Editor's note: The News Bulletin's Facebook fans had plenty to say about a Fort Walton Beach man convicted of murdering a Crestview teenager, and a proposal to link Rasberry and Arena roads to relieve State Road 85 traffic.
Here are some of their comments.
Does the punishment fit the crime?
(Darn). A meth head gets 25 years for manufacturing meth, but you can kill a human and only get 25 years — there's something wrong with the system.
Johnny Kelley
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Mandatory "minimum" sentence? He didn't kill the other boy to a "minimum" did he?
Troy N Kim Sears
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That's not the problem
So, $6-8 million so one area has an alternate to PJ Adams (Parkway)? That's not the problem! It's that there is only one road going north-south. This might make it more convenient for some, but it's not going to do jack (squat) for traffic on 85.
Megan Glancy Riggs
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What about tourist traffic?
That's great for the handful of people that live on PJ and Antioch, who like buying overpriced lumber at Lowe's, but what about that tourist traffic relief?
Don't think this will help, but by all means drop $6-8 million dollars to cut through a sprayfield. Make sure y'all turn on the inside air when you cut through.
Jeffersonii Van Vrancken
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A pleasant drive?
I applaud the attempt to do something, but you really think people are gonna drive through sewer spray fields more than once?
Robert Damon Bradley
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Do something for relief
Just do it. Do something — anything — but just do it.
Patty Stepro
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: HUBBUB: Readers' thoughts on a murderer's arrest, Crestview traffic relief