City held hostage for 542 days

The Community Maritime Park construction will generate 1,500 jobs. The estimated weekly payroll is between $1 and $1.5 million per week – money that would be circulating through our community.

It has been 542 days since the city approved the park referendum. Ground has yet to be broken. Don’t blame the CMPA board. Blame the city council that sits on the sidelines. We didn’t elect the CMPA board to lead this city. We elected the city council. Other cities with similar referendums will have their parks finished this April.

BTW: 542 days equals 1 year, 5 months, 24 days or

* 46,828,800 seconds
* 780,480 minutes
* 13,008 hours

Tick, tick, tick….

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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.”