CRESTVIEW — Numerous crestviewbulletin.com and Facebook readers shared their thoughts on local issues.
Here are some of their comments.
CRESTVIEW IS DANGEROUS FOR WALKERS
People who are walking need to pay more attention, but this town is incredibly dangerous for walkers anyway. It's almost impossible to be really safe. When I lived in Laredo, a city five times the size of Crestview but laid out along the same "there is one road and you're on it" design schemes, I could at least go out walking because there were well-maintained, well-lit sidewalks everywhere, especially in residential neighborhoods. This town has nowhere near enough sidewalks, especially near the edges of town, and nowhere near enough crosswalks. Since there's no public transportation, walkability is extra-important and needs to be addressed before more people get hurt!
Cori Davis
REGARDING LETTER ON FIRE TRUCK HAZARDS
Oh, pooh! I see a lot of red cars and pickups, even some big rigs, and they don't seem to be all crashed up. Mighty lot of black vehicles too. Fact is "murdered out" is 'in' right now; (those are) totally blacked out vehicles. I don't have a problem seeing them except at night or poor weather conditions when they don't have lights on. The only problem I see is inattentive drivers … Now I do agree that lime green is a more visible color, but to put burden on the chief's shoulder because of a red truck is just wrong!
Daniel Crawley
DON’T CALL POLICE FOR NON-EMERGENCIES
There are other resources available to the struggling parents when children are defiant. The Crestview Hope House and Pensacola Currie House are wonderful resources. They are non-profit shelters for teens that offer both non-residential (free counseling for families and individual counseling for kids) and residential services (a timeout for the family where the teen stays at shelter, receives individual counseling and family counseling services free of charge). Please don't hesitate to call to see what services your family qualifies for before a real need for law enforcement arises. 1-850-682-2374 (Hope House), 1-850-453-2772 (Currie House). Both are open 24 hours a day.
Alyssa Pritchard
REGARDING THE CITY’S MASTER PLAN
This is what happens when you have old small-town mentality voted into office. If we want to see change in Crestview, we need to vote new blood into office that are motivated and will want to see change for the better. Until that happens, this is what we can expect from our government.
Mariusz Mitera
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Readers' thoughts on Crestview streets, fire trucks