‘AOB’ DEBATE HEADS TO HIGH COURT LOCAL | B1 PANAMA CITY LOCAL & STATE | B1 MCQUEEN HAS FIRST ‘COFFEE WITH CITY MANAGER’ Tuesday, February 12, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ FEMA auctions trailers in Texas Agency rep says sale More than 50 housing the housing situation in the in Florida nor does it have an longer than a year. has ‘no eff ect’ on units that FEMA stored at Panhandle after Hurricane effect on the number of hous- FEMA also has a direct lease Panhandle housing a municipal airport after Michael. ing units being used to house program that allows disaster Hurricane Harvey are being “FEMA has enough travel survivors,” Brown continued. survivors to rent ready-for- By Katie Landeck auctioned on the General trailers and manufactured So far, Brown said, 988 occupancy properties, @PCNHKatieL Service Administration (GSA) housing units staged in the housing units have been according to Brown, and is [email protected] website. The listings say the Panhandle to temporarily brought to the area to cover working with state and local units have “normal wear and house all Hurricane Michael the needs in Bay, Calhoun, authorities for ready-to-rent PANAMA CITY — While tear,” but it’s unclear if they survivors who are eligible Gadsden, Gulf and Jackson multifamily properties that those affected by Hurricane ever were lived in. for the program in Florida,” counties. The units are a mix could allow for a multi-fam- Michael have been frus- With days left to go for bid- Cheria Brown, with FEMA of recreational vehicles such ily lease and repair program, trated with a perceived slow ding, the prices were between external affairs, wrote in an as RVs and travel trailers Brown wrote. response by FEMA in bring- $4,000 and $20,000 early email. for households that expect From the time of the disas- ing housing to the area, the Monday afternoon. “Sales of units for previous repairs to be completed in less ter, the options are available agency is auctioning sur- A FEMA representative disasters have no effect on the than a year, and manufac- for 18 months, unless an plus manufactured homes said the trailers being auc- number of households eligible tured homes for households extension is given. in Texas. tioned had “no effect” on for direct housing assistance where the repairs will take What’s in your debris? SPORTS | C1 ARNOLD CONTINUES PLAYOFF RUN VS. PONTE “My entire house and everything in it. Family photos, my VEDRA grandmother’s china cabinet, my kids’ fi rst pair of shoes and hats they wore home from the hospital ... all of our memories,” says Kayla Luczaj. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO] Sanctuary city bill stalls in Senate By John Kennedy [email protected] TALLAHASSEE — A bill aimed at requiring Florida “The clock is an old advertising piece (ironically for Time “This one is one of the hardest to look at. It’s the pieces of my communities to help enforce Insurance) we rescued after a tropical storm washed it ashore daughter’s bathroom that we renovated six months before the federal immigration laws from somewhere, maybe 20 years ago,” says Jan Prewett. storm. That is also the bathtub we all sat in to survive,” says — banning so-called sanc- [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO] Brittany Cole. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO] tuary cities — stalled in a state Senate committee We asked readers what Each debris pile left in Pieces of a bathroom Mayor’s desk Monday after they have had to throw front of a home or on the emotional away aft er Hurricane curb after Hurricane Michael “This one is one of the Behind his desk, Spring- testimony Michael was, and in many cases still hardest to look at. It’s the field Mayor Ralph Hammond from a host of is, unique and deeply per- pieces of my daughter’s held countless meetings opponents. By Collin Breaux sonal to the home where it bathroom that we reno- with constituents, spent Joe Gruters The mea- [email protected] belongs. Each one, even ones vated six months before the hours thinking about the sure (SB @PCNHCollinB with just trees and shingles, storm. That is also the bath- future of his city, and held 168) by Sen. Joe Gruters, has a story. tub we all sat in to survive. I interviews with the press R-Sarasota, who doubles BAY COUNTY — Family We asked people what was think of all the bubbles, bath to celebrate accomplish- as the Republican Party of photos. Rescued items from in their debris piles and what toys, and giggles she had in ments. Now, it’s just one Florida chair, is expected to other storms. Pieces of it meant to them. Here are there. Now, the entire room more piece of wood in the rooms renovated just before some of their responses: is shattered.” — Brittany Cole See SANCTUARY, A3 the storm, now thrown away. See DEBRIS, A3 Panama City News Herald Business .........................A7 Obituaries ...................... B3 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Want to subscribe? Diversions ...................... B7 Sports.........................C1-4 P.M. rain Sunny Mostly cloudy Call 850-747-5050 Local & State .............. B1-6 Viewpoints .....................A6 71° / 47° 64° / 45° 67° / 58° * ** A2 Tuesday, February 12, 2019 | The News Herald GO AND DO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY TODAY IN HISTORY Tuesday, Feb. 19 'SPOON RIVER ANTHOL- PICTURE PERFECT Today is Tuesday, Feb. 12, OGY' - READERS THEATRE: the 43rd day of 2019. There 2 p.m. at the Bay County We want your photos: Post your photos to the News Herald Facebook page with your name, city of residence and are 322 days left in the year. Public Library, 898 W. 11th information about the photo. You can email photos to [email protected]. Today's Highlight in History: St., Panama City. Perform- On Feb. 12, 1999, the Senate ing selections from Edgar voted to acquit President Lee Masters' play. Bill Clinton of perjury and PANAMA CITY WRITERS obstruction of justice. ASSOCIATION: 6:30-8:30 On this date: p.m. at St. Andrews Civic In 1809, Abraham Lincoln, Club, 2629 W. 10th St., the 16th president of the Panama City. 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