By Rob Johnson on January 16, 2020
City of Gulf Breeze, David Landfair, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze chamber of commerce, Gulf Breeze Mayor Cherry Fitch, Matt Dannheisser, Samantha Abell, south santa rosa utility system, Tiger Point Golf Course, Tom Naile
Government, Local
Mayor Cherry Fitch sketched an outlook of more local harmony and less controversy in a briefing to 70 or so City of Gulf Breeze constituents Thursday at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast gathering. Fitch stressed leading the city of 6,000 people as a “resilient community” in the wake of acrimony between some residents and the […]
By Rob Johnson on January 31, 2019
City of Gulf Breeze, David Landfair, Florida Auditor General's Office, Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze Audit, gulf breeze city council, Matt Dannheisser, Mike Gomez, Samantha Abell, Sen. Doug Broxson, south santa rosa utility system, tiger point golf club, Tom Naile
Local
State auditors who started a probe of Gulf Breeze finances and operations last April continue to ask more questions in an examination destined to extend into summer. “I have spoken with the city manager (Samantha Abell), who expressed her frustration about this,” said State Sen. Doug Broxson. Read the full article in the Jan. 31 […]
By Rob Johnson on January 11, 2019
City of Gulf Breeze, David Landfair, Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze land grab, John Reese, Mary Jane Bass, Matt Dannheisser, Mitzi Peters, Pete Peters, Randy Hebert, Samantha Abell, Santa Rosa Sound, Todd Torgersen
Local
With a new mayor and two freshman city council members, the City of Gulf Breeze is giving up its long fight to win control of a narrow strip of land between two private homes that has cost the municipality’s taxpayers more than $800,000. “The city is abandoning its claim,” City Attorney Mary Jane Bass told […]
By Rob Johnson on December 12, 2018
Adam Guess, Cherry Fitch, City of Gulf Breeze, David Landfair, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze city council, Gulf Breeze City Mayor, Gulf Breeze High School, JROTC, Marie Landfair, Matt Dannheisser, Patty Burke, Randy Hebert, tiger point golf club, Todd Torgensen, Tom Naile
Gulf Breeze City, Headlines
Working the room with handshakes all around, newly elected Gulf Breeze Mayor David Landfair acted more like a candidate than a winner Monday night. Emblematic of Landfair’s promises of city meetings that are more “collegial” than some of the contentious sessions of recent years, he thanked the 40 or so friends, residents and reporters who […]
By Rob Johnson on December 5, 2018
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Headlines
The state audit that City of Gulf Breeze officials tried to avoid is expanding at a time when the municipality just lost the latest round of a controversial and costly property rights case. City Manager Samantha Abell told the Navarre Press that the Florida Auditor General’s operational review, which began last April, is requiring her […]
By Rob Johnson on November 28, 2018
Adam Guess, Alan Lowery, Avalon Boulevard, David Landfair, Flood Control, George Jordan, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze city council, Gulf Breeze City Hall, Gulf Breeze Mayor, Guy Thompson, Heather Hathaway, Heather Lindsay, infrastructure improvements, Matt Dannheisser, Milton, Milton Mayor, Pam Mitchell, Pamela Holt, Patty Burke, Randy Hebert, Randy Jorgenson, Renee Bookout, Santa Rosa County, Shannon Rice, Sharon Holley, tiger point golf club, Todd Torgensen, United Way of Santa Rosa, Wesley Meiss
Government, Headlines, Politics
David Landfair and Heather Lindsay face similar challenges about the future in the small cities to which they were elected mayor at either end of Santa Rosa County on Nov. 6. Both newly minted mayors vowed to quickly address questions that include how to improve and expand the business cores of both communities. Read the […]
By Rob Johnson on November 8, 2018
City of Gulf Breeze, drainage issues, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze city council, Larry Sessions, Matt Dannheisser, Rod Miller, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commission, Santa Rosa County School Board, Santa Rosa County School District, Santa Rosa county Zoning Board, Santa Rosa Shores Homeowners Association, south santa rosa utility system, Tiger Point Apartments LLC, tiger point golf club, Tiger Point residents, tim wyrosdick, Traffic jams, wastewater treatment plant
Headlines
Fearing traffic jams and drainage woes, some neighbors of Tiger Point Golf Club plan to take their case against the proposed sale of two parcels on the property by its owner, the City of Gulf Breeze, to Santa Rosa County officials. “We get it, the city owes a lot of money on the golf course […]
By Rob Johnson on November 8, 2018
Allen Lindsay Jr, City of Gulf Breeze, David Landfair, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze city council, Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze Mayor, Guy Thompson, Heather Linsday, Matt Dannheisser, Milton, Patty Burke, tiger point golf club, Wesley Meiss
Headlines
Spirited elections in mayor’s races were won by David Landfair in Gulf Breeze and Heather Lindsay in Milton on Tuesday. Both newly minted mayors said they are humbled by their victories and plan to dig in quickly on addressing community issues. Landfair, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and JROTC instructor at Gulf Breeze High […]
By Rob Johnson on July 6, 2018
Catawba Land Grab, City of Gulf Breeze, David Landfair, Florida Auditor General, florida department of transportation, Gulf Breeze, gulf breeze city council, Gulf Breeze Mayor, Jimmy Eddins, Matt Dannheisser, Patty Burke, Pensacola Bay Bridge, Robert Nicholson, Rusty Buggie Enterprises, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County School District, Sen. Doug Broxson, south santa rosa utility system, stormwater drainage, Terry Mead, Tiger Point Gulf Club, Tom Naile, Wayside Park
Local
The long quiet political landscape in the City of Gulf Breeze is rumbling. For the first time since 2008, candidates for the mayor’s seat on the city council are putting out yard signs, knocking on doors and airing their differences in a political campaign of the sort many residents can’t recall witnessing before. Read the […]
By Rob Johnson on November 17, 2017
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Headlines
Nearly three years after the City of Gulf Breeze started levying water utility surcharges on its customers who lives outside the municipality’s border, the Florida Auditor General’s Office is looking into numerous complaints about those fees. Requested by State Sen. Doug Broxson, the state’s audit will apparently be a top-to-bottom investigation of the city’s […]
