Trash Collectors Sue County Over Breach Of Contract
Dixon Disposal Systems Inc and A&M Garbage Service filed suit in Walton County Circuit Court seeking an injunction to block a county emergency ordinance that halted construction of a South Walton transfer station. They allege breach of franchise agreements, improper use of bids, and that the ordinance was not truly an emergency.
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Dixon Disposal Systems Inc
Santa Rosa Beach
A&m Garbage Service
Walton County
Dixon
A&b
Dixon Disposal Systems
State Department of Environmental Regulation
A&b Garbage Services
County Commission
Walton County Officials Again Use Emergency Ordinance
Despite a scathing grand jury finding of abuse, Walton County commissioners pressed an emergency ordinance. The action prompted two South Walton garbage firms to sue the commission, while Chairman Dernard Owens declined to discuss the case or the board’s recurring use of emergency measures. Owens said he was unaware of the nature of the ordinance.
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Jim Chitwood
Walton County
South Walton
Commission
Dernard Owens
Neel Jury
Florida
Owens
Grand Jury
George Ralph Miller
Lawsuit Over Emergency Ban on Garbage Plant Begins
Dixon Disposal Systems Inc and A B Garbage Service sue after the Florida county commission blocked a proposed garbage compaction and transfer station via an emergency ordinance. The grand jury questioned the use of emergency procedures when no real emergency existed, warning future courts may strike down such ordinances.
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Dixon Disposal Systems Inc
A&b Garbage Service
Owens
Florida
Walton County records big Hilton closing on Sandestin deal
Walton County's record 238,792.70 closing fees mark the largest in courthouse history as the Hilton at Sandestin condo hotel nears completion. Clerk Catherine King says the 50 million project boosts per capita income and helps move the county off Florida's poverty list, though improvements remain.
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Walton County Court House
DeFuniak Springs
Hilton
Sandestin
Sandestin Beach Resort
Catherine King
Walton County
King
Florida
Walton County Faces Public Hearing On Revenue Sharing Funds
Walton County schedules an Oct 11 public hearing to discuss possible uses of Federal Revenue Sharing Funds though $294,598 has already been budgeted for county roads. Clerk Catherine King says the after‑the‑fact hearing is a bureaucratic formality and not essential.
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Walton
Catherine King
Commission
King
Crash Kills Freeport Man in Walton County
Walton County records report its 10th traffic fatality of the year after Freeport resident Roger P. Britt, 68, died in a one vehicle crash at the U.S. 331 and State Road 20 intersection about 8:05 p.m. A northbound pickup left the road and struck the woods. Trooper R C Carlan investigated and Trooper J L Hunt led the homicide inquiry.
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Walton County
Freeport
Roger P. Britt
U.S.331
Florida Highway Patrol
FHP
Britt
U.S. 331
R.C. Carlan
J.L. Hunt
Former Walton County official given probation for theft
Freddy Bishop, 41, Freeport, convicted in September of stealing Air Force radar reflectors from an Eglin test range on Choctawhatchee Bay. U.S. District Judge Winston Arnow sentenced him Wednesday to five years probation. maximum penalty could have reached 10 years. Bishop, former South Walton commissioner, testified he believed the range was abandoned and sold the reflectors to a Panama City scrap dealer after indictment in July and a Sept verdict of guilty.
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Walton County
Freddy Bishop
U.S
Winston Arnow
Bishop
Freeport
Eglin
Choctawhatchee Bay
South Walton
Panama City
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Walton County Commission
Geach Steege
Crash
Edgewater Beach Condominium
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