Sheriff Election Discussion

[idlewind]

Unfortunately, I think it does have and will continue to have an impact. It already has affected the campaign in the eyes of many who have posted/commented, as well as in discussions on the street, so to speak.

Best of Luck.

Frankly, the only ones I hear who raise the issue are those who support other candidates and are looking for some dirt to hurt Mr. Cornman and help their candidate.
I have seen on other blogs/websites/e-mail circulations that Mr. Cornman and Mr. Cooper "won" the debate last evening. Anyone else have a report on the proceedings and what the candidates had to say about the issues?
I also heard that our cooking sheriff could not find time in his busy schedule to attend and lend his expertise to those gathered. I think this says all one needs to know about his efforts to remain in office. Were the other candidates in attendance?

 

[sweetgal]

I wouldnt go as far to say that he and Cooper "won" The first half of the session was all about alcohol and tobacco which is what Cornman works around now, and what the session was sponsored by. I personally think that Cooper and Adkinson did very well. While Brown was nervous but gave an inside look on how the Sheriffs office is ran because he stated he recently quit. Wise was lost and in his own little world along with Macon....I wont say anything about who didnt show... It speaks for itself... The audiuence was allowed to ask questions the last half which was much more interesting....

 

[Badges?]

I would say there was no "winner" on that stage. The true winner was the audience that took the time to attend. The first glimpse of the candidates was revealing. I would also add Cooper and Cornman provided the best and most realistic responses. Adkinson made some good points also. Brown, Macon and Wise should pick one of the other three and team up. On this forum, Ralph is out, but it is premature to think that feeling is shared through the county. I agree it is time to change the administration of the Sheriff's Office, but judging from the poor turnout Thursday night I would also say not many people really care who the Sheriff is. That is the type climate that will put Ralph back in office. I would also like to see a "make up artist" spread some powder on all those shiny heads before the next forum. The glare hurt my eyes.

 

[ShallowsNole]

I have put Bare Minerals on ShallowsFuzz before. Gives him a radiant, fresh look.

Seriously...I was out of town Thursday night and couldn't attend, but even if was home, if I didn't follow SoWal, I wouldn't have known a thing about the forum. If it was in last weeks' Sun, I didn't see it (I think I read the Sun before I left...).

 

[redsox]

Mr. Cornman does live in Bay County
BUT?? Walton County is part of his district.
He lives near his office (in Panama City) so he can be available 24/7.
His home has been for sale for sometime, as he knew once he started his campaign there would be closed minded people like yourself who just do not understand or would take the time to learn his, commitment to Walton County.

You know it is really funny that all places that sells alcohol and restaurants that are regulated by Mr. Corman's wife have Cornman signs in front of them. Would that be Ms. Bates I believe. Tony Cornman has not worked in real law enforcement for about twenty years. Walton County Sheriff's Office is not the tobacco or alcohol police. That has been the majority of Tony Cornman's career. Tony Cornman promised in the last polictal forum at Freeport High School, that the sheriff office will be strongier on tobacco and alcohol. Maybe Mr. Cornman needs to look again what the sheriff's office has done, with stopping underage drinking in the county. I think the Sheriffs Office doesa great job, and though they do need a change, that doesnt need to be the only focus, as he pointed out.

The Sheriff's Office deals with crime from A to Z, not just tobacco and alcohol. That would make me believe that Tony Cornman would be overwhelemed with real law enforcement that the office would have to deal with. You know that if Tony Cornman really cared, he would live and pay taxes in Walton County. It seems to me that Tony Cornman's dedication is to the Alcohol, Beverage and Tobacco of the State of Florida, not to Walton County!!!!!! Maybe he didnt think he could beat Frank McKeithen in Bay County, so he put in for the Walton County race instead... It maybe ok to do it, but it doesnt make it right, and I agree with senitel it throws it up a huge red flag..

 

[MattChrist Live]

Tony you sound a little arrogant in your resume. I hear also that you don't live in Walton County. I think that is a little arrogant also. What are you thinkin'? I don't mean to be rude, help me understand where you are coming from. How many years did you work for the Walton County Sheriff's Office?

