MPO considers six laning 98 with gas tax funding plan
The Okaloosa County MPO weighs a four cent per gallon gas tax to fund five year road projects including widening Highway 98 from Calhoun Avenue to Airport Road and construction of the Hollywood Boulevard Bridge to Okaloosa Island. A subcommittee reviews funding options and tolls, state funds, or a lottery as alternatives.
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MPO
Patricia Gould
Destiny Sane
Theetropolitan Planning Organization
Bill Peebles
Peebles
Larry Anders
Calhoun Avenue
Airport Road
Anchors
Hollywood Boulevard
Okaloosa Island
Okaloosa
Hollywood
Andors
Urban Problems Drive Destin Growth Says County Official
Okaloosa County Commissioner Larry Anchors told Destin Rotary that coastal urban problems demand more attention and fairer tax-for-service balance. He warned incorporation talks must keep neighborhood needs in view and cautioned against overreaching municipal governance. Anchors highlighted urban transport and road sprawl as central challenges and discussed bridge options across Choctawhatchee Bay and Piney Point to White Point, noting funding and land issues and MP role.
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Jim Chitwood
Destin
Okaloosa County
Larry Anchors
Destin Rotary Club
Andors
North End
South End
Rotary
Okaloosa
Choctawhatchee Bay
Anchors
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Hollywood Boulevard
Okaloosa Island
Air Force
Piney Point
White Point
Niceville
Fire protection faults found at SunDestin condo
Destin fire officials say a recent blaze on the 18th floor exposed a nonoperative standpipe system at the SunDestin condo under development on Highway 98. Fire damaged four appliances and caused about $10,000 in smoke and fire damage. Fire Marshal investigators pursue the cause.
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Ingrid Kreis
SunDestin
Destin
Hank Berry
Berry
Highway 98
Dale Otterbacher
Jeaminadet
Okaloosa County
Ray Deal
Destin School Excluded From County Hurricane Shelter List
Okaloosa County Civil Defense director Tom Nichols told commissioners that Destin Elementary is not on the shelter list and no suitable public shelter exists in Destin. He noted a prior shelter survey and said private buildings refuse shelter responsibility. Residents urged to evacuate when a hurricane approaches.
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Destin
Patricia Gould
Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa County
Destin Elementary
Civil Defense
Nichols
Destin Community Center
Paul Gardner
Attorney Fights for Disability Benefit Restorations Nationwide
Destin attorney David W. Palmer leads a suit against Secretary Margaret Heckler on behalf of Thomas C. Rogers and others falsely dropped from Social Security disability rolls. He notes 312,000 lost benefits with many appealing or reinstated, while moratoriums and court actions push to restore hearings and benefits under current reforms.
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Karen MacGrogan
David W. Palmer
Palmer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler
Thomas C. Rogers
Okaloosa County
John Doe
Als
Thomas
Social Security Administration
Congress
White House
United States
Heckler
Trenton
Maryanne Trump Barry
U.S
House of Representatives
Senate
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Gulf Shore Drive
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Metz
South Walton
Mr. Smith
Oxford
Julie
Ounrs
Danse
Social Security
Supreme Court
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