Dealers See Tax As Fishy in Destin
A proposed 1984 Florida bill would tax seafood dealers on every pound of fish caught off the coast, drawing pushback from Destin merchants who say the levy is unfair and would raise consumer prices. Rep. Pete Dunbar predicts $1 million to $3 million yearly, with half to the Marine Fisheries Commission, though dealers doubt the split.
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Ingrid Kreis
Florida
Jean Melvin
Melvin
Highway 98
Destin
Pete Dunbar
Rdunedia
Marine Fisheries Commission
Billy Sexton
Sexton
Fisheries Commission
Fisheries (Commission
Dunbar
Local boater dies as search ends for two men
Two South Walton men, John Hanna 22 from Santa Rosa Beach and Miguel Worthington 19 of Miramar Beach, were lost after a catamaran capsized near Grayton Beach Sunday. Worthington swam to Crystal Beach shore and Hanna’s body was found east of East Pass. Worthington survived.
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Vanita Trippe
South Walton
East Pass
U.S. Coast Guard
Mobile
John Hanna
Pass
Miguel Worthington
Miramar Beach
Crystal Beach
Hanna
Santa Rosa Beach
Grayton Beach
Clyde Munson
Worthington
Coast Guard Station
Destin
Coast Guard
Walton and
Okaloosa County
County OKs Vote On Charter
County commissioners endorse sending a resolution to the Northwest Florida Legislative Delegation urging Destin residents vote on incorporation. The draft charter expands city boundaries into the Gulf and Choctawhatchee Bay, shifts to a seven member council, adds a city manager, and calls for a two mill tax cap.
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Citizens For Incorporation, Inc
Bob McIlroy
James Ward
Mike Mitchell
Northwest
Florida
John Dowd
Gulf of Mexico
Choctawhatchee Bay
Destin
City of
CFI
Harbor Moratorium Sparks Dispute Over DNR Permit Ban
Okaloosa County Commissioner Mike Mitchell criticized a proposed moratorium on multi slip docking permits in Old Pass Lagoon. He said the state is taking the easy way out and that the county lacks environmental review expertise to deny permits. Mitchell noted the lagoon has experienced water quality problems and fish kills, while DNR officials push for a cabinet decision on the moratorium at the March 6 meeting.
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Vanita Trippe
Department of Natural Resources
Old Pass Lagoon
Okaloosa
Mike Mitchell
Mitchell
Gissendanner
DNR
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Gulf
Humana Hospital
Munson
Humana
Jerry Dernay
Atac
Besch Low
Low
Oks
McIlroy
Elsie Garrett
Political Action Committee
PAC
Garrett
Secretary of State
Houston Beaumont
Wheeling
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