Tag: Leon County

Lloyd DunkelbergerDecember 26, 2018
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A bank representing bondholders filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the state Department of Transportation to raise tolls on Northwest Florida’s Garcon Point Bridge to pay off construction bonds that are in default. The 3.5-mile toll bridge, which spans a portion of eastern Pensacola Bay, has had a troubled financial history since it opened […]

Danny McAuliffeDecember 11, 2018
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Republican Mike Watkins is emerging as a definite candidate and likely frontrunner to replace outgoing GOP state Rep. Halsey Beshears. Watkins told Florida Politics on Tuesday that he “absolutely” will run in the anticipated forthcoming special election in House District 7 to replace Beshears, who earlier on Tuesday was tapped by Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis to lead the […]

Jacob OglesNovember 15, 2018
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Bay County’s Supervisor of Elections stood alone in Florida when he allowed voters displaced by Hurricane Michael to cast ballots by email and fax. But while no other officials took the compassionate but clearly illegal course of action, more than one questioned why the state prohibited elections officials from accepting votes electronically under the circumstances. […]

Jacob OglesNovember 12, 2018
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Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen illegally accepted more than 140 electronic ballots on or before the Nov. 6 election, citing concerns that Hurricane Michael may have displaced voters. But so far, three other North Florida elections chiefs in the Category 4 storm’s path have denied doing the same. And no officials besides Andersen have […]


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