County commission balks on Triumph input

PANAMA CITY — Bay County commissioners won’t be picking favorites in the fierce competition for $300 million in Triumph Gulf Coast oil spill funds.The commission had planned to make recommendations to the Triumph board on 19 pre-applications submitted last week from cities, government boards, private companies and nonprofits. However, in a 4-1 vote Tuesday with commissioner Guy Tunnell dissenting, they voted instead to simply forward the list to the Triumph board, a […]