Destin charter bill advances with revised city limits
The House passed an amended Destin incorporation bill on final day, setting city limits east to the county line and south to the Gulf, excluding key undeveloped lands. Senate action pending, with landowners Mattie M. Kelly and Burney Henderson among opponents and questions over taxes on undeveloped land.
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Ingrid Kreis
House
Destin
James Ward
City of
East Pass
Okaloosa-Walton County
Indian Bayou
Gulf of Mexico
Senate
House Committee On Finance and Taxation
Citizens For Incorporation Inc
Moreno Point Barrier Island
Dempsey Barron
Panama City
Choctawhatchee Bay
Gulf
Barron
House Finance and Tax Committee
Citizens For Incorporation
Coleman Kelly Trust
Burney Henderson Family
Pensacola
CFI
Bob McIlroy
McIlroy
Mattie M. Kelly
Burney Henderson
Destin Chamber Objects to Fort Walton Beach Sewer Task Force
Destin Chamber of Commerce board and DWU president George French blasted a Fort Walton Beach chamber led task force as presumptuous meddling in Destin affairs. The group aims to study water and sewer issues across the south county amid a Destin sewer moratorium and permit delays.
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Patricia Gould
Destin Chamber of Commerce Board
Fort Walton Beach
Destin
Chamber
Destin Water Users
George French
Malcolm Patterson
French
Destin Chamber of Commerce
DWU
Department of Environmental Regulation
Stokes
Destin Chamber
Man-Eater One Fish That Didn't Get Away
Anglers on the Shooting Star spot a shark near the Gulf coast. Captain David Rojas and mate Robert Morrison chase a mako like creature after a dramatic strike. Clinton Mississippi anglers Dana Gelston join the fight as the shark takes long runs before a makeshift twist of fate ends the bite.
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Helen Wren
Gulf
Robert Morrison
David Rojas
Mike Gelston
Clinton
Star
Rojas
Morrison
Harbor Funds Move Harbor Cleanup On Okaloosa’s Lagoon
NWFWMD executive director Bill McCartney said a $375,000 legislative appropriation will give the district a foot in the door to begin work on a harbor water circulation system for Old Pass Lagoon. The funds support detailed engineering, sampling, and potential construction as the district seeks about $2 million for the harbor cleanup.
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Ingrid Kreis
Old Pass Lagoon
Northwest Florida
Water Management District
McCartney
Nwfwmd
Gulf of Mexico
Sandpiper Cove
Gulf
Pass
Okaloosa County
James Ward
Fort Walton Beach
Ward
Senate
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