Ted Corcoran: $520,000 addresses your No. 1 strategic plan. If you have another plan, we would love to hear it, but the community feels that this is it.
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In Fort Walton Beach, there are 12 candidates vying for three seats on the city council. The candidates are Nic Allegretto, Gloria DeBerry, Jason Floyd, Sean T. Murphy, Debra Riley, Brad Roehrig, Michael Rojas, David Schmidt, Travis Smith, Gareth A. Stearns, Sonya Lynn Vazquez and T. Payne Walker.
Laurel Hill voters also will see the following referendum on the ballot: Shall the City of Laurel Hill, Florida be dissolved, and its charter revoked? The ordinance provides for the adoption of a dissolution plan within 90 days of the approval of the ordinance by the voters and includes provisions for the equitable treatment of employees, transfer of assets, and the assumption of debt by Okaloosa County, among other things.
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There are three open seats on the Fort Walton Beach City Council, and twelve candidates vying for votes in the March 9 municipal election.
Tuesday evening, they all got a chance to speak at a moderated forum hosted by the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Current council members Nic Allegretto and David Schmidt are running for re-election alongside 10 new faces: Gloria DeBerry, Jason Floyd, Sean Murphy, Debra Riley, Brad Roehrig, Michael Rojas, Travis Smith, Gareth Stearns, Sonya Vazquez, and Payne Walker.
“I see something broken and I want to fix it,” said auto dealer Travis Smith. “I want to be a voice for the people, which I think is lacking (in the city).”