GBE Kids celebrate patriots show their Dolphins 4-0 ‘Dot Day’ pride at Football team defeats Pine Forest, See page 7C1C oriole beach 8A faces West Florida HS 1C Bears are more active in autumn See Page 1B September 22, 2016 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ City keeps Catawba millage dispute rate draws under 2% crowd BY KRISTIN N. COMPTON Gulf Breeze News© 2016 BY KRISTIN N. COMPTON [email protected] Gulf Breeze News© 2016 [email protected] At last Wednesday night’s city coun- cil meeting, the agenda called for estab- For the last several executive and lishing a tentative millage rate of 1.9723 city council meetings, more citizens per Resolution No. 22-16. A second than usual have been present in the au- public hearing has dience. They are in attendance mainly been set for Sep- to be heard on the ongoing Catawba tember 19. Mayor issue, some in support of the city and Matt Dannheisser its efforts to maintain beach access for said, “I just want its residents, and others in opposition to commend staff of the city continuing in its pursuit of again for being property legally owned, according to able to balance the courts, by private landowners, Pete the budget at less and Mitzi Peters, and John Lance and than a two mill- Dannheisser Jamie Reese. age rate. I think Mayor Pro Tem Joe Henderson said, that’s a great distinction for the City of “There’s two sides to every story. The Gulf Breeze.” history (in this case) goes back a long City Manager Edwin A. “Buz” time.” He added, “Beach access is very Eddy responded, “As you well know, important for all the residents of Gulf the Mayor and the council did that, Jason Thompson | Gulf Breeze News Breeze.” it wasn’t the staff.” He added, “We He also pointed out that developers presented you with a budget that was dating back to the beginning were very $500,000 short of the appropriate fund- Playing a different tune smart about acknowledging that, re- ing and the council closed that gap.” Gulf Breeze High Band Director Zach Dykes, center, shows his freshly shaved face after the band’s March -A-Thon Although the city does not have con- surpassed its $10,000 fund raising goal by $6,000 despite the rainy weather. See City Page 2A » fi rmation on millage rate comparisons among other municipalities in the State of Florida, Eddy believes it’s more im- portant to focus on what the city has to School Bd. offer its residents despite the mainte- Car chase nance of the presumably below aver- budget is See Gulf Breeze Page 2A » ends in GB $304M BY KRISTIN N. COMPTON BY PAM BRANNON Hwy. 98 Gulf Breeze News© 2016 Gulf Breeze News © 2016 [email protected] [email protected] input meeting A car chase that occurred on Saturday, September The Santa Rosa County School 10, in the early afternoon hours, began on Highway Board approved their ‘fi nal’ budget is tonight 98 in Navarre and ended in Gulf Breeze with the re- for this school year at last Thursday’s sulting arrest of Terra Neshonda Carroll, 35, of Lake- meeting. Even though it is fi nal, the fi - The Florida Department of Transpor- wood Ranch, Fla. Carroll is a criminal defense attor- nance director Susan McCole did point tation (FDOT) is holding a public kick- ney with a