AG rules Trust cannot buy Child Resource Center for City

The Escambia Children’s Trust has received a legal opinion from the Florida Attorney General’s office stating that the Trust cannot give the City of Pensacola the funds to buy Lakeview Center’s Morris Eaddy Activity Center.  The Trust also cannot buy and donate the building to the City.  Read AG Opinion.

The opinion is a setback for Mayor D.C. Reeves who announced in June that he wanted the Trust to help the City buy the property and create a chidlren’s resource center that would house Parks & Rec, Trust staff, Community Health Northwest Florida’s pedatrics and mental health service provided by Lakeview.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”