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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1983
Page
4
A dialogue highlights tensions between readers and a columnist who covers sailing. The columnist defends weekend voyages while planning a land purchase and future sharp social criticism topics. A reader expresses fatigue with sailing coverage and hopes for fewer trips and more local business reporting.
FIRST time visitors commend Destin Fort Walton Beach beauty and St Andrews by the Sea liturgy led by Father Sandy Greene. The writer, a South Walton resident, questions Walton County’s water system loan and urges comprehensive growth management including sewage, roads, law enforcement, parks, and zoning before expanding infrastructure. Continued on Page 5A.
Editorial voices strong opposition to Okaloosa County commissioners proposal to create a Municipal Services Taxing Unit to fund parks ambulance service and sheriff patrols by taxing unincorporated areas like Destin. It argues the plan amounts to double taxation harming cities while offering little if any added county services.
In Crestview, County Commissioner Mike Mitchell notes four recesses during a meeting while authorities approve a 250 foot 98 drainage pipe funded by the county and a red warning light for State Road 123. The board rejected Crystal Villa Condominium plans over sewage and coast line concerns, selects an engineering firm for solid waste study, and discusses placing cows on a sewage spray field with no vote taken.
The narrator recalls discovering State Road 30A along the South Walton shoreline five summers ago while traveling Highway 98. He remembers summer travels with Marilyn to Cape Cod villages and notes a moment of disbelief before agreement on the road’s charm despite dog flies and fading notes of earlier writing.
A group of residents and developers along Florida's 17 mile stretch of State Road 30 A formed the Scenic Drive Association to protect the coast's character amid rapid growth. They seek a symbolic name, better zoning, and sign controls to balance progress with preserving dunes lakes and villages like Grayton Beach, Seagrove, and Dune Allen.
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