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State attorney looks into credit card misuse in city of Destin

Posted on October 27, 2015

Destin City Councilwoman Prebble Ramswell and City Manager Greg Gisela are being investigated for “irregularities in the city credit card” use. Last week, Gisela asked the State Attorney’s Office to review the…

Mayor announces Florida House campaign

Posted on August 3, 2015

Press Release: In the open State House District 4 seat being vacated by Rep. Matt Gaetz, Mel Ponder, a small businessman and the Mayor of Destin, announced his campaign for the Republican…

Crime moves to the east as Okaloosa makes soaring crime list

Posted on February 10, 2015

24/7 Wall St. published its list of “Top 9 Cities Where Crime is Soaring.” The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area made the list at No. 8: > 5-year increase in violent crime…

Sen. Gaetz gives Disaster Update

Posted on June 22, 2010

For Immediate Release June 22, 2010 4:30 p.m. CST Latest Oil Spill Developments Dear Neighbor, As dime to five inch-sized tar balls and tar “patties” continue to slowly inundate the Northwest Florida…

Gaetz narrowly wins House Dist. 4 primary

Posted on March 24, 2010

Matt Gaetz, son of State Sen. Don Gaetz, narrowly defeated former Destin Mayor Craig Barker by margin of 634 votes. Gaetz won the Republican primary thanks to a huge lead in early…

If we only had the CMP…

Posted on July 14, 2008

A Commander’s Palace restaurant (cost $6 million) opened this weekend at Destin’s Legendary’s HarborWalk Village, the $250 million destination project. We could have had that famous New Orleans restaurant if only the…

Destin more relevant than Pcola

Posted on December 28, 2007

GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee visited Destin yesterday. The visit only lasted an hour, but it speaks volumes that he would rather be in Destin than Pensacola. Folks, Pensacola and Escambia County are…

Commander’s Palace coming to Destin

Posted on August 2, 2007

There once was a time were Pensacola got the top new restaurants. Every year we added something new and exciting. Now all the excitement is east and west of us. Please, please…

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