City Commissioner Tom Browning has his eyes on Winter again. Maybe it’s the fact that he knows the summer heat is coming. Or more likely, that he knows the city’s budget process for the next fiscal year is upon us. Either way – he has a plan for Christmas. 

Therefore, at the Valparaiso City Commission meeting on Tuesday May 9th, Browning brought up Christmas lights. You know, the fun ones – the ones that are strung every which way and make people happy when they see them. 

Commissioner Browning wants to replace older lights in the city’s inventory and add more lights to the city’s display. He’s hoping to make room in the budget for about $46,000 to replace old lights and get new lights to decorate the bridge over Tom’s Bayou as drivers approach Eglin Air Force Base. 

“It’s Val-p, it’s Christmas,” Commissioner Browning said, “It’s where I grew up. I want to see that splendor of every light on every pole and so when a kid rides through and [looks through] the back window of every light, he knows it is Christmas time.”