Opinion Archive

My first achievement for the new year was to get COVID. It first made its presence known with a scratchy throat on Tuesday of that first week.

The next morning, it unpacked its bags for a lengthy stay gifting me with what felt like a deluxe cold, the premium version with all the accessories: cough, congestion, headache, fever. I assumed it was only a bad cold.

I see where in the Navarre Press of 1/20-26/2022 the Santa Rosa County “Zoning Board” is doing what the (Censored) in the “South Santa Rosa (Navarre) County want to do.

In effect they are “Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.”

When I was younger, I couldn’t believe that I would reach an age where I would be walking in my mom’s orthopedic shoes. I don’t mean literally.

I mean that you can’t understand being old(er) until you get there.

This weekend is the Mardi Gras parade.

If you plan on going, please get over to the island early. Parade veterans start setting up chairs sometimes as early as the night before, but definitely are there by 9 a.m. with their morning coffee.

I made it to the gym at Gulf Breeze shortly before 9 p.m. on a Friday night, barely an hour removed from watching Navarre’s girls basketball team hold off Pace in a thrilling district championship game in girls basketball.

And now it was time for some boys basketball, the final game for me of a busy week of covering sports.

WHY do we need another Dollar General/ Store??

And on an already busy residential road, East Bay Blvd/Hwy 399?

I am thoroughly disgusted by both of the major political parties in the United States of America. 

Since 2008, they both have been locked in a battle for domestic power that has significantly weakened our dominance in the rest of the world. 

National signing day has come and gone and once again there is no shortage of talent. Navarre, Pace, Milton, Crestview. All have athletes who are headed to the next level.

That chance to play a ciollege sport is a dream for every athlete. Heck, I used to have that dream. I just didn’t have the talent to match it.