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| Some folks are demanding we close the beach. Many are pressing us to keep the beach open. This get's discussed and deliberated later this morning at a special meeting of the BCC |
Yesterday I was lobbied. Into the evening late I was receiving calls, emails, text and facebook messages.
"You're not voting to close the beach are you?" asked one man who has a family member in the restaurant business.
"You are going to vote to close the beach tomorrow, right?" asked a high-ranking government official that called.
"We are really encouraging you to close the beach, and follow the lead of other nearby communities" stated one health care executive that put a call in to me.
"Do not close the beach--I go every day and that is why I live here!" wrote one constituent on facebook.
So it is split right about down the middle. Some constituents want a total lock down and some others want to see the beaches remain open.
A special BCC meeting has been scheduled later this morning at 11:00--and I was told the subject of the beach would be on the agenda. And it is.
But the newspaper and channel 3 are reporting that "Pensacola Beach will remain open!" after a press conference with one of my counterparts, hoteliers, and the media yesterday.
So who knows what will happen.
I'm hearing Santa Rosa county may reverse their opinion later this morning and close Navarre.
I'll be, more than ever before, listening to the health professionals and their advice later if this becomes a vote that we must take. Lives come first. Common sense and sanity are a close second.
