Walton County garbage rate rise sparks mixed views
Local residents react to the Walton County commission approving a garbage collection rate increase. Arthur Yunker Jr. defends fairness based on costs, Wilma Warren argues for closer hauling options, Mee Kendrick cites landfill neglect, and Betty Dozier blames commissioners for past delays and the need for higher hauler pay.
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Walton County Commission
Arthur James Yunker Jr
Grayton Beach
Indiana
Wilma Warren
Santa Rosa Beach
DeFuniak Springs
Dixons
Betty Dozier
Whoever Upset Me: A Name Spelled Wrong in Bills
Vanita Trippe complains she is repeatedly misspelled as Vinita Tripp or Danita Trippy on utility bills and by officials. She notes mispronunciations and calls out secretaries who still misaddress her when she seeks information or makes inquiries.
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Vanita Trippe
Vinita
Tripp
Destin Water Users
Danita Trippy
Pronunciation woes with names at The LOG prompt reform
Staff discuss mispronunciations of names like Kreis MacGrogan Chitwood Becklunds and Stegner. They battle computer judges and bureaucrats over spelling and pronunciation while defending unique names. one speaker insists Trippe is pronounced Trippe, not like “trip and fall.”
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Ingrid Kreis
Krice
Karen MacGrogan
Smith
Reason For Hope In Central America by Sen Lawton Chiles
Senator Lawton Chiles recounts a Senate delegation visit to El Salvador Nicaragua and Honduras to assess aid policies and regional stability. A helicopter was fired upon near the Honduras border but no one was hurt. He returns hopeful noting popular desire for democracy and electoral solutions.
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U.S
Lawton Chiles
Congress
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Central America
Sen
Bennett Johnston
Louisiana
Appropriations Committee
Honduras
United States
Honduran
Panama City
El Salvador and Nicaragua peace talks urged in support for Duarte
The speaker urges continued aid to El Salvador and its people while backing electoral processes in Nicaragua. Duarte would push for dialogue with Sandinista leadership, with Ortega offering noncommittal remarks. The aim is moderation, negotiation, and resistance to communist influence in Central America.
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el Salvador
Nicaragua
Sen. Johnston
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Daniel Ortega
Duarte
Central America
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Les Saisons
Cele
Rita Horn
Eastern Lake
Dixon
Harold Brown
Miramar Beach
Carolyn Yunker
Emory Elkins
Seagrove Beach
Seafood
David Boyd
Sandpiper Cove Restaurant
The
Alternative
Holiday Isle
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