Mandeville Daily awaits results of P&Z public records requests

Requests expected to be completed by Feb. 1

Also waiting on Bush, McGuire responses

MANDEVILLE — Mandeville Daily initiated a new public records request on December 29th for the text messages and emails from the Planning & Zoning members who sat on the commission during the Sucette Harbor application process.

We took this step because we believe what was revealed in text messages from the original public records release has raised questions about the perceived relationship between the Planning & Zoning Commission and its appointing authority, the City Council, during the Sucette Harbor application process.

We hope that inspection of the newly requested public records will serve to answer these questions, dispel all doubts, and restore the public trust in the City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission’s relationship moving forward.

Additionally, sources provided Mandeville Daily information concerning P&Z communications with council members, which we expect to be corroborated by a new public records request.

We await this new information to allow us to complete our series “Sucette Harbor Exposed.”

The City of Mandeville’s legal department acknowledged the new requests in a timely manner as prescribed by state law and provided target dates as follows:

Both the P&Z and Bush-McGuire responses are expected to be completed by February 1st, barring unforeseen circumstances.

We thank our readers for their patience.

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Sucette Harbor Exposed: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (Coming Soon)

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