Walton County Politics

Better idea?
Maybe Jim Bagby should run for congress district 2;
Instead of county commissioner walton county.
He has the military experience and education,

Sign on west grove ave, Seagrove beach Florida.

Districts 2 and 4 in Walton County, Fl Board of County Commissioners are up for election in the primary in August and the general in November 2026.

Who would you like to see run in both of these districts?
Remember a candidate doesn’t have to live in the district unless and until elected. And the vote is countywide.

What is the most important issue you would like addressed while living in Walton County?

Phase 2 of the Good ole boys campaign playbook;
Get someone to file an ethics complaint against the incumbent you want to defeat. Trash him/her with deceptive lying mailers.

Why is Suzanne Harris, running Jim Bagby for Donna Johns district 4 commission seat in 2026? Is it because she can’t control Donna but can totally control Bagby?
She has gotten him his last three jobs .
He owes her.
He lives in Okaloosa county and is on the Destin City council.
He was fired from the TDC.
Do we want a carpet bagger on the BCc?

Good ole boys playbook:
The year of the election, get a staff member, in this case Danny Glidewell’s aide to file a lawsuit against the commissioner you want to defeat.
Make a big deal about what is a frivolous lawsuit , have taxpayers pay for lawyers, and get it in the paper so people will think bad of the candidate. It happened to me folks and it’s happening to Commissioner Johns.
Don’t be fooled.

What do you think? Is it time to address overdevelopment in Walton County in the 2026 and 2028 commission races?

Fears about overdevelopment likely to drive Florida politics in 2026 Insiders say a strong undercurrent of anti-growth sentiment is likely to shape the 2026 state legislative session and elections.

Santa Rosa Beach in the news.

Florida man arrested in wealthy beach town over alleged TikTok school-shooting threat Florida man arrested for TikTok school shooting threats. FBI and deputies investigated violent posts from Santa Rosa Beach resident before charges.

Could this or is this happening in Walton County tourism?
Prices in Walton County are high enough that many cannot afford to visit. Similar to Vegas. ?

What do you think???

Las Vegas tourism drops sharply as some visitors claim 'casinos are empty' amid rising costs The tourism decline in Las Vegas, Nevada, continues with hotel occupancy down 6.5% and room rates dropping as high prices are keeping visitors away from Sin City.

Quit claim and quiet title definitions. Click on each to read. Which is your understanding of how beachfront owners claimed the white sandy beaches and post private property signs to prevent access by the public?

Walton County Florida beaches: How we got to the fight over the sandy white beaches.

If you have been following the news since 2012 to today: you are aware of the public/private fight over the most beautiful beaches in Walton County, Fl. You and your family may have been asked to move from “private beach area” because the upland beach owner called the sheriff to remove you because you have planted your chairs on “their property”.

This is my observation on how this fight started and escalated.

•Starting years ago, attorneys proposed and county judges allowed owners to “quit claim” land (white sand to waters edge) as their own property while most of the land was historically public.
•Crooked (my opinion) and conflicted politicians who used their influence to persuade state elected officials to pass legislation that solely identified Walton County and nullified the county’s adopted customary use ordinance. Customary use asserts lands historically and anciently used by the public shall continue to be public. (My paraphrasing)
•Weak county commissioners who gave into political pressure to compromise public rights to the white sand.
•Attitudes of entitlement from “nouveau rich”, football coaches, rock stars, and celebrity beach front (BF) owners who pushed class warfare against century-long beach goers, referring to them as “riff raff”.
•Realtors and sellers pushing the concept of “private beach” and “quit claim process”. to sell BF property.
•BF property owners using violence, ropes, signs and guards to police “their land”.
•County granting rights of way and easements to be vacated by adjacent BF property owners cutting off historical access from the public.
•Aggressive beach chair vendors setting up ghost chairs to prevent people from setting up on beaches.
(*Violent BF owner who pulled a knife has since died, politician has since sold and moved)
•TDC over-marketing the area.
•Monster houses accommodating 30 plus people approved by Walton County government creating parking issues and overcrowding on beaches. The bigger the better, the more taxes collected the better.
•Neotraditional town developments (TND) espousing public use of common areas closing down and fencing off historical access to beach giving rise to others doing the same.
•Closure of select public walkovers to the beach for unknown reasons.
•A booming real estate market and wildly escalating home prices.

In closing, the above are my opinions. I should know. I’ve lived two blocks from the beach for 27 years, and served two terms as a county commissioner in Walton County Florida. I realize some of the events described are unpreventable. I blame the county government, greedy landowners, attorneys who serviced their greed and judges who basically gave away by “quit claim deeds” the white sandy beaches over the past 20-30 years.

My conclusion is; “we have seen the enemy, and the enemy is us”.