Sick from water
My husband and I got sick, with throwing up and diarrhea, after brown water came into our house.
We had to call Auburn Water and ask them to come read the meter so we could flush the brown water out of our lines for two hours.
They came back the next morning and read the meter again so we wouldn't be charged for that water.
(Still), we weren't notified beforehand, so we got sick.
… Please get an automated notification system so all affected customers can be alerted in real time!
Linda Jones Beck
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Auburn needs automated updates
Would have been nice to get an automated phone call. Not everyone sits glued to Facebook waiting for updates.
Gary Jacobs
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Crestview invocation could sound like this
So it will be this prayer from now on:
"Whoever you are and, if you are and you can hear us, we ask in your name — whatever it may be — to bless us, if you might care to, in whatever way that might be.
And we will thank you, whoever and whatever you may be.
In the name of the Supreme Court, we pray."
William Gent
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Numerous readers commented about the Crestview City Council's 4-1 decision to adjust its prayer policy for local government meetings. Here's what they said.
Keep religion out of government
You can't sling a cat by the tail without hitting a church in Northwest Florida.
Keep your religion in this venue or in private settings. Quit trying to bring it into government settings.
Joel D Ring
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No freedom of religion
That is very sad. Why does it seem everyone has freedom of religion but Christians?
Lisa Schkerke
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Country founded on Christian principles
It's sad because this country was founded on Christian principles — not Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, atheist, Pagan, and Wiccan! Lord help us!
Lori Jo Burke
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Judgment is coming to Crestview
So the P.C. B.S. has finally trickled down to Crestview! Judgment is coming to America — Crestview will not be shielded!
Donna York Perry
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Majority rules
The prayers should represent the majority of the citizenry. Christianity happens to be that majority. In a democracy, majority rules, remember?
David Chamberlain
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Nation too sensitive
Saying a prayer hardly endorses a religion. The sensitivity in the nation has reached an incredible level.
Drew Cortez
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Council vote is good
Good. Not everyone is Christian.
Richard S Singleton
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Try a moment of silence
Our city council is doing the right thing. A moment of silence would be better, but this progress.
This change is more American than feeling that everyone should adhere to Christianity.
Brandi Fickling
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Vote signals a change
It's no longer a small town, it's a government town.
Linda Vining Allen
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In disbelief
Sad day in Crestview. I can't believe they're not gonna fight this.
Kelli Palmer
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In other comments, readers said…
Coalition should be proactive
Why are we waiting till something happens? Preachers need to work with congregations to assist our police and sheriffs to clean up the drug problem and domestic abuse.
Mary Bell
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Amid apraxia, there is hope
My son is 2 and we are possibly on this same route. He has not been diagnosed with apraxia yet, but is in speech therapy, and this disorder has recently been brought to our attention.
So hard to deal with, especially when no one else understands it.
Julee Cloutier Zornes
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: HUBBUB: Sick from water, Crestview invocation could sound like this