House Candidates Discuss Insurance and Growth Bill for District 5
Six of seven Democratic candidates for District 5 outlined priorities at the North Florida Press Club. Frank Roberts pressed for lower insurance costs to boost small business growth, while Mike Chesser prioritized roads and bridges funding for Okaloosa and Walton counties. Others cited education funding parity, elderly care, and government growth concerns, with debate on growth management regulations and local control.
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House of Representatives
North Florida
Ken Boles
Boles
Destin
Steve Kimmel
Big Brother
Tallahassee
Peek
Chesser
Roberts
He Kimmel
Sandpiper Cove Project Aims to Clean Old Pass Lagoon
The $60,000 Sandpiper Cove effort by Waterview Towers dredges an 18 by 350 by 100 foot muck hole in Old Pass Lagoon and fills it with 6,000 cubic yards of clean white sand. George Eller will dredge 3,000 cubic yards as 77 days are allotted to complete work by mid October. The project seeks to restore oxygen and allow a 33-slip marina to proceed on Holiday Isle beside East Pass Towers.
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Sandpiper Cove
Destin
Old Pass Lagoon
Waterview Towers Condominium Association
Waterview Towers
Henry Maclin
George Eller
Eller
Computer voting could speed election tally in Okaloosa
Okaloosa County officials explored computerized voting as a future option, examining a Shoup Corporation demonstration of 180 touch screen ballots costing about 800000. Elections officials said machines would improve speed and accuracy, though county funds and timing remain undecided.
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Roy Lawyer
Shoup Corporation
Sawyer
Memphis
Mobile
Montgomery
Larry Andors
Sam Brunson
Elsie Garrett
Bill Peebles Jr
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