Cape San Blas beach restoration project left out of Senate Bill
WMBB News 13
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Cape Sand"}, {'start': '19.840', 'end': '25.279', 'text': 'Blast residents used to have 350 ft of'}, {'start': '22.960', 'end': '27.840', 'text': 'beach before hurricanes, tropical'}, {'start': '25.279', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'storms, and winter storms eroded most of'}, {'start': '27.840', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'it. Two homes have already been'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '34.480', 'text': 'condemned and 30 more are at imminent'}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '36.399', 'text': 'risk. If more homes are condemned,'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '38.800', 'text': 'residents fear the state road could be'}, {'start': '36.399', 'end': '40.640', 'text': 'next, which is the only way on and off'}, {'start': '38.800', 'end': '42.559', 'text': 'the cave. The road is about ready to be'}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '44.719', 'text': 'washed out. These homes are falling in'}, {'start': '42.559', 'end': '46.800', 'text': "and we don't even get a dime and we we"}, {'start': '44.719', 'end': '49.120', 'text': 'just want answers and we know, you know,'}, {'start': '46.800', 'end': '52.000', 'text': "we're calling people, hundreds of people"}, {'start': '49.120', 'end': '53.600', 'text': "called and just nobody's, you know,"}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '55.760', 'text': 'communicating with us as to what'}, {'start': '53.600', 'end': '57.680', 'text': "happened. Before this year's legislative"}, {'start': '55.760', 'end': '59.520', 'text': 'session, residents met with their state'}, {'start': '57.680', 'end': '61.680', 'text': 'senator Corey Simon and state'}, {'start': '59.520', 'end': '63.680', 'text': 'representative Jason Schae. Both said'}, {'start': '61.680', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'they would submit appropriation requests'}, {'start': '63.680', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'for the last $10 million needed for the'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '70.880', 'text': 'beach reourishment project. Both kept'}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '72.880', 'text': 'their word, but as the 60-day session'}, {'start': '70.880', 'end': '74.640', 'text': 'progressed, something happened to the'}, {'start': '72.880', 'end': '76.400', 'text': 'request. Well, as they, you know,'}, {'start': '74.640', 'end': '78.880', 'text': 'bargained back and forth, Jason put in'}, {'start': '76.400', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'the 5 million and we were told that was'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'going to be accepted. The news about the'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '85.520', 'text': "Senate's version of the budget is not as"}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '87.600', 'text': "promising. Residents don't understand"}, {'start': '85.520', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'what happened with Senator Simon. He'}, {'start': '87.600', 'end': '92.240', 'text': 'allocated zero dollars to our beach'}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '95.119', 'text': 'nourishment. Whereas Jason Schae who'}, {'start': '92.240', 'end': '97.920', 'text': 'said the same, he allocated 5 million.'}, {'start': '95.119', 'end': '99.680', 'text': "And without Corey Simon's 5 million, I"}, {'start': '97.920', 'end': '101.680', 'text': "think it's my understanding, I could be"}, {'start': '99.680', 'end': '103.759', 'text': "wrong, but it's my understanding that we"}, {'start': '101.680', 'end': '105.280', 'text': "we won't get the funding. Both Senate"}, {'start': '103.759', 'end': '107.520', 'text': 'and House members have been in'}, {'start': '105.280', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'conference committee this week trying to'}, {'start': '107.520', 'end': '111.280', 'text': 'agree on a single budget to send to the'}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '113.280', 'text': "governor. There's still a chance the"}, {'start': '111.280', 'end': '115.040', 'text': 'project could receive some funding, but'}, {'start': '113.280', 'end': '116.799', 'text': 'residents are now looking for other'}, {'start': '115.040', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'solutions. We have reached out to Neil'}, {'start': '116.799', 'end': '120.000', 'text': "Dunn's office and he's been very"}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '122.560', 'text': "helpful, but he's getting mixed"}, {'start': '120.000', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'communication with the county. They'}, {'start': '122.560', 'end': '126.880', 'text': "can't help us unless the county asks for"}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '130.239', 'text': 'help. In Gulf County, Riley Layman,'}, {'start': '126.880', 'end': '132.160', 'text': 'News3 panhandle strong. Gulf County is'}, {'start': '130.239', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'not eligible for federal funding due to'}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.'}]