{"id