Opinion Archive

I’ve been mostly out this week and about in other parts of Florida. Sarasota to be specific.

We brought seven of us to the Florida Press Conference to learn the latest trends and best practices in journalism and design. We also had our awards ceremony, and while Navarre Press didn’t win the overall trophy for our division, Santa Rosa Press Gazette did.

High school coaches don’t have it easy. Most of them try to do the best job that they can, but often, they are in a no-win situation.

I’m not saying coaches are perfect. They get things wrong. We all do. It’s called being human.

“You do not have because you do not ask,” says the New Testament letter of James as it chides its readers for their prayerlessness, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people!”

There is something special going on when it comes to athletes in this area.

And often, those athletes will find their way to the pro level.

With all the rain we have been having this summer on the Florida panhandle, I am giving serious consideration to building an ark!

Anyone who knows me knows that me building anything is a disaster waiting to happen. My failed work projects are legend.

I went to the south annex today to renew my tags and there was a lady outside of the doors with a table and a bunch of paper on it and she yelled out at me, “Please come sign this petition to protect woman’s health care rights.”

A revised draft of the Land Development Code is being considered by the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners.

On page 348 of the 532-page document, two short sentences are about to throw open the doors to bars on Hwy 98 from Gulf Breeze to Navarre. Current code restricts bars from being within 2500 feet of schools or churches.

“Who is going to protect the swimmers?” asked a woman during the public forum portion of the Santa Rosa County board of commissioners meeting.

Fishermen showed up to speak against proposed measures to ban shark fishing west of the pier. The question of protecting swimmers was posed.

A new restaurant in Navarre is on the horizon where the old Helen Back Pizza used to be. The restaurant chain Fatboys has announced they expect to open later this year. They are well known for their burgers, wings and more. You can read all about it on our Business page (4A).

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

On July Fourth, we celebrate much more than our independence from Great Britain. Our Founding Fathers risked their lives and reputations in the American Revolution to establish a government based on universal, permanent principles of justice.