RECOVERY TASK FORCE ON TO ACTION LOCAL | A3 PANAMA CITY LOCAL & STATE | A3 SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON STARTS MAY 1 Tuesday, April 30, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ Trump PCB campaign rally set By Eryn Dion Trump’s team reached out to he visited Bay County cities critical to the county’s finalized, with members of [email protected] the city last week about the on the east side of Hathaway morale and economy, are in Trump’s team asking the city @pcnheryndion plans and permits needed to Bridge on Oct. 15 after limbo without funding. to limit the number of people secure the site. Hurricane Michael. The information on the who knew about the plans. PANAMA CITY BEACH After some back and The visit comes at a time permits specifies that the Those emails, and the — President Donald Trump forth, Panama City Beach when many Bay County May 8 event is a campaign special event agreement, are is planning a 2020 campaign City Manager Mario Gisbert residents are frustrated by the rally for Trump’s 2020 bid public records. rally for May 8 at Aaron signed the special event lack of federal supplemental for a second presidential The paperwork does not Bessant Park, according to agreement on Monday. disaster aid following the term. appear to specify what time documents filed with the city This will be the first time Category 5 monster storm. Emails from the weekend the event will start, and the and obtained by The News Trump has visited Panama Many projects, such as the show some frustration as event does not yet appear Herald. City Beach since a campaign rebuilding of Tyndall Air news about the rally leaked on Trump’s official rally Emails show members of rally in October 2016, though Force Base, an installation before the information was schedule. Scott to Congress: Great white thrills crew, fi shermen OK disaster relief aboard PCB boat By Katie Landeck The shark was 10 to 12 @PCNHKatieL feet long, Kelley said, and [email protected] circled the boat repeatedly to the delight of the anglers PANAMA CITY BEACH on board. The shark made — The fish were biting, but a couple of passes at a fish they weren’t making it onto floating on the surface in the boat. the video recorded. When a fin surfaced, “They don’t know how charter captain Mark lucky they are (to have seen Kelley of Kelley Girl Char- it),” Kelley said. ters quickly found out why Great whites are not a — a large great white shark common sight in the Gulf was circling the boat look- of Mexico. They’re out ing for an easy meal. there for sure — earlier “I’ve been doing this this year was one caught off 35 years,” Kelley said. the Navarre Pier and scien- “I’ve seen it all. There is tists were recently tracking not much out there that Miss Costa, a tagged great excites me anymore, but this excited me.” See BOAT, A4 Sen. Rick Scott answers questions about federal funding for Hurricane Michael relief on Monday at SPORTS | B1 Tyndall Air Force Base. [PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] NBH GIRLS Senator says D.C. WIN 10-0, politics putting Tyndall’s future in ADVANCE limbo, adding to suff ering of Bay County IN DISTRICT and surrounding area By Collin Breaux @PCNHCollinB [email protected] TYNDALL AIR FORCE Triumph moves ahead BASE — More than 200 days after Hurricane Michael tore through Tyndall Air Force Eastern $20M request Base and surrounding areas, Sen. Rick Scott pleaded for a By Mike Cazalas County and its municipalities federal supplemental disaster The News Herald to alleviate the projected loss relief bill to be passed by of ad valorem real property Congress. SHALIMAR — Eastern taxes in those areas because “We’re not where we Shipbuilding was cleared for of Hurricane Michael. need to be,” Scott said. “We Tyndall Air Force Base’s Hangar 5 is missing large portions of its a $20 million shot in the arm “The Triumph Board met are sitting at (more than roof and shows other signs of damage on Monday. [PATTI BLAKE/THE Monday from Triumph Gulf today and unanimously 200) days without solving NEWS HERALD] Coast Inc., when the board agreed to move the Panama these problems. It’s been approved moving the com- City/Eastern Shipyard frustrating. I’ve been in the sputtered out. The stalemate The bottom line pany’s proposal forward to proposal forward to a term Senate now for about 100 affects not only Hurricane help with improvements sheet,” board member Allan days and this is all politics. Michael survivors, but also In the months since Hur- needed at its Nelson Street Bense said on the proposal It’s not about, ‘What do I communities affected by the ricane Michael decimated facility for the company’s that first appeared before need to do?’ The Democrats other major disasters of 2018, the area, attempts to pass Offshore Patrol Cutters con- the board last year. “In these are playing politics with this such as Hurricane Florence supplemental disaster relief tract with the Coast Guard. tough times in our area, this disaster relief.” and the California wildfires, in Congress have all sput- Also Monday, Triumph’s is a significant step forward In the months since and now the 2019 flooding. tered out. The stalemate board moved forward grant to help us grow our local the Category 5 hurricane Scott was governor when affects not only Michael sur- requests for almost $7 mil- economy and create long- decimated the area, attempts Hurricane Michael blasted vivors, but also communities lion for Bay County and its term jobs for the working to pass supplemental disaster affected by the other major municipalities and just more relief in Congress have all See SCOTT, A4 disasters of 2018 and 2019. than $2.6 million for Gulf See REQUEST, A4 Panama City News Herald Business ........................A9 Obituaries ..................... A5 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Want to subscribe? 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Details: the 18th state of the Union. 800-328-2660 or BaptistCol- In 1900, engineer John lege.edu Luther “Casey” Jones of Wednesday the Illinois Central Railroad DIANE RUSSO — EXHIBI- died in a train wreck near TION: Exhibit will run Vaughan, Mississippi, after through May 31 at the Bay staying at the controls in a County Public Library, 898 successful effort to save the W. 11th St., Panama City. passengers. Free. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. In 1945, as Soviet troops BEACH BOOK CLUB: 10:30 approached his Berlin a.m. at the Panama City bunker, Adolf Hitler commit- Beach Library. “The Lost ted suicide along with his City of the Monkey God” by wife of one day, Eva Braun. Douglas Preston. Details: In 1970, President Richard NWRLS.com M. Nixon announced the TIM DORSEY — ‘NO SUN- U.S. was sending troops into SCREEN FOR THE DEAD’: Cambodia, an action that 2 p.m. at the Panama City sparked widespread protest. Beach Public Library, 12500 In 1973, President Rich- Hutchison Blvd., Panama ard Nixon announced the City Beach; and 5:30 p.m. resignations of top aides at the Bay County Public H.R. Haldeman and John Library, 898 W. 11th St., Ehrlichman, Attorney Gen- Panama City. The author will eral Richard G. Kleindienst speak and sign copies of his and White House counsel latest novel. John Dean, who actually was ‘JACK AND THE BEANSTALK’: fi red. 6 p.m. at North Barrett In 1983, blues singer and Square in Rosemary Beach. guitarist Muddy Waters died Free; open to the public. in Westmont, Illinois, at age Thursday 68. WILL THOMPSON — In 1993, top-ranked women’s FRIENDS PRESENTS tennis player Monica Seles CONCERT: 6 p.m. at the Bay was stabbed in the back County Public Library, 898 during a match in Hamburg, W.