November 2007

Gulf County has had a trash ordinance since 2005 but you’d never know it driving down Cape San Blas Road on any given summer afternoon. Apparently the new code enforcement officer is going to have a go at enforcing it by issuing fines, which would be nice, but the cynic ...

Off to a late start this morning – I’ve been doing a system upgrade this week and haven’t been able to access the site since Tuesday (that’s tech talk for “I screwed up something really bad on Tuesday and have been wrestling with it ever since and it took me ...

Grab a cuppa coffee and settle right in for our Saturday morning week in review of real estate happenings in the Cape San Blas market. About the only noteworthy event this week was the arrival of autumn and with it cool, dry weather. The humidity has been down in the ...

The CCA received an email from the Code Enforcement Officer on additional missing street signs located in the Cape San Blas to Indian Pass area. They will replace the County signs, but it is up to the individual property owners to replace private signs. Following is the list they have ...

I spent the past weekend in Apalach with my husband and friends welcoming the arrival of Autumn and, of course, the annual seafood festival. The weather for the event was the best I’ve ever seen and they had a great turnout. If you’ve never been to Apalachicola or it’s just ...

Time once again for our Saturday morning week in review of what’s been happening (or not) in the world of Cape San Blas real estate. The weather has cooled a bit this week, pleasant as can be; let’s see if our market is following suit. We end the week with ...

We may pay obscenely high taxes for the privilege of owning property in Gulf County but don’t go thinking you’re entitled to any services in return. That’s the reality of living in a county without at-large voting; we’re held hostage to the whims of five commissioners each protecting and only ...

Apparently our friends in Tallahassee think Florida taxpayers wallets are like Mary Poppins’ bag in that from them a never ending stream of money can be extracted. This time it’s insurance – even though most of us hadn’t yet stopped reeling from the last increase earlier this year – and ...