Here are featured comments from our Speak Out hotline, discussions on www.srpressgazette.com and its sister websites.
WHO OWNS THE POLE?
Yes, this is Reginald. I was just wondering why there's been a street pole sitting on the side of the road on the corner of Berryhill and Stewart Street since July.
Half of the pole is in the air and half of the pole is sitting on the ground and the city, the telephone company and the power company all say the phone pole belongs to somebody else.
Can't we get the thing cleaned up?
TAKE OKALOOSA COUNTY’S CUE
Chrys Holley: Okaloosa County is demolishing their courthouse to build a new one at that site. I wish Santa Rosa could do the same. It would be ideal.
I’M WITH KIM
My name is Nita. I was calling in regards to the article in Wednesday's paper that Kim Sumner wrote: "No country for older women." I was calling to say I think she nailed it on the article. That was a good article and the truth, really, of what was going on.
I wanted to say thanks to Kim for speaking out on what's going on in this country, where older, white women are thrown under the bus, so to speak.
We welcome Santa Rosa County residents’ comments on local issues. Call 623-5887 to “Speak Out,” and your comment could appear in the print edition and on srpgressgazette.com. Say what’s on your mind, but please be civil.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: SPEAK OUT: Whose pole is it? And: Follow Okaloosa's lead