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Residents urge Gulf County to preserve local control of Port St. Joe as proposed state bill surfaces
Summary
Residents and port leaders urged Gulf County commissioners to defend local control of Port St. Joe after state lawmakers proposed restructuring the port authority into a regional board.
Multiple residents urged the Gulf County Board of County Commissioners to oppose a proposed change to the Port St. Joe authority that would replace the existing local board with a regional body appointed from multiple counties.
"The little slogan we came up with, we are Port Saint Joe, not Panama City 2," Deborah Mays, of a local citizens coalition, told commissioners. She warned that the proposed plan would place only one Gulf County representative on a multi-county board and would dilute local knowledge and decision-making.
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