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Newspaper
Destin Log
Location
Destin, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1983
Page
4
A lighthearted column jokes about politics and local issues with satire on debt, governors, task forces, and officials. The speaker discerns talk of a looming TV show about Walton County meetings, alumni groups, and state agencies while dodging a serious war abroad and quirky northern snows.
Editorial notes how six years after DOT installed a stormwater pipe feeding Old Pass Lagoon the DER shifts stance on new runoff. It questions permit coverage for the upcoming east Destin highway segment and ponders a gulf outfall option to reduce harbor degradation.
A Destin reader denounces Florida DOT plans to remove median strips and parking on Highway 98 from Hurlburt Field to Destin, warns of a six lane bottleneck, and urges petitions and letters to Secretary Paul Pappas. The author claims no local support, cites peak season traffic, and calls for public involvement to oppose the project.
A reader thanks Col Ret Edith Davis Barbara Grimaldi and neighbors for support during hospitalization of Paul Unverzagt and expresses gratitude to Pastor Zieken and Vicar Wellhausen for prayers. In a second letter the writer questions a Destin indictment of fisherman Joey Brennan over a nightclub dancer death, disputing murder charges and blaming alcohol and drugs for the death.
The writer notes multiple rate hikes affecting Blue Cross health coverage Warner Amex cable service car insurance and marina storage plus a flood insurance surge. A Key West flood premium jumps from 212 to 35000 illustrating strain, with hope only until the next increase.
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