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.
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement today arrested Nathan Anthony Christensen, 20, of 1255 Bayview Lane in Gulf Breeze on 10 counts of possession of child pornography.
Regarding the “Pokemon Go” craze – I guess you can tell that we incorporated the theme throughout. The first I noticed something was going on was when I saw people walking down Palafox in Pensacola Friday night with their heads in their phones barely looking up to cross the many crosswalks. Then I noticed some young men walking around the yard at our office with their heads in their phones. They were very excited when I asked them to come inside the office and talk to me about Pokemon. And then, I realized, that was too easy. What if I were a weirdo? OK – I know what some of you just thought…that I am a weirdo. OK – I’m just abnormal – and proud of it. Who would want to be normal anyway? Back to Pokemon Go…I liked one Facebook post that said – how about…”Pokemon Go…do something useful, Pokemon Go pick up trash on the beach and more. And then there was a text I received this morning from my daughter at 12:15 a.m. that said that she and her husband were in Navarre Park playing Pokemon Go. You will read in the story how Navarre Park is the Pokemon Go place to be. Some lucky businesses were able to be special places for the game such as Johnny Huston’s and Lewis Funeral home. We had a few jokes around here about how people would show up at funerals to catch characters in Pokemon – but then they didn’t sound so funny. When you have to write stories about perps, creeps, and offenders on a regular basis – your humor does get a little warped. We did take a family walk last night to try to catch some Pokemon characters – so there is a positive side to the game. I haven’t downloaded it to my phone – and I don’t plan to. But, that’s just me. I just will be busy keeping my eyes open for gamers who aren’t looking at where they are going.
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.
According to a press release by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), agents arrested Michael David Braswell, 21, of 4536 Struth Lane, of Milton on Monday, July 11 on one count of promoting sexual performance by a child and one count of possession of child pornography.
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.