solo practice in Manatee County. She has out that some changes come during the off meeting regarding a Project Develop- been taken into custody at the Santa Rosa County Jail year because of uncertain costs and ment and Environment (PD&E) Study and charged with reckless driving, fl eeing and eluding sometimes even unexpected revenues. that will examine improvements for State LEO, DUI and resisting LEO, carrying bond amounts But the total budget, all parts, adds up Road (S.R.) 30 (U.S. 98). The meeting totaling $27,500. to $303,962,880.72. Thursday, Sept. 22 from 5:30 p.m. to Carroll was driving a white Jeep Compass and it “There is $3.3 million in funds that I 6:30 p.m. CDT at the Navarre Confer- was reported by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Offi ce cannot touch,” McCole told the board. ence Center, 8700 Navarre Parkway, Na- (SRCSO) Offi cer Imogene “Jeannie” Schmitt, that her She said they did come “under budget” varre. driving was erratic initiating a pursuit. Carroll was last year in some areas. “The fuel costs The project begins at Portside Drive reportedly speeding and passing other driver’s in the went down during the year, for exam- in Santa Rosa County and continues grass nearly striking pedestrians. ple, and that helped a lot.” to S.R. 393 (Mary Esther Boulevard) “I could see the Jeep was all over the road, passing Vici Papajohn | Gulf Breeze News For this school year, the budget in Okaloosa County, a distance of ap- other vehicles on the right hand side in the grass and Gulf Breeze Police Offi cers apprehend a woman who was shows that the county property apprais- proximately 24.5 miles. The study will right turn lanes,” Schmitt said. “At one point I noted behaving erratically. er has decreased some property val- investigate widening the existing facility the speed was approximately 80 miles per hour in a vehicle forcing her to a halt. ues in the county, which will decrease throughout the project limits, increasing 45 mph zone.” Gulf Breeze Police Department (GBPD) Offi cer Blaine property tax revenue, also. The total the effi ciency of the intersection opera- The suspect hit heavy traffi c coming into the City of property value in Santa Rosa County tions, and more. Gulf Breeze. Carroll eventually found herself blocked See Erratic Page 5A » For more details. call (866) 638-0250. in by a box truck and GBPD Sergeant Kerstan Tatro’s See Property Page 8A » FRI 9/23 SAT 9/24 SUN 9/25 Arrest Report . 2A Mailing Statement PARTLY MOSTLY Calendar . 2A & 3B on Opinion Page END SUNNY . 7C WEEK CLOUDY SUNNY Classifi eds/Legals THREE SECTIONS, Crossword Puzzle. 3B hi 85/lo 75 20 PAGES Weather-plus hi 86/lo 76 hi 86/lo 75 Movies . 2B rain: 10% VOL. 16, NO. 38 rain: 20% rain: 10% Opinion . 6A SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Sports . 1-7C 2A September 22, 2016 GULF BREEZE NEWS gulfbreezenews.com City ‘working diligently’ on issue » Continued from Page 1A zip฀code,฀it’s฀still฀misleading.”฀ “Just because citizens want something, Stanhagen฀ explained,฀ “I฀ think฀ serving฀ several฀ access฀ points฀ to฀ the฀ misconception฀ is฀ that฀ the฀ doesn’t make it right. You know, 60 the฀ water฀ for฀ residents฀ to฀ enjoy.