Minds can be changed – thank you commissioner
February 26, 2025
Commissioner Kerry Smith said he went out of town over the weekend and came back to read our editorial in the Feb. 20 issue. At first, he said he was angry, but he read it a second time and said we w…
A citizen’s task force? More like a builder’s task force
February 19, 2025
In the past, when impact fees came before the Santa Rosa County commissioners, the board room was filled with builders wearing their colorful company shirts sitting in the audience to make a statemen…
Is the press still free if the government subsidizes it?
February 12, 2025
What is freedom of the press? The definition (Merrian-Webster) is the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions without restraint or censorship as guaranteed under the Firs…
Limiting public comment at proposed task force meetings?
February 5, 2025
It was really fun to watch Santa Rosa County Commissioners meet in a workshop setting. There was no sniping, no squabbling, no grandstanding, no name calling. It was refreshing to see this board get…
Snowmaggedon 2025 in the books – the history books
January 29, 2025
Two words that do not go together – Florida and snow. They don’t go together for a reason, actually for many reasons. We experienced every single one of them last week when Winter Storm Enzo blasted…
Welcome back #47
January 23, 2025
This week we watched the beautiful and majestic pomp and circumstance that is the presidential inauguration. No matter who the incoming president is, the ceremony surrounding inauguration day is one…
The Anniversary of Jan. Sixth and our Two-Tiered System
January 14, 2025
Nothing says “peaceful transition of power” like barbed wire, barricades, and troops standing by. With no threats indicated, that is what the feds are doing with your tax dollars.
The fourth ann…
What Google’s monopoly ruling means for local newspapers
January 8, 2025
Not that many years ago, the best way you could find out about businesses in town would be through your local newspaper. Your local newspaper is still a great source of advertising information, but i…
The Blackwater River is saved
January 2, 2025
Decades of time and millions of dollars lost, Milton is finally getting the wastewater treatment plant away from the Blackwater River and out of the wellfield protection area. It is worth it to secur…
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
December 17, 2024
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except (what) they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehe…