Some residents and members of the media were locked out of the Walton County Tourist Development Council meeting.

It was standing room only at the Walton County TDC meeting which was called to discuss those controversial blue road signs.

"It was so packed that there was an overflow crowd, I understand, outside," Chris Mitchell said.

According to Chris Mitchell, Walton County's public information officer, it was so crowed that a lot of people couldn't even make it in the doors, including Bonnie McQuiston.

"Well, my table was set up right here," McQuiston said.

She was there trying to get attendees to sign petitions to stop the posting of those big blue signs until she was stopped herself.

"The TDC had people standing there where you have to actually sign your name to go into the room that was the first thing that was unusual," McQuiston said.

What would follow, she couldn't believe.

"I guess at the time the meeting was to start we still had 12 to 15 people out here signing petitions and people were still arriving and cars still coming in and the doors were closed and locked, and we were all stunned," McQuiston said.

When McQuiston found out the door was locked, she said it sent a very strong message.

"It was a little intimidating," McQuiston said.

According to the TDC, the reason the doors were locked in the first place was because of the fire code. They said it was just an honest mistake.

"There was no intention to have the door locked at a public meeting, and it was an accident that the door would shut and lock on its own and that the organizers at the meeting didn't have a key," Mitchell said.

Some people left angry out of frustration because they couldn't get in.

"It can be understandable, people walking in could feel that way and when you walk up. I personally wouldn't blame them," Mitchell said.

Mitchell stressed it wasn't intentional and the problem will get fixed.

"We're reminding all the directors who host the event to make sure that that door at the meeting their orchestrating is unlocked," Mitchell said.

Mitchell says the sign up requirement was to help them determine how many people were in the building.