LOCAL | A8 SILVERCREST RECOGNIZED FOR QUALITY CARE MIDWEEK EDITION COMMUNITY | A7 NOTED SONGWRITER SETS CONCERT Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Vol. 42 Issue 107 crestviewbulletin.com @cnbulletin facebook.com/crestviewbulletin 50¢ ‘We drag our feet’ Cadle criticizes local governance during meeting By Aaron Jacobs
[email protected] CRESTVIEW — The City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to hold a joint public meeting with the Okaloosa County Com- mission to discuss the Community Redevelopment Agency Comprehensive Master Plan. The commission objected to portions of the updated Community Redevelopment Agency Director Alisa Burleson plan, which the CRA sub- discusses her ideas for new gateway signs with the CRA Board. mitted on Nov. 27 of last “Now please forgive me if I’m hurting your feelings, but I’ve [AARON JACOBS | NEWS BULLETIN] year, prompting the county watched this for 11 years now and it just drags and drags and to request a special meeting drags,” Crestview Mayor David Cadle said, addressing council to discuss those concerns. members. “Nothing gets done very quickly.” [AARON JACOBS | NEWS After a lengthy discussion BULLETIN] CRA board of whether to agree to the public forum involving the money has been put aside signs. full city council and county for the downtown area of the “That is one of the reasons commission or hold a smaller CRA district,” Cadle said. that we’re having to go into considers new mediation involving rep- “The criticism is that we’re this negotiation is that we resentatives and attorneys not spending the money, and drag our feet,” Cadle said, from each governing body, we can’t come to an agree- admonishing members of the gateway signs the council voted to approve ment on much of anything, council.