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The Indianola City Council met in regular session Monday evening. The council was presented with options from city staff on how to proceed with the Streetscape Project after a lone bid came in well over the projected $6.8 million, including rejecting the bid and rebidding the project at a later date, awarding the contract and using possible funds from the American Rescue Plan, using Local Option Sales Tax funding, or issuing additional bonds. After dozens of public comments both against and for going ahead with the project, the council voted 7-0 in favor of accepting the bid and discussed using available LOSST (Local Option Sales and Service Tax) funds to make up the deficit.
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Congressman Matt Gaetz at a rally last week in Okaloosa County.
Credit Congressman Matt Gaetz
Less than a week after controversy surrounding Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz surfaced, the questions are swirling around Northwest Florida as to his future and the business of the U.S. House 1st District of Florida.
During his weekly news conference at City Hall, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson was asked about the investigation of Gaetz’ alleged relationship with at least one teenage girl, among other allegations, and how that could throw a wrench into Pensacola’s dealings with the federal government.
“[Of] a lot of questions I’ve been asked about Matt Gaetz, I haven’t been asked that one yet,” said the mayor. “Obviously, Matt was very significantly influential with the last administration, so some of those things have in this [Biden] administration. We’ve worked with him on some of the things that we’ve been trying to initiate; we don’t always agree with Matt, bu