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Did you know you can follow The Destin Log on Facebook. Be our friend and get the latest from The Log. Below are some comments from recent stories posted to Facebook.

The city of Destin is conducting a survey on how it can better serve local businesses. The story appears on Page A5. We asked our 2,000 followers on Facebook for their thoughts. Here are some of their responses.

Bradley Ryan Handrüp : Use the “World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” mantra as an approach to BP, specifically, noting that this phrase has been around since Destin's beginning, and that the town was built upon fishing first, tourism next. BP should advertise how successful and fun it is to fish out of Destin. We have one of the easiest accessible harbors — just my two cents.

Renee Wagner: How about let us catch the fish that are plentiful? I'm just saying. It is now and should always be the World's Luckiest Fishing Village. There is NO replacement.

Karen Parrish: Stop trying to change things... Go back to the beginning. Destin was and should always be a Fishing Village first.

Barbara Young Murray: I do not want to see more huge hotel eyesores or mini golf. I want simple and quiet. I do not want to be at a Myrtle Beach type location!

Beverly Clark Alexander: Leave it alone! It's wonderful the way it is!

Debra Hawkins: Get rid of beach access points that lead to private property. If the city has 5-feet access and both sides of that access are private property, then why promote with a huge sign announcing it as public access? Especially, when public property is available not far away both east and west of that location? A perfect example of that is the Barracuda Access Point. 5-feet was gifted to the city for beach access for the city and they turned it into a public walkway leading onto private property. Also, go green. Recycle at townhomes and condos. Set up collection centers for recycling plastic bags, soda cans and all the stuff tourists leave behind. Have recycle bins by beach entrances that don't lead to public property.

You can also post your comments online on our stories at thedestinlog.com. Below are a couple of responses to the same question.

DR SPARTACUS: Reducing pay, reducing benefits, reducing number of all departments equally, try using used cars instead of newest in city, try alternative to Waste Management as in other cities, reduce police force as it responds to too much crap, make them prioritize, reduce school funding as it is obviously not doing any teaching.

Destinite: Not very difficult: Cut pay (be lucky you have a job), do not replace those that leave, stop pandering to developers, downsize everything, What little you provide helps few. STOP SPENDING unless it has to be done.

Jzwill: The city of Destin's improvement plan needs to incorporate water and seafood safety first. Overlooking a potential danger to residents and tourists could destroy the area in years to come. Implementing overall testing for chemicals would give residents and those who visit the assurance that people's health and safety are Destin's top priority. Placing more white sand on the beach will not cover up high levels of arsenic or benzene that may be in the gulf.