Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Oct. 11 outside a Waffle House in East Milton that the effects of Hurricane Isaias were some of the oddest he’s seen from a tropical system.
Santa Rosa County could face cuts to libraries, veteran services, animal services and 911 dispatchers, along with new user fees, if voters approve a statewide property tax amendment in November.
Opponents of the proposed Navarre Beach boardwalk dominated the public forum at the Santa Rosa County Commission meeting on Sept. 22 in Milton, pressing commissioners on the project as a public workshop is now less than a month away.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Ray Eddington told residents opposed to a proposed Navarre Beach boardwalk that they were hypocrites and suggested they leave the county toward the end of a public comment period at a Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners agenda meeting Sept. 8.
State Sen. Don Gaetz said he will file legislation overhauling the Florida Department of Children and Families in the next legislative session, outlining 10 provisions at a news conference at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse on Sept. 4.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Colten Wright said the county paid for his airfare and hotel during a July trade mission to the United Kingdom, defending the trip as economic development rather than a taxpayer-funded vacation critics have described online.
The Legislature will convene on Monday, June 1, in a special session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis to consider the governor’s proposal to cut or even eliminate property tax bills.
The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 7-1 on March 12 to recommend approval of a conditional use request that would allow John Melvin University to build a Christian university campus on approximately 58 acres in a rural residential agriculture district along the 6500 block of Chumuckla Highway.
The race for Florida’s 1st Congressional District is heating up ahead of the November 2026 general election as Gulf Breeze resident and Democratic nominee Gay Valimont announced her intention to run for a third time, hoping to unseat incumbent Rep. Jimmy Patronis.
Florida lawmakers are locked in one of the most divisive legislative sessions in recent memory, with disagreements among Republicans over property tax policy threatening local government budgets, according to State Sen. Don Gaetz.
