Perdido Key Condominium and Homeowner Associations
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LEGAL APPEAL DOCUMENTS
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Letter_of Request
 Exhibit A
 Exhibit B
 Exhibit C
 Exhibit D
 Exhibit E
 Exhibit F
 Exhibit G
 Exhibit H
 Exhibit I

PLANNING FOR
THE FUTURE
The bingo issue led us to review the entire zoning issue on Perdido Key. Eddie McMillan presented at the Committee of the Whole meeting and summarized our positions on the proposed ordnances and Overlay district proposal. View proposal here.
 

GAMBLING ISSUES IN THE NEWS
Arcade Gambling Moratorium
WEARTV video here. (Transcription in right column.)

 Residents unravel 'done deal'
PNJ.com / March 29, 2009
By the time Jean Foster and her husband heard about the bingo-casino planned for Perdido Key, it was too late.
"We were told it was a done deal," she said, recalling that day in February when she learned of the project.
Like many other property owners on Perdido Key, Foster began making phone calls, searching for answers, hoping to find others who felt the way she did.
It wasn't long before the Perdido Presidents Forum rode to the rescue... MORE

PNJ.com - June 14, 2009
Valentino's actions raise questions

It remains to be seen whether Escambia Commissioner Gene Valentino will learn anything from his repeated missteps in this messy Perdido Key bingo fiasco... MORE

PNJ.com - June 12, 2009
Inquiry sought over e-mail

The attorney for two businessmen fighting a proposed bingo casino has asked the State Attorney's Office to determine whether Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino violated Florida's public records law.... MORE

PNJ.com - June 8, 2009
Oops, e-mail gives public an eyeful

Halfway through his first term as an Escambia County commissioner, Gene Valentino is under fire from several directions... MORE

Ricksblog.biz - May 11, 2009
Bingo parlor never came to planning board. Valentino may have misled Perdido Key resident.
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Ricksblog.biz - May 11, 2009
Valentino finally turns over casino bingo emails. M MORE

Ricksblog.biz - May 11, 2009
Bingo casino team member has legal problems.
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 Arcade Gambling Moratorium
WEARTV.com
Escambia County Commissioners want to tighten regulations on gambling.
They've passed a moratorium on so called arcade gambling.
Channel Three's Dan Thomas joins us now with our third top story.
Dan what prompted this moratorium?
As you know, gambling has been steadily expanding in Escambia County over the last year. Several new bingo halls have popped up, and there's a card room at the dog track.
But that expansion met it's first credible resistance when plans were announced to put a bingo casino on Perdido Key.
This much is clear, gambling is legal in Florida, but exactly what type of gambling and where you can gamble is up for interpretation.
That's why plans for an electronic bingo hall on Perdido Key confused and astonished many local residents.
Ed McMillan/Perdido Key Resident: "I think the confusion and this is a situation where most of us had never been in a bingo parlor 2 months ago."
Eddie McMillan/Perdido Resident: "The problem in Florida is the laws are so vague with regard to machines that there's always a problem getting these enforced."
Eddie McMillan is leading a group that is appealing the zoning for that bingo hall.
They expect a decision from the county in the next couple of weeks.
But while they fight plans for gambling on their island.
Ed McMillan/Perdido Key Resident: "We would like to see a moratorium."
They asked for and got the county commission to put a stop to any possible expansion of arcade gambling.
It won't affect the current plans for a bingo hall on Perdido Key, but it would stop any others from popping up.
Click here to view WEARTV video

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