by the NJROTC, great job. Unfortunately you did not include the organization that picked up the garbage that they are holding in fact there is no mention of the organization.

Sierra Hamlin helped restore my faith in the youth of America.

The Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners will hold their regular meeting today at 9 a.m. in the Tiger Point Community Center, 1370 Tiger Park Lane, Gulf Breeze. That’s right, the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners for perhaps the first time ever is holding a regular meeting in south Santa Rosa County, not in Milton.

The Holley Navarre Senior Center will host a pancake breakfast and sale this Saturday from 7 to 10:30 a.m. You can enjoy some great pancakes or a spring quiche and then do a little shopping! They have an ad in this issue if you want more information. Make your plans now for their Easter Fun Fest Saturday, April 19. They will have games, prizes, egg search, face painting and you can even have your photo taken with the Easter Bunny.

Her parody on Green Eggs and Ham activated vilification from the left.

Tourists visit Navarre Beach to enjoy the beautiful white sand and clear Gulf of Mexico waters. And, why wouldn’t they? Navarre Beach in consecutive months was named one of Florida’s top 5 white sand beaches by Conde’ Nast Traveler and the No. 25 beach in the U.S. by TripAdvisor.

Easter is Sunday, April 20. Next week we will have a listing of all of the Easter activities that are “happening” around town.

I’ve got one question. Who is responsible for the timing of the traffic lights? Whoever it is needs to be fired or find another company that is able to adjust the timing. It took me 30 minutes to travel 1 mile through Navarre the last 2 nights.

There is never a dull moment in Navarre or Navarre Beach. Our paper is full of courthouse drama – which is different from courtroom drama. Included is information on your water rates as compared to our neighbors, the Blue Angels, incorporation information, the Highway 87 project delay, sentencing, fatal crash, military voters, fire department, traffic lights and a land purchase at Hidden Creek Golf Course. Not to mention all the news you can use on the ramifications of Santa Rosa County winning the lawsuit versus the Navarre Beach Leaseholders on whether or not the land and improvements is taxable. We have an entire editorial on that subject.

I wholeheartedly support repairing and/or replacing the Navarre Park boardwalk. I also strongly support building a lighted multi-use path that would connect the area from the intersection of 98 and Alpine Drive all the way to the Best Western. Imagine how much increased sales tax would be collected if folks staying at St. Rosa Sound RV Park or either of the two hotels could safely walk or bicycle to any of the more than 30 businesses in that area.