Unfiltered with Kyle Connolly

06/10/2026

A little campaign update…

I have a lot of messages about signs and donations - signs are printing now and I should have them SOON and I’ll coordinate distributing them as soon as they arrive. If anyone wants to help distribute in the northern part of the county, let me know! I’m also going to start coordinating some meet and greets now that I’m officially *qualified and on the ballot*. I’m honestly overwhelmed at the amount of people that have reached out!

Donations can be made here - https://secure.anedot.com/kyleforsantarosa/

For anyone concerned, I can assure you this site is used nationwide for political campaigns and has a rigorous screening process to be approved.

For those wanting to use Venmo, I have that option available as well.

06/09/2026

How did we get from $103,000,000 to $132,000,000?

Video credit: Navarre Press

“This will be a three-story high school with 1,794 student stations and 75 teacher stations,” says Harrell. “This project will cost nearly $103 million to build.”

https://weartv.com/news/local/santa-rosa-county-to-add-new-high-school-by-fall-2026-aiming-to-ease-enrollment-pressure

06/09/2026

It’s important to be aware of your surroundings, and your neighbors. If something feels off about a person, trust your instincts and look them up.

https://www.nsopw.gov/

MILTON, Fla. -- A 50-year-old registered s*x offender was arrested in Santa Rosa County for attending a Milton High School band performance in May, according to

06/09/2026

To everyone that recommended The Sweet Greek - thank you!! Such a perfect spot to relax even though my blood sugar is probably over 200 and I feel like I can run a mile in under 10 mins for the first time in 20 years after Hera’s Cinnamon Roll iced latte.

06/09/2026

I have a DMV appointment right down the street at 10:30 that I couldn’t move (systems down allllll last week!). Hoping they’re quick and I can get over for a quick walk through. Anyone else attending?

We’re ready for tomorrow! 💚🌀 Join us for our Ribbon Cutting at 11:00am!

06/08/2026

Summer BreakSpot is a federally funded program administered in Florida by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), providing meals and snacks all summer long to ALL Florida kids 18 and under. No applications or registration.

https://www.summerbreakspot.org

☀️ This Week’s Summer Menu is Here! 🍎
Free, healthy meals for kids 18 & under all week long!
📍 Find a site near you:
https://www.summerbreakspot.org/find-location/
Join us for nutritious, kid-approved favorites all summer! 🌞

06/07/2026

Finally got to meet with Renee Johnmeyer for SRC Commissioner, Dist 2 to talk about the future of Santa Rosa.

06/06/2026

I have seen a lot of comments stating schools are over capacity without presenting the facts. And if you haven’t discovered I love facts and I love numbers.

Here are the numbers for the 2026-27 school year. Central and Pace are the only one projected to be over capacity with a significant number of the schools right around or below 80%. These are just projections. I am being told by several that enrollment numbers for rising kindergartens are lower than originally projected so we will see how that plays out in August.

This spreadsheet will also help parents understand why their school of choice transfer may be denied based on grade level.

*corrected

06/05/2026

If you have a moment please go watch the budget workshop that was held on Thursday at the Central School. If you want to skip to the goods go to the one hour 25 minute mark.

https://santarosacosdfl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/66/media

As a candidate I have attended nearly all of the meetings since August of 2025. If I wasn’t in attendance, I live streamed all the way until the very end. Every minute of each meeting matters, especially when discussing money while facing declining enrollment and inflation.

Santa Rosa Schools plans to cut $3 million from its 2026-27 operating budget. It can save $2.2 million by eliminating 45 positions . See link below ⬇️

📸 Tony Giberson/Pensacola News Journal

06/03/2026

New evidence confirms the scale of this fast-growing threat: In a UNICEF, ECPAT and INTERPOL study across 11 countries, at least 1.2 million children* disclosed having had their images manipulated into s*xually explicit deepfakes in the past year. In some countries, this represents 1 in 25 children – the equivalent of one child in a typical classroom.

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/deepfake-abuse-is-abuse

Where are they getting these images? Social media.

Statement by UNICEF on AI-generated s*xualised images of children