Opinion Archive

The primary responsibility of our government is to keep the citizens free and safe. Does our current immigration policy accomplish this primary duty? I think not!  Do you have a moral responsibility to your neighbor or to a foreigner?  Unrestricted immigration is changing our nation in many unfavorable ways.

Known throughout the world for its sugar white sand, Navarre Beach is a jewel of the Emerald Coast.  It is one of only ten beaches in the nation to be protected as a National Seashore, and it is critical that we work together to preserve it.

Happy Thanksgiving!  Thanksgiving should be year-round; however, I’m glad the nation takes a day off to celebrate gratitude.

The Navarre Garden Club is sponsoring “Santa’s Workshop Craft Fair” this Saturday at the Navarre Conference Center.   Goodies for Thanksgiving will be available at Ye Olde Bake Shoppe within the Craft Fair.   Children’s Activities will entertain the kiddies and Santa will be visiting.

It’s a path the United States has been on for a lengthy time, except now, instead of keeping the danger outside our borders, we are importing it. 

We observed a group of individuals picking up trash along East Bay Boulevard Saturday, Nov. 14.  It was not obvious who they were or what organization they represented, but what a super job they did.  A special thank you to all of you that took on this task!  When we drove along the road today, there were numerous orange-colored plastic bags full of trash, secured and ready to be picked up.  The roadside looks great!

What follows is the result of an editorial in the Nov. 5, 2015 edition of the Navarre Press.

We are introducing something new to the paper this week. We have a first-person story by our Copy Editor, Carmen Reynolds. This is in an effort to introduce our staff to our readers on subjects we think are of interest to you. People forget real people work at Navarre Press. We are human and have many of the same cares, interests and responsibilities as many of you. Your neighbors work here; our children went to or are attending the same schools; we worship together; play together; and we all care about Navarre and our community.

This past Monday our county commissioners voted to enter employment negotiations with Tony Gomillion to replace long-time county administrator Hunter Walker.  Tony has been a department director with the county for 29 years, both as public services director and as environmental control director. 

During the last Democratic candidate debate a question was asked to all candidates. The question was do all lives matter or do just black lives matter? I was astonished by the answer. All candidates except one answered black lives matter. The only candidate who responded all lives matter is no longer in the race.