Am I the only one disturbed by the fact that the president of the United States has publicly expressed an openness to committing a crime?

Federal election laws prohibit a campaign from accepting money or any “thing of value” from foreign sources (which has been ruled to include, in the president’s words, “dirt on his opponents”).

So, by his own admission, he is open to accepting aid from foreign sources, which would be illegal.

Am I the only one bothered by this?

Phil Heise, Crestview

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Taking a thing of value

Adara Golf Course was sold June 7 to Patriot Ridge LLC, a company based in Jacksonville. The new owner held a public meeting in March and informed those who attended the meeting that he plans to build about 500 homes on the closed golf course.

Most of this traffic flow will exit onto Shoal River and continue onto Live Oak Church Road. Since all this property lies outside Crestview's city limits, I am not sure that the city will have any say in the flow of traffic.

Barbara Boster, Crestview

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Traffic in Crestview

Beeswarms have been happening for a good month now. People need to call a beekeeper and not spray the bees.

Chances are 50-50 that some have already gone into the walls and weepholes of their homes. No beekeeper should be expected to work with poisoned bees. The poison gets on their equipment and taken back to their apiary and poisons more beehives.

Every beekeeper we know is pretty disgusted with homeowners that spray. Don't call beekeepers if homeowners decide to spray. It costs us …. gas and time and possible contamination and death of our bees.

Swarms will return year after year to homes that have had bees and have been sprayed. Bees smell the wax left in the walls and pheromones bees leave behind. Tearing apart walls for bees is time consuming and it will cost homeowners for which insurance usually doesn't cover. It's an act of God. It's what bees do to continue their species.

The excuses we hear are we don't want to kill the bees, but we are allergic or we are worried for our grandkids. Come and get them or we will have to spray. And then we find out they've already sprayed and created a worse mess for themselves for which we are not responsible. Learn about bees. They only want a home to make babies, collect nectar, pollen and water for their family. Think twice about picking up the spray can. Protect our wonderful pollinators. Fruit, veggies are so much bigger with bees allowed to do their job.

Thank you.

Bill and Kathy Blankenship, Milton

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: LETTER: Don't spray bees with pesticides

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Arc needs your help

Dear editor,

Is there any way to try to organize a boycott of the gas stations?

This is the highest price in our recent 3,000 miles trip to Washington D.C. and a friend drives here from Tulsa and this is the highest price he encounters on the drive here.

What do they do with the high tax levy in Crestview. All of the other communities close by have something for the teenager to do. We have very little to none.

No one seems to want a change.

I feel that we need to get rid of the dinosaurs on our city commission and replace them with someone that has a concern for our youth.

Thanks for letting me vent.

JIMMY DuBOSE

Crestview

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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Concerns about gas prices, recreational opportunities

Dear editor,

Why is the Okaloosa County School System asking taxpayers for more money when they are busing football players to play games in other states and other towns for regular season games?

They are spending money on gas, employees' pay, hotel rooms, food and other expenses.

This is wasteful government spending.

This is outrageous, especially when the county wants to raise our taxes over $100 per home.

This is really unacceptable.

Adrian Winstead

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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa tax proposal 'really unacceptable'

Dear editor,

On Sept. 5, Jimmy Wrye submitted an opinion about the need for a traffic sensor on the left-hand turn lane onto John King Road from Highway 85. I take that route home every day, and I’d like to share another angle on this issue:

Southbound drivers on Highway 85 who want to get to the Tom Thumb on that corner have to get into that same turn lane and then turn left into the Tom Thumb right after they get onto John King. Then they have to stop and wait for oncoming traffic on John King to pass. I see this every day when I drive home from work at approximately 4:30 pm.

I propose the city should build a concrete barrier down the center line of John King to prevent drivers from turning left into the Tom Thumb. Drivers would have to go up a bit farther and turn around to get to the Tom Thumb.

Similar center-line concrete barriers have been successful at the corner of Highway 85 and PJ Adams Parkway in south Crestview and the corner of Highway 90 and Antioch Road in Milligan.

The Crestview City Council has stated many times that Highway 85 is a state road and improvements to it are not within the city of Crestview’s jurisdiction. However, that portion of John King is within Crestview city limits.

CHRIS SHELLEY

Crestview

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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: A proposal for John King Road

Dear editor,

I was recently saddened when I heard about the sudden interest in possible influx of fast food restaurants in a big way arriving to Crestview.

We've got just about every fast food chain there is in tandem north to south side in this town and the last thing that we need is another fast food restaurant.

We don't have enough choices of large chains such as Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Joe's Crab Shack, or something of the like.

Please don't let in any more junkie fast food places.

JOHN MOWERY

Crestview

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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Fast food chain problem

Dear editor,

Southbound traffic on Ferdon Boulevard gets bogged down many times when vehicles are turning left onto John King Road because the left-turn green arrow doesn't stay on long enough to allow all the vehicles to make the turn. (Usually only about 10 vehicles can make their left turn before the green turn arrow turns off.)

Most all the other traffic lights in Crestview appear to have sensors that detect moving vehicles that are turning left, allowing the green turn arrow to stay on until all the vehicles have cleared out of the left turn lane.

JIMMY WRYE

Crestview

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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Left turn onto John King Road

Dear editor,

After reading the Saturday Crestview Bulletin dated Aug. 26, 2017, I find it upsetting to read that the Crestview CRA hired a firm named Retail Strategies that concluded a pet store and 10 fast food retailers have interest in constructing here.

When will this city of Crestview management realize that we need some major restaurant chains here to build. NOT fast food.

Crestview must be the Guinness Book of Records for fast food chains here.

The residents have cried out for major chain restaurants to be built here, but the can continues to be kicked down the road.

It's time for the CRA to fulfill the wishes of the Crestview residents.

Arnie Hauger

Crestview

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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: LETTER: Guiness record for fast food chains