accident on 30A today?

[Yarmap]

I think it was the reporter that got a rare day off, not the FHP.

The FHP is always on the job.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M"]YouTube - Junior Brown "Highway Patrol"[/ame]

 

[NoHall]

I can't confirm this, but I have heard that it is operating procedure now for the FHP to work traffic accidents and not the SO. I will look into it and see if I can get an answer.

Thanks - that would be really odd, in my opinion.

Was there a fatality? In Georgia, the GHP always takes over fatality incidents. I wonder if it's because of the sketchy nature of the "accident." The highway patrol has all the fancy-schmancy investigative resources for accident reconstruction.

 

[enfuego]

Hunter S. Thompson was all those things you said and IMO a national treasure. As to the lack of local news from anywhere but here (SOWAL) that is disturbing. I has yet to hear anything from any news source about a fairly serious incident on 30-A. I don't know if it's feasible, but maybe we could start a forum simply called something like "the people's news" that involved no commentary or opinion ( I know that's kind of hard for some of us.) Just thinking out loud.

I think this is why we will not see our govt. entities posting releases on here. We are blessed to have this beautiful area with weekly news papers, but cursed not to have more "real time" local reports. WZEP does a great job with daily happenings IMHO.

 

[GoodWitch58]

I think this is why we will not see our govt. entities posting releases on here.

I've had a rough day and am very tired, so maybe I am missing something, but help me out here please.

what reason is it that we will not see our govt. entities posting news releases here?

I don;'t understand what you are referring to?/;?....

 

[enfuego]

I've had a rough day and am very tired, so maybe I am missing something, but help me out here please.

what reason is it that we will not see our govt. entities posting news releases here?

I don;'t understand what you are referring to?/;?....

I don't know if it's feasible, but maybe we could start a forum simply called something like "the people's news" that involved no commentary or opinion ( I know that's kind of hard for some of us.)

Simply stated:
I just dont think they will post press releases outside of what gets sent to our weekly papers and the local news stations. I am on more than one community message board and just haven't seen it done. Again my opinion and observation.

Sorry you had a rough day.

 

[Everytime]

Tourists go home!

It's always the "tourists" fault, isn't it?!

 

[GoodWitch58]

I don't know if it's feasible, but maybe we could start a forum simply called something like "the people's news" that involved no commentary or opinion ( I know that's kind of hard for some of us.)

Simply stated:
I just dont think they will post press releases outside of what gets sent to our weekly papers and the local news stations. I am on more than one community message board and just haven't seen it done. Again my opinion and observation.

Sorry you had a rough day.

Thanks.

I guess I am just wondering why not?

When a public office issues a news release through its public affairs office, it is a news release to the public about activities that the public officials believe are of interest to the members of the community; or has to do with protecting the health and safety of the public; or is something that public office wants to "brag" about to the public.

What difference does it make what the news conduit is...we don't have a daily paper or a television station in this county. I agree that WZEP does a good job and Kevin sends out email updates; which are good, but even that is often not "up to the minute" news.

It seems to me that if the purpose of a Public Affairs Office is to inform the public about events happening in the community for which the particular public office has some responsibility, then the first criteria ought to be, to get the news out to the public the quickest way possible--around here, that's Sowal!

So, for the county officials who are lurking...is there any real good reason not to post news releases from the Public Affairs Office on the community message board?

 

[captskin]

Wonder why it was taken over by the FHP? Any clues? I thought they only worked fatalities or cases where one of those involved was an LEO, or maybe when it happens on the interstate.

Depends on the agency's policy regarding crashes...certain municipalities out side the county do work their own traffic crashes, even fatalities...our neighboring county to the east does NOT work crashes, so maybe that trend is continuing here..

 

[scooterbug44]

People can post comments online for most media outlets - Walton Sun, NWFDN, etc. all allow comments, so IMO that isn't a valid reason to not post things here.

 

[jodiFL]

I always thought that FHP was called in if there are injuries or damages over $500. (which now days would be every crash since something as simple as replacing a tailight and the moulding around it can cost over $1000.)