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Double whammy for south Santa Rosa

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Check out the front page of this week’s Navarre Press and it shouldn’t take long for you to spot the double whammy for south Santa Rosa. First, we learned that Santa Rosa County in 2007 had an opportunity to gain $3 million in grant funds for stormwater mitigation for Holley By The Sea, but passed. Plus, we’ve also just learned that while other nearby counties are raking in grant funds for beach renourishment, Santa Rosa County, with its beautiful Navarre Beach, is getting none.

Santa Rosa jail flooded with Escambia inmates after deadly post-flood explosion

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Around 600 inmates were inside the Escambia County jail when an April 30 explosion crippled the building, killing two inmates and requiring the hospitalization of 184 people, including one correctional officer who was paralyzed in the incident. Some inmates reported smelling natural gas prior to the 11 p.m. blast. More than 200 female inmates were transferred to Santa Rosa County jail afterward.

Santa Rosa has one of the state’s STAR superintendents

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Education.

Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools Tim Wyrosdick has been recognized as one Florida’s 2013 STAR Superintendents by a nomination through the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations. The annual award is given to one superintendent, and Wyrosdick was one of four nominees for the top honor, which ultimately went to Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie in December.

Imagine a county…without recycling

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The Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted April 24 to close all 21 drop-off recycling locations in the county until further notice. The news release said they would be closed due to health and safety risks from the overwhelming volume of recycling materials not be collected of processed by the county’s contractor, West Florida Recycling.

County closes recycling drop-off sites

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Santa Rosa County commissioners voted April 25 to close the county’s 21 recycling drop-off sites until further notice due to health and safety risks from the overwhelming volume of recycling material not collected or processed by the county’s contractor, West Florida Recycling.

Santa Rosa in running for $400 million superheated waste-to-energy plant

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Dave Robau lives in Gulf Breeze, so he offered up Santa Rosa sites as an option when his company was contracted to help find a suitable location for a $400 million waste-to-energy gasification plant. He lured officials with ALFA Group, LLC to the county last week to scout potential sites for the project, which could bring 1,700-plus temporary and about 100 permanent jobs.

County Attorney resigns

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The hunt has already begun to replace County Attorney Angie Jones, who informed commissioners at their April 21 meeting that she was resigning. Scrutiny of Jones intensified after a lawsuit involving the pier management contract last year and threats of a lawsuit after what Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols called “bad advice” from Jones this year.

5 years later – County hauls dirt from vacant industrial site

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In February 2009 three Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted to purchase 88 acres of land from Navarre developer Bill Pullum at a price which triggered a federal grand jury investigation and is blamed for the downfall of former commissioner Gordon Goodin. That property on Hwy. 87 South, named the Northwest Florida Interstate 10 Industrial Park, remains vacant five years later.

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