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Governor Ron DeSantis appoints new School Board member of Okaloosa County

By WMBB-TV Staff,

2024-07-20

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. ( WMBB ) – On Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed a new School Board member.

Brett Hinely of Niceville was named the School Board of Okaloosa County. Hinely is set to begin on August 2, 2024, according to a news release.

Hinely is the President of Cove Marine, Inc. and Bluewater High & Dry. He is also the Director of Marina Cove Realty, LLC, and Freedom Distributions, LLC.

Hinely is a veteran of the United States Air Force and a member of the Eglin Air Force Armament Museum Foundation Board of Directors. He has earned his bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Auburn University.

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Angel R.

07-21

since when does the governor pick instead of the people voting?

Tim Langley

07-21

Read what you wrote....The School Board is more important today than ever with some using schools to indoctrinate versus teaching. #mycounty-mysay

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