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Editorials
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Posted August 4, 2010
I watched them one day, all day, they never moved further then fifty feet away from their staging area. Went down that evening and was pleasantly surprised on just how clean their area was.
I'm talking about our beach cleaning machine that is always parked down at the NB Park. From the web cams it looks like the park beach is being cleaned. The tractor and screener never seem to make it down the rest of the beach. There is no reason why all this sargassum, june grass and trash has to lay on the beach to rot and stink, when we have a machine to pick it up. If you don't have the man power, then give me the keys, I'll do it. Certainly not a clean beach.
Every other beach I've been to cleans their beach, except us.
LJ Accardo lenniea@aol.com Navarre Towers
Posted May 25, 2009 The Following summation letter was sent to Commissioner Gordon Goodin as a follow up to my letter in January on the same issue with no response. I feel strongly that this issue needs to be addressed soon as the delinquent tax issue is still ticking for a lot of us leaseholders. My letter follows with minor redactions: Dear Commissioner Goodin, On January 13, 2009 I sent you a letter requesting clarification of the legality of my accepting the counties offer of leasehold fees credit back against taxes paid on my residence at_____ ( PUBLIC ADDRESS DELETED for personal security ). This was in regard to the Attorney Generals Advisory Opinion, Number AGC-2008-43, dated August 28, 2008 addressed to Mr. Stebbins, Attorney for the Santa Rosa Island Authority. I fail to see why it is legal in Santa Rosa County to offer this leasehold credit back and possibly illegal in Escambia County. I fear that with this opinion I will be in violation of my leasehold contract requirements and possibly Florida law if I accept this offer. I also feel that it would be ill advisable for me to accept this offer without a document relieving me of my leasehold contract responsibility to Santa Rosa County to pay this fee. I am requesting your assistance to get this matter clarified for me and other leaseholders. As of this date I have not received correspondence from county staff on this matter. Once again I would appreciated it if this be brought to the appropriate employees attention and that I be advised of the name of the individual that is tasked to investigate and respond to this request so that I will not have to bother you on this issue in the future.
Your assistance to get this issue resolved is appreciated.
Gerald C. Odgers
Posted January 9, 2009 On August 28, 2008, Mike Stebbins, Attorney for the Santa Rosa Island Authority, asked the Florida Attorney General the following question for a legal opinion. “Is Santa Rosa Island Authority authorized to offset lease fees payable to the to the authority from commercial leaseholders equal to ad valorem taxes collected against commercial leaseholders?” The answer follows. “ In sum, it is the opinion that the Santa Rosa Island Authority has no authority to offset lease fees payable to the authority from commercial leaseholders equal to ad valorem taxes collected against commercial leaseholders as such action would amount to an exemption from taxes where the exemption has no constitutional basis.”
Jerry Odgers Please thank all those that have served on the Association Board and the Beach Beautification Project. Most noteworthy is the progress made by the Beach Beautification Committee as example of a grassroots effort to do beach improvement effectively without government intervention and minimal initial support of the County. To those that have worked so hard to make this project happen. Thank you.
A Disgruntled Leaseholder in Grand Navarre Subdivision Jerry Odgers
Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 The person asking about the situation should contact Gordon Goodin like I have and cant get any answers from him. Dave Boggis Thank you for the informative and entertaining Navarre Newsletter! We enjoy it very much and feel more "connected" w/our lovely beach-get-away! At one time, I know it was up for a vote about allowing dogs on the beach on a very restricted basis. I was just wondering if that issue might come up for a vote again. As the owner of a very small dog, I would certainly enjoy a walk on the beach w/ her. We have friends @ Seaside, where they allow dogs only in early a.m.'s for a short period w/strict clean-up rules and it works beautifully. I believe they suspend the "dog-walk" during certain times of year as well, such as turtle-nesting, etc. No one wants Navarre Beach to become an island of "empty-boxes", forfeited by homeowners, unable to keep up w/their taxes or walk their dogs! Carla Couch
Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 For fifteen years we owned a beach house on the Caribbean side of the Yucatan Peninsula, now known as the Mexican Riviera. In spite of the white sand beaches and the clarity of the beautiful turquoise water, we always had to check our feet for black stains after swimming or walking the beach. Tar balls from off shore rigs were constant irritants. Notwithstanding the plethora of data purporting the damage that offshore rigs do to the fragile ecosystems beneath the seas, we know for a fact the harm they did to our Mexican beach. Now is the time for all of us to get active in protesting oil exploration off our coast. We must let our politicians know how we feel about this important issue.
Bob and Jean Heberle
This letter is in regards to Trash Collection on the beach. My comment regarding this is: The residential trash cans on the beach are sufficient for a trash collection of once a week pick up. When Navarre beach switched service providers and now receive a twice a week pick up, has not anyone noticed that our trash bill has like just about DOUBLED? I'm a Pissed off leaseholder and I don't want trash collected twice a week, and I dam sure don't want to pay TWICE as much as I paid before. This may be small potatoes for some of you folk out there, but I think the trash bill is WAY expensive. I want to be able to have trash collected ONCE A WEEK. Guess what? This is NOT an option. So... we all have to live with a twice a week collection that we probably don't NEED, and we have a bill which is twice as expensive then it needs to be! I currently live out of state, and I have trash pick up here once a week using the same style trash collector that we have on the beach. The trash can is large enough for most people I think for a once a week pick up. In this era of Rising Fuel prices, Insurance premiums, Taxes, and everything else you can think of, why can't we find some way of reducing the cost of a particular Utility. What can we do about this? Thanks. Ted Zabriski |
