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After being “made aware” of what ultimately turned out to be three Oxford House homes for recovering addicts and alcoholics in three different residential neighborhoods, and after hearing from unhappy neighbors, the city last week said it intends to send the group a notice that it might be violating city codes.
In Florida, Oxford House currently has about 55 homes spread across 14 counties in Florida, including Bay and Escambia counties in the Panhandle. And it is no stranger to litigation with a litany of disputes with local governments including one that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
PANAMA CITY A Panama City employee was fired Wednesday, two days after he filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city.
According to the case dockets listed on the Bay County Clerk of Court website, former senior logistics manager John Paul Jones claims the city retaliated against him after he questioned if it illegally purchased Christmas lights last year. A termination letter to Jones from City Manager Mark McQueen states that he was fired on Wednesday two days after filing the lawsuit was filed.
The lawsuit states that following the city s annual budget review last June, senior leadership decided to not spend any additional money on Christmas lights that year.