Our Facebook fans have strong opinions about how to use oil spill recovery money; downtown Crestview's rezoning; flu vaccines; Florida Standards; and Holt's growth and development. Here are some of their comments.
No oil spill recovery money for roads?
Besides Northwood Elementary, I really don't see anything in there for Crestview — and we desperately need some roads fixed around here.
Not sure Northwood needs $36,000 to expand a science fair project.
Aimee Hodgson Gudinas
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About downtown Crestview rezoning
It read that churches could expand, but so what if more churches are built?
Complain about all the bars and vapor stores that don't do anyone any good at all.
Ann Ganey Walden
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Flu shot didn't work for her
I've had it, and gotten sick. I've had it, and didn't get sick. I haven't gotten it, and not gotten sick.
At this point, I don't really trust what goes in it. I feel like if I'm taking good care of myself, that's my best defense.
Krista Gray Ladner
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Vaccine hasn't helped
The only time I've ever had the flu was when I was vaccinated. Now, my husband is forced to get the nasal mist version for work, and he's sick every single year.
Not saying it doesn't help some, but it definitely hasn't helped anyone in my household, and actually made it worse.
Amber Nicole
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Not getting the flu shot
Every single time I get it, I wind up with pneumonia.
Corrie Hensley Peterson
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Do away with Florida Standards?
Sure, let's just do away with any standard at all. Let's just let each state continue to do the awesome jobs they were doing producing so many highly educated graduates ready for the jobs of today's world.
Now that the sarcasm is out of the way, I'd love to hear a reason why we shouldn't have a national academic standard like the rest of the industrialized nations that we keep falling farther and farther behind do.
Richard S. Singleton
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Few use Common Core math
Do away with it. Common Core mathematics will only be used by math majors and select engineers and physicists.
Unless, of course, everyone likes to use subtraction to figure out addition where numbers magically fall out of the sky and add up to the answer!
Robert Damon Bradley
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About the Holt meeting
Well, that's great. But you might want to help figure out the road system around Crestview before you start working on a very, very small town called Holt.
Get the roads figured out so the business can come in and move around!
Love Holt, grew up there.
Jennifer Styron Everage
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Holt needs this
I would love a Tom Thumb by the interstate. That's all I'm asking!
Heather Bowness
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: HUBBUB: Vaccine hasn't helped, few use Common Core math