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• WILLIAM GAY VS. CITY OF MADEIRA BEACH
• WILLIAM GAY VS. CITY OF MADEIRA BEACH
• WILLIAM G GAY MAIRA BEACH, AGE 79, MALE
• BILL GAY FLORIDA

WILLIAM GAY VS. CITY OF MADEIRA BEACH

Maira Beach retiree Bill Gay has already won three urt battl challengg cisns ma by his cy officials unr the guidance of the Trask Daignelt law, a lawsu he filed recently agast the cy of Duned, Gay is a faiar posn — challengg a small Pellas County town reprented by the same Clearwater law firm.

And, once aga, the issue is ernment latt su, filed May 20 Pellas County circu urt, alleg Duned officials vlated Florida’s Sunshe Law January when they settled a legal dispute wh a rint whout a public Gay says lol ernments should be "open and hont stutns, ” but that "has not always been the se.

[ Courty of Bill Gay]"Thgs have to be done the public view and not behd the scen, ” said Gay, who spent 30 years management nsultg, cludg for lol ernments, before retirg to Maira Beach.

WILLIAM GAY VS. CITY OF MADEIRA BEACH

The cy hired a crisis public relatns policy that allowed such actns was ed “on the advice and wh the assistance of Trask Daignelt, ” acrdg to Gay’s lawsu.

Gay, his lawsu, scrib as a move by Duned to “stop the embarrassment" and avoid more exposure of the se’s “lack of mer.

WILLIAM G GAY MAIRA BEACH, AGE 79, MALE

Acrdg to billg notatns ced Gay’s lawsu, law partners Tom Trask and Jay Daignelt negotiated and nclud a $40, 000 settlement wh Allen January whout a public your days wh HaySubscribe to our ee Stephely newsletterColumnist Stephanie Hay will share thoughts, feelgs and funny bs wh you every ’re all signed up! Explore all your optnsBillg notatns show Daignelt nsulted over the phone wh Duned Cy Manager Jennifer Bramley and ma lls to each cy missner about the his lawsu, Gay alleg this closed-door settlement vlated the Sunshe Law, which requir that meetgs which public bs is discsed are to be advertised and open to the a phone terview, Daignelt nfirmed the settlement was reached whout a public meetg but said the cy charter giv the cy manager the thory to execute agreements that do not volve policy cisns. Attorney Tim Weber, who is reprentg Gay, argu cy policy was at play bee the cy had to drop a enforcement lien and ci to award $40, 000.

”Before takg on Trask and Daignelt Duned, Gay challenged cisns ma unr their guidance Maira Beach, where he March 2017, a judge led a lawsu brought by Gay that the cy vlated the Sunshe Law when ed a ballot procs outsi of a public meetg to appot a veloper to the cy same month, the judge led Maira Beach unlawfully refed Gay’s public rerds requt for pi of ethics plats filed agast cy November 2017, a panel of three appellate judg sid wh Gay cidg that Maira Beach acted unlawfully when approved a rezong applitn for the nstctn a 7-acre hotel, ndo and retail project whout the veloper submtg a se plan.

BILL GAY FLORIDA

Daignelt cled to ment on past s for this story on behalf of himself and the appellate judg led the Maira Beach rezong se, the oute was mostly same day, Gay reached a settlement wh the Town Center veloper to sle back the height of the project’s hotels and ndos, not knowg the appellate panel had issued a Duned, he said, his goal is transparency. “I have this passn and tert that our ernment act wh tegry and do what I would ll the right thg and be open and hont stutns, ” Gay said.

20, 2021MADEIRA BEACH — When 77-year-old Bill Gay bought a ndo Maira Beach nearly a ago, he pictured a relaxg retirement the walkable astal town of about 4, 000 once Gay began followg lol missn meetgs, he cid to put his ee time to work — sug the cy.