MILTON — Here are the latest calls we received on Santa Rosa County and Milton area issues.
SOMEBODY, CLEAN UP THE HIGHWAY
I'm just heading from Highway 87 to East on 90 and, all the way from 87 halfway to Harold, there's trash all along the road — and I mean a lot of trash: bags, plastic bags and everything … Now that we have only one trash company, they should be able to get them to clean it up or clean it up and send them a bill. Thank you.
BOBBY
LANDSCAPE THE REST; TRANSGENDERED STILL NEED BATHROOMS
I'm a resident and live in the town of Milton and I think everything is done very beautiful uptown — but who is responsible for the side roads?
On Glover Lane, you have grass in some spots that is as high as my waist — and I'm an adult, 5 foot four. Would it be the city that cuts that or is it the county?
Also, going up Highway 90 toward Pace and the Pea Ridge area, the grass inside the middle is really deep and it looks real trashy.
Whoever is taking care of the main city, it looks absolutely gorgeous. So what's happened?
The second thing is, I noticed something that said, “boycott Target for transgender bathrooms.” Where do we think that these people are going to go to the bathroom?
Get real. I don't want to step in urine where somebody has left a puddle.
ISRAEL NEVER HELPS PALESTINE
Here we go again. In the Middle East, they’re killing each other, killing children. Nobody has the guts. No president in the world can stop that — nobody, not even the one from America.
And now Netanyahu has taken more land from Palestine to make more houses for their own, whatever they call, Jews, or whatever.
The thing is, they're taking more and more land and they cannot help Palestine build anything — not help with food, water, with electricity or anything.
You tell me that's the land of God. There’s nobody from God over there.
MARIA
WHY ARE COPS KILLING PEOPLE?
Why does the white policeman want to kill the black young people, like the one in Baton Rouge? I don't think he did anything. He probably was in the back and he didn't want to get out of there, and I just wonder how the owner feels having that man dead and taking the grandparent from the grandchildren, you know?
These are the people that need to be in Afghanistan fighting for their country. These people, these policemen don't give a damn about anybody else but themselves. I just wonder if they sleep at night.
MARIA
THE BIBLE ON ALCOHOL, HOMOSEXUALITY
There are 75 references against drinking. I challenge you to look them up: Proverbs 23, 29, 35.
What is God trying to tell us about homosexuality? God has already judged them. Read Romans 1:28. God gave them up to a reprobate mind.
We need to stand up on God's side. Keep his day holy.
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This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: SPEAK OUT: Landscaping along Hwy. 90, Trouble in the Middle East