Destin Harbor fee proposal targets docks for highrise marinas
Destin elected officials discuss charging developers for dock space linked to shoreline permits. The Destin Harbor Committee backs the idea to fund harbor patrol and lagoon cleanup, with DER and state agencies requiring environmental net gains for large water operations. Parish supports a 0.76 slip marina plan if fees fund cleanup and not other areas. Dowd to review legality of the assessment.
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Destin Harbor
Mitchell
State Department of Environemrnal Regulation
Department of
John Parish
Old Pass Lagoon
Parish
Coast Guard Log Highlights from Destin Area October–November
The report lists multiple incidents around Destin Fort Walton Beach including disabled vessels towed to Destin Marina or East Pass, capsizes and minor fires investigated. Notable entries involve James Harding of Hazle Park Michigan and Fred Studdard of Montgomery Alabama, with responses by Coast Guard 41-foot and 23-foot craft and a mistaken smoke reading from a Navy hydrofoil near East Pass.
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Fort Walton Beach
Choctawhatchee Bay
James Harding
Hazle Park
Destin Sea
Richard Canty
Melbourne Beach
Geo Source Service Corporation
Houston
Destin Sea Boay
Luther O. Goodwin
Billingsly
Fred P. Studdard
Montgomery
Destin Marina
Clifton Patty
Ringgold
East Pass Marina
Brooks Bridge
Martha H. Collier
Mary Esther
William Collier
Fort Walton
Seagull Lounge
Craft Pelican
Rinkin
East Pass
Charles Thompson
Shalimar
Edwin Jenrich
Phyllis Dobbins
East Pass Jetty
Williams receives life term after plea and deposition clash
In a tense sentencing,Judge Tolton denies a new trial motion. Williams asks why he is being punished and protests the judge playing God with his life. Williams receives life in a maximum security psychiatric facility while Park heads to a state prison for incarceration with credit for time served.
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Wiliams
Tolton
Williams
Park
Multiple thefts and damages reported in Destin area
Bruce Brewer reported a red jack hammer and kit valued at 1500 stolen from a company truck behind The Shores Shopping Center after 10 minutes unattended. Theodore Perkins Jr. said a 1984 Lincoln was entered after midnight with a Motorola radio and wallet taken. Larry Henderson reported BB gun shots caused 45 damage to a Freshman Drive home window. H. H. Harris reported 16 rods and reels worth 6800 stolen from a mini warehouse on Airport Road after lock cutting, with theft dating after Oct 27. Deputy Adler and Deputy Cameron investigated.
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Bruce Brewer
Bruce and Son Plumbing Co
Okaloosa County
Theodore Perkins Jr
Destin
Motorola
Gil Cameron
Larry Henderson
H.H. Harris
Airport Road
Harris
Joel Adler
Tax gripe targets Destin visitors and Canadian tourism
A local official criticizes a five percent sales tax's effect on Destin's winter visitors, focusing on Canada. He intends to pursue the idea and asks for exact figures on Okaloosa County’s payments and returns from the tax.
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Destin
Canada
Okaloosa County
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Dowd
Coast Guard
Norman Pelican
Busby Electric
Walton and
Lewis, Ft. Walton Beach
Loin
Boston Butt
Meat Market
Galleria Destin
Estelle
Estelle’s Deli
Omaha
N.Y
Cuisine Corner
Borden
Destin Women’s Club
Destin Calhoun Park
Entertainment By the
Bill Thompson
de Ice
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