Okaloosa County’s 2019 Legislative Year in Review

By D. L. Norris Among the many duties Florida law lays out for the commissioners in non-charter counties to perform; adopting county ordinances, resolutions, rules of procedure and prescribing fines and penalties for violations of ordinances are near the top of the list right after adopting an annual budget and levying taxes and special assessments. …

Okaloosa County, Ring in the New Year and Ring in a New Board of County Commissioners!

By D. L. Norris Happy New Year Okaloosa County! With the new year 2020, comes an election and Districts 1, 3, and 5 county commissioner seats are up for re-election. The incumbent commissioner in District 3 is running for re-election, Nathan Boyles. The incumbent commissioners for Districts 1 and 5, Graham Fountain and Kelley Windes, …