Rumors are best for the lounge...

[Matt J]

http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Panama_City_Might_Be_Growing_104813314.html

The majority of this land is owned by a company registered in Georgia. That company is owned in Georgia by a Delaware LLC. Ironically the business address in Georgia and Delaware are only shared by one other familiar company.....

http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Panama_City_Might_Be_Growing_104813314.html

Bay County-Panama City could be growing in size.
At Tuesday's City Commission meeting members are re-discussing a proposed annexation that could greatly increase the size of the city.
If passed, Panama City would add another 34 square miles, that's nearly 35-hundred acres.


"It's got to meet certain criteria such as being contiguous to the city line, no objections and then they've got to pass the state's regulations and DCA's regulations," says County Commissioner Mike Nelson.
The city began discussing the plan earlier this year, but was shut down by the Department of Community Affairs who strongly objected to it.
They claimed that at the time, annexation projections couldn't support the population growth.
Now some believe it's time to expand, but the county also has to be on board for it to go through.
"This is going to be a huge annexation and as long as it meets all the legal criteria, I don't think the county's going to oppose it that I'm aware of," Nelson went on to say.
The increase in the Panama City's size could help increase revenue from taxes, which city commissioners see as a big plus.

 

[Poodleone]

I don't even live down there and I find this very interesting

 

[beachmouse]

There are a metric buttload of large scale property owners that are rushing through annexation and zoning change requests right now because they're terrified that Amendment 4 is going to pass.

And it is interesting because I think that those property owners are effectively showing their hand now for things that may not have been planned to happen for ten years or more. And because they're showing those hands now, it gives neighboring property owners information that may end up giving a better financial position down the road, the old kids PSAs about knowledge being power being right and all.

So we'll see some questions about Joe's master plan for the area answered even as more are raised by the move.