฀ council฀or฀the฀City฀of฀Gulf฀Breeze฀ “It’s฀not฀just฀at฀Shoreline,”฀Hen- owns฀ the฀ property฀ and฀ has฀ the฀ percent of Gulf Breeze voted for medical derson฀said. decision฀ to฀ keep฀ it฀ open฀ as฀ pub- marijuana; I didn’t see y’all bring Resident฀ Lynette฀ Dewberry฀ lic฀ access฀ or฀ not.฀ That’s฀ just฀ not฀ has฀ been฀ a฀ strong฀ advocate฀ in฀ the฀ case.฀ The฀ courts฀ have฀ ruled฀ medical marijuana here.” support฀of฀the฀city’s฀position฀for฀ including฀ the฀ Florida฀ Supreme฀ over฀ a฀ year฀ now.฀ Just฀ last฀ week,฀ Court฀ and฀ a฀ most฀ recent฀ ruling฀ — Noah Berry she฀ presented฀ the฀ council฀ with฀ a฀ that฀has฀upheld฀the฀other฀rulings,฀ Resident, speaking at Council meeting petition฀containing฀216฀signatures฀ it฀ is฀ private฀ property,฀ not฀ public฀ of฀ residents฀ of฀ Gulf฀ Breeze฀ who฀ access,฀ not฀ public฀ property,฀ pri- water฀access฀here฀in฀Gulf฀Breeze.฀ Councilwoman฀Renee฀Bookout฀ want฀ the฀ city฀ to฀ move฀ forward฀ vate฀ property฀ and฀ should฀ remain฀ It’s฀ not฀ like฀ that฀ little฀ piece฀ of฀ also฀addressed฀the฀citizens฀stating,฀ with฀securing฀the฀beach฀access฀by฀ as฀such.” land,฀that฀(the฀Reeses฀and฀Peters’)฀ “I฀ just฀ want฀ to฀ advise฀ folks฀ that฀ any฀means฀possible฀including฀em- Resident฀ Noah฀ Berry฀ spoke฀ own฀legally,฀is฀gonna฀make฀a฀dif- with฀ respect฀ to฀ Catawba,฀ we฀ are฀ inent฀domain.฀A฀handful฀of฀these฀ his฀ piece฀ about฀ eminent฀ domain฀ ference฀of฀whether฀people฀can฀go฀ trying฀ to฀ explore฀ other฀ options,฀ residents฀spoke฀at฀last฀week’s฀ex- at฀ the฀ city฀ council฀ meeting฀ on฀ to฀the฀water฀or฀not.฀They฀can,฀we฀ we฀ are฀ looking฀ at฀ other฀ lots฀ and฀ Biddy Gilchrist | Gulf Breeze News ecutive฀ council฀ meeting฀ provid- Monday฀ night฀ stating,฀ “Just฀ be- know฀ they฀ can,฀ there’s฀ plenty฀ of฀ I฀think฀that฀there฀is฀an฀effort,฀cer- Cops and Coffee ing฀narratives฀of฀their฀deep-rooted฀ cause฀ citizens฀ want฀ something,฀ water.” tainly.”฀She฀added,฀“This฀council฀ history฀ and฀ continued฀ interest฀ in฀ doesn’t฀make฀it฀right.฀You฀know,฀ Mayor฀ Matt฀ Dannheisser฀ re- is฀ trying฀ to฀ explore฀ all฀ options฀ Patrol Offi cer Brian Scapin (left) and School Resource and Patrol sponded฀ to฀ residents’฀ concerns฀ that฀might฀be฀available,฀and฀so฀I฀ Offi cer Stan Pagonis (right) enjoy a cup of coffee during a shift public฀ water฀ access฀ and฀ the฀ Ca- 60฀percent฀of฀Gulf฀Breeze฀voted฀ change to stay up-to-date on Gulf Breeze Police Department tawba฀access฀in฀particular.฀ for฀ medical฀ marijuana;฀ I฀ didn’t฀ at฀ Monday฀ night’s฀ city฀ council฀ appreciate฀ that฀ people฀ have฀ their฀ business. Dewberry฀ said,฀ “We’re฀ sup- see฀y’all฀bring฀medical฀marijuana฀ meeting.฀He฀also฀commended฀the฀ opinions฀and฀I฀appreciate฀that฀you฀ porting฀ our฀ city.฀ Their฀ job฀ is฀ to฀ here.” city฀council฀for฀its฀time฀and฀effort฀ come฀ here฀ to฀ speak฀ them฀ and฀ I฀ benefi฀t฀ the฀ majority฀ of฀ the฀ com- Resident฀ Mary฀ Spear฀ said,฀ “I฀ put฀forth฀on฀this฀issue.฀ encourage฀you฀to฀continue฀to฀do฀ munity,฀ not฀ just฀ the฀ select฀ few฀ understand฀what฀eminent฀domain฀ Dannheisser฀said,฀“Most฀of฀you฀ so,฀but฀I฀also฀ask฀that฀you฀please฀ Gulf Breeze is one of that฀live฀on฀the฀water฀there.”฀She฀ is,฀it’s฀for฀the฀good฀of฀the฀people.฀ are฀probably฀unaware,฀but฀the฀city฀ respect฀that฀this฀council฀has฀been฀ added,฀ “The฀ city฀