Hey--That is Quite A Hornet's Nest!

Sometimes a "Hornet's Nest is a figure of
speech referring to an explosive issue or problem. 
Sometimes, like this week and
in relation to this 6-foot tall hornet's nest in D1,
It literally is about an actual "Hornet's Nest"

 Thursday morning was very hectic, as the Escambia BCC had two back-to-back meetings scheduled on some very important and pressing topics.  Early that morning, before the meetings, I received a Facebook instant message from a constituent that was concerned about a large bee's nest on Perkins street.  So I replied to this gentleman that I would forward the issue to staff, which I did.

Then we had the meetings on multiple subjects that are swirling around the county.  Road Swap, master plan, environmental issues, transportation issues, etc. etc.

So with so much swirling on my radar, to include several brewing issues with homeowners angry with their developer in multiple locations--when I received a call from Channel 3's Hannah Mackenzie early Thursday afternoon--I fully expected the question to be about the road swap, the jail, storm water, the budget, Perdido Key, Perdido Bay, traffic, 9-Mile Road, Crime issues, or any one of a dozen or more topics.

"Hey Commissioner, that is quite a hornet's nest" the conversation began when she called me after the hectic meeting(s).  My literal response to her was "Which ONE?!?" [INSERT RIMSHOT] as I laughed.

I honestly thought she was speaking of some known problem in the county, one of the many issues we had discussed at the morning meeting(s)--because God knows we have multiple issues that could be considered "kicked over hornet's nests."

Only after a subsequent exchange with Hannah did I realize that no, she wanted to know if I knew what was going to happen with the Actual Hornet's nest on Perkins street? (Unbeknownst to me, the resident who contacted me early Thursday on Facebook had also contacted Channel 3 about the nest, and WEAR Channel 3 had gone out and filmed it for a story)

So I did engage staff, and multiple personnel, about the issue of the actual, real Hornet's nest issue.
Here is the bottom line, latest information, from staff that visited the site and assessed the situation: