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Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on July 21, 2016. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

This week we say goodbye to our newfound and reluctant reporter Jon Crider who is leaving us for medical school at the University of Mississippi. We tried to talk him out of it, but his response was perfect, of course. He said they haven’t discovered a cure for cancer yet and there was important research being pursued on other diseases. So, he is going to have to leave us for the greater good of all mankind – or something like that. I believe, if he really wanted to follow his heart, and money was no object, that he would stay. However – I know neither to be true, so he is physically leaving the area. However… (to be read dot, dot, dot) he is still writing one more story and it is going to be a-w-e-s-o-m-e when that story is ready for prime time. In fact, it might actually be good enough for prime time – in a TV movie special. Do they still do those?

Sales-tax allies distance themselves from courthouse

Written by Staff Reporters on July 21, 2016. Posted in News.

Sensing voter resistance to a new county courthouse in Milton, the business community group that supports an additional Santa Rosa sales-tax plans to promote only the Aug. 30 ballot measure about paying for other infrastructure.

City seeks second opinion on Tiger Point Golf

Written by Staff Reporters on July 14, 2016. Posted in Community.

Although City of Gulf Breeze leaders are considering the excuses made recently by Tiger Point Golf Club’s managing tenant for the facility’s deteriorated fairways and greens, they have hired a landscape architect to scrutinize conditions there.

Don Gaetz helped in Gulf Breeze park wrangling

Written by Staff Reporters on July 14, 2016. Posted in News.

Although influential Florida Sen. Don Gaetz maintained a cautious public position as the City of Gulf Breeze pushed for more compensation for right of way to build the new Pensacola Bay Bridge, behind the scenes he advocated for the municipality’s quest.

Pier contract extension likely

Written by Staff Reporters on July 14, 2016. Posted in News.

The sometimes contentious relationship between Navarre Beach pier manager Coastal Concessions and county commissioners appears amicable for now and the panel is poised to extend the company’s contract.

Clock ticking on primary election prep

Written by Staff Reporters on July 7, 2016. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Santa Rosa’s roughly 130,000 voters will have the opportunity to cast their ballots for a variety of state candidates, county officials and local-option sales taxes Aug. 30 in the county’s primary election.

Tough Mudder results disappointing

Written by Staff Reporters on July 7, 2016. Posted in News.

The economic impact of April’s two-day Tough Mudder event, while significant, was far less than the $6 million that the company claimed at its one-day military-style obstacle course in March 2015, according to a new Haas Center study.

Sacred Heart refuses homeowners’ plea on clinic

Written by Staff Reporters on July 7, 2016. Posted in News.

Although a member of the Sacred Heart Health System’s development team finally agreed to meet with the leader of several homeowner groups in Tiger Point East, the controversial entrance to a new clinic won’t be relocated.

Gulf Breeze girds for long-term park battle

Written by Staff Reporters on July 7, 2016. Posted in News.

Build now, pay later. But ante up when you do.

Resign-to-run law ensnares Jayer Williamson

Written by Staff Reporters on June 30, 2016. Posted in News.

Florida’s so-called resign-to-run law has been occasionally overlooked by candidates seeking higher office, and last week it forced District 1 Commissioner Jayer Williamson to resign abruptly from his county post.