Research & Survey Say Niceville’s Mullet & Politics The Perfect Mix For A Happy Life
The results of a Clarity Campaign Labs questionnaire I participated in recently indicate that I should be living in Niceville, a Florida panhandle town near Ft. Walton Beach and Eglin Air Force Base as most of the folks there think as I do, or so say the Clarity folks. A recent Pew Research Center report […]
Need Cash? Then Ask City Hall For A Taxpayer-Funded, No Strings Attached Check
If you’re running short of funds and could use a few thousand extra bucks then head downtown to City Hall and ask the Fernandina Beach City Commission to dip into the taxpayer’s till for a “no questions asked, no contract” deal and see if they’ll ask City Manager Joe Gerrity to cut you a check. […]
Nassau County And Fernandina Beach Cops Have Crime And Criminals on the Run
While it appears that both Nassau County and Fernandina Beach law enforcement agencies are doing bang-up jobs it also appears that a few of those that do commit illegal acts hereabouts have elevators that don’t go all the way to the top. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper reports that crime fell by 17.2 percent county-wide, […]
Fast Growing Fernandina Beach Company Rapidly Adding Customers & Revenue
What locally headquartered Fernandina Beach company is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing on Amelia Island or maybe in all of Nassau County in terms of annual revenues? This does not include the Amelia Island Plantation, Rayonier, Rock-Tenn, or the Ritz Carlton, because even though they represent the area’s largest employers and hundreds of […]
City Commission has Bigger Fish to Fry Than Bag Bans, Dogs, Chicken Coops & Water Slides
In an insightful piece titled “How’s City Government Working for You?” written for the online newspaper Fernandina Observer Monday, May 12, Suanne Z. Thammprovides her perspective on political ailments that impede our town’s progress in her 20 years of observation and it differs very little from what I’ve observed in just three years. While the […]