You know it is really funny that all places that sells alcohol and restaurants that are regulated by Mr. Corman's wife have Cornman signs in front of them. Would that be Ms. Bates I believe. Tony Cornman has not worked in real law enforcement for about twenty years. Walton County Sheriff's Office is not the tobacco or alcohol police. That has been the majority of Tony Cornman's career. Tony Cornman promised in the last polictal forum at Freeport High School, that the sheriff office will be strongier on tobacco and alcohol. Maybe Mr. Cornman needs to look again what the sheriff's office has done, with stopping underage drinking in the county. I think the Sheriffs Office doesa great job, and though they do need a change, that doesnt need to be the only focus, as he pointed out.

The Sheriff's Office deals with crime from A to Z, not just tobacco and alcohol. That would make me believe that Tony Cornman would be overwhelemed with real law enforcement that the office would have to deal with. You know that if Tony Cornman really cared, he would live and pay taxes in Walton County. It seems to me that Tony Cornman's dedication is to the Alcohol, Beverage and Tobacco of the State of Florida, not to Walton County!!!!!! Maybe he didnt think he could beat Frank McKeithen in Bay County, so he put in for the Walton County race instead... It maybe ok to do it, but it doesnt make it right, and I agree with senitel it throws it up a huge red flag..

I'm just a kid, but a few of these new posters are a little obnoxious and somewhat rude.

Here's some free advice: if you want to try to throw dirt at a candidate on an online forum such as this, then you need to use a little more tact. Don't simply come out swinging on your first post (I'm looking at you Redsox), instead, be a little passive aggressive. Plant a few seeds of doubt while simultaneously applauding the candidate for any success they may have had in their current office. Slowly, you can accomplish your goals. When you come out swinging with condemning calls of impropriety, you loose all possible clout.

Both of you have very valid points, but the methods you use to illustrate these points lack the proper tone. Tone is very important, especially in writing.

So, in the future, write in a meeker tone, one that's not questioning, but rather inquisitive. Otherwise, you'll appear to others as a person who simply has an axe to grind.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

You know it is really funny that all places that sells alcohol and restaurants that are regulated by Mr. Corman's wife have Cornman signs in front of them. Would that be Ms. Bates I believe. Tony Cornman has not worked in real law enforcement for about twenty years. Walton County Sheriff's Office is not the tobacco or alcohol police. That has been the majority of Tony Cornman's career. Tony Cornman promised in the last polictal forum at Freeport High School, that the sheriff office will be strongier on tobacco and alcohol. Maybe Mr. Cornman needs to look again what the sheriff's office has done, with stopping underage drinking in the county. I think the Sheriffs Office doesa great job, and though they do need a change, that doesnt need to be the only focus, as he pointed out.

The Sheriff's Office deals with crime from A to Z, not just tobacco and alcohol. That would make me believe that Tony Cornman would be overwhelemed with real law enforcement that the office would have to deal with. You know that if Tony Cornman really cared, he would live and pay taxes in Walton County. It seems to me that Tony Cornman's dedication is to the Alcohol, Beverage and Tobacco of the State of Florida, not to Walton County!!!!!! Maybe he didnt think he could beat Frank McKeithen in Bay County, so he put in for the Walton County race instead... It maybe ok to do it, but it doesnt make it right, and I agree with senitel it throws it up a huge red flag..

The entire first hour of that forum was for the Prevention Coalition to ask the candidates how they would handle substance abuse by the underage and legal aged citizens. They all answered they would be tougher than the present administration and employ some different tactics.

 

[Badges?]

I'm just a kid, but a few of these new posters are a little obnoxious and somewhat rude.

Here's some free advice: if you want to try to throw dirt at a candidate on an online forum such as this, then you need to use a little more tact. Don't simply come out swinging on your first post (I'm looking at you Redsox), instead, be a little passive aggressive. Plant a few seeds of doubt while simultaneously applauding the candidate for any success they may have had in their current office. Slowly, you can accomplish your goals. When you come out swinging with condemning calls of impropriety, you loose all possible clout.

Both of you have very valid points, but the methods you use to illustrate these points lack the proper tone. Tone is very important, especially in writing.

So, in the future, write in a meeker tone, one that's not questioning, but rather inquisitive. Otherwise, you'll appear to others as a person who simply has an axe to grind.

