Mail Mixup Omits Referendum In Destin Ballot
A mail ballot error may have deprived Destin voters of a incorporation referendum. Okaloosa Elections Chief Elsie Garrett said a handful may have received ballots without the incorporation card but were later sent an explanatory note. About 8,000 absentee ballots were requested statewide. tallying will extend beyond a day. Meanwhile, the Northwest Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee meets Nov. 7 at Sandestin Beach Resort to discuss amendments to its draft plan with DCA input.
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Okaloosa County
Elsie Garrett
Elections Office
Destin
Northwest Florida
Choctawhatchee Bay
Nwfcrpmc
Davage
Buddy”’ Runnels Jr
Intergovernmental Coordination
Sandestin Beach Resort
Free taxi rides to vote offered by Destin Cab
Destin Cab Company will provide free rides to and from voting sites on Election Day November 6. Owner George Eller said an extra car and driver will be added to transport Destin voters at no charge, with service available from polls opening to closing. Call 837-2411 for details.
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Destin Cab Company
George Eller
Destin Cab
Eller
Destin
Destin Cab Co
Volunteers Move cleanup to 11 AM at Old Pass Lagoon project
The volunteer cleanup and aquatic grass planting set for Monday November 5 now starts at 11 a.m. sponsored by the Private Sector Task Force for Old Pass Lagoon and East Pass Towers. Helpers meet organizers at Sandpiper Cove.
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Old Pass Lagoon
East Pass Towers
Sandpiper Cove
Piney Point Bridge Support Ties to Destin Route
Fort Walton Beach residents backed the White Point-Piney Point Bridge as a tourist route into Destin at a Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting. Critics warned the bridge would not fix county traffic and could not be funded by a reasonable toll.
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Fort Walton Beach
Destin
White Point-Piney Point
Hollywood Boulevard
Interstate 10
MPO
Larry Anders
Wright Parkway
Santa Rosa Sound
Okaloosa Island
Hollywood Boulevard Island
Fire Officials Track Arson Cases at SunDestin Condos
SunDestin condo fires on November 25 and 26 prompt a police arson probe. Destin Fire Department officials, with investigators Archie Edwards and Dale Otterbacher, interview over 100 construction workers as they pursue leads. A $5,000 reward is offered for information aiding arrests and convictions.
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Ingrid Kreis
SunDestin
Destin
Hank Berry
Archie Edwards
Berry
Don Johnson
Tuttle Building Contractors Inc
Edwards
Dale Otterbacher
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Artichoke
Arrowhead Mills
Martinelli
Lakewood
James Plagnoil
Oberti
Johnson
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Kenya
New York Strips
New Orleans
Wall Street Journal
Hwy
East Destiny Florida
Piney Point Bridge
COLES
First National Bank of Destin
Florida
Carl Cheryl Kline
Carla Sanger
P.O. Box
Miracle Strip Parkway
Main Destin
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