MattChrist Live,
You may be young, but you are wise beyond your years. Unfortunately many are sharpening their axes. The sad thing is they really don't know what they are swinging at. I enjoy your column in the Sun.

 

[redsox]

I'm just a kid, but a few of these new posters are a little obnoxious and somewhat rude.

Here's some free advice: if you want to try to throw dirt at a candidate on an online forum such as this, then you need to use a little more tact. Don't simply come out swinging on your first post (I'm looking at you Redsox), instead, be a little passive aggressive. Plant a few seeds of doubt while simultaneously applauding the candidate for any success they may have had in their current office. Slowly, you can accomplish your goals. When you come out swinging with condemning calls of impropriety, you loose all possible clout.

Both of you have very valid points, but the methods you use to illustrate these points lack the proper tone. Tone is very important, especially in writing.

So, in the future, write in a meeker tone, one that's not questioning, but rather inquisitive. Otherwise, you'll appear to others as a person who simply has an axe to grind.

Mr. Christ,
I am not coming out with my first "posting" and being obnoxious or rude. I did not post this statement to be throwing dirt. I am just stating the facts, about someone who does not freely tell the truth, unless he is confronted about the issue. Would you want someone running the largest organization in Walton County,who is like that? I know I don't!!!! This has nothing to do with age, If you are educated in the topic that you are talking about. Oh and by the way I am very sorry if I violated your tone in writing, (This is looking at you Mr. Matt Christ Live, aka The Tone Police). I just want someone who lives in our county and pays taxes in this county, to be the person who runs our sheriff's office. It is very apparent that Mr. Cornman wants to keep one foot on each side of the fence or in this aspect, one foot on each side of the county line. I would think it is a bunch of garbage, that Cornman lives in Bay County just to be close to his office 24/7. It is very amazing that some of his employees live in Walton County and still get to their office in Panama City with in the guidelines of their policies. Mr. Christ I am very sorry if I am blunt about a subject, but I do not hide or sugar coat the issue that I am talking about. Maybe you will learn to do that when you get older!!!
I speak the truth, I don't so called plant seeds, or am scared to speak my mind. If you don't like what I have to say, then it is your God given right not to read, what I write. I also don't have any axes to grind either, because I don't even personally know Mr. Cornman. I have spoken to Mr. Cornman before and I am just stating the facts about him. I would feel the same way about Adkinson, Brown, Cooper, Macon, and Wise, if they did not live in the county that they where running for political office.

 

[Seeker1]

Soggy ball

Originally Posted by redsox [ame="http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?p=428806#post428806"]

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Maybe Mr. Cornman needs to look again what the sheriff's office has done, with stopping underage drinking in the county. I think the Sheriffs Office doesa great job, and though they do need a change, that doesnt need to be the only focus, as he pointed out.
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hello?


Whew! Where to start! Well sir, youv been sent to the spanking machine enough over your inaccurate synopsis.

But I must bring attention to your comment on your claim that the current sheriff has "stopped underage drinking in the county". Yikes! How uninformed you are. Sir, the middle schools and high schools have students that abuse alcohol on a regular and almost daily basis. This occurs most often without detection and with a lack of intervention by those that do know.
Those students arrive at school and immediately purchase Coke, 7-up, Sprite and Mellow Yellow. They add an amout of alcohol at their vehicles and even some at their lockers. The alcohol of choice is typically Gin or Vodka. As you know these are almost impossible to detect by odor once mixed.
Then there is the over the counter drug, Zyrtec. There are others but at this time this is the choice because its so readily accepted in the classroom environment and is not challenged much by school staff. Whats wrong with Zyrtec? Hey it might be a fine product. But the reason its the students choice is it causes drowziness! Wholly wooziness Batman! A legal high! Coupled together, well you know. Thats just the very tip of what going on in the schools. Even steroids are abused without impunity by the jocs.
I know, lets tell the SRO's. HAH! South end? PLEASE! SRO south "if you think I have time to check all the sodas you have another thing coming, besides "you know who" would have my head".
North end SRO? Not a chance, hes too busy coaching to even notice the odor of weed everyday behind the new dugouts.

So, after all your research, the worst thing you can find that you dont like about corn man is he lives next door.

And you say the sheriff does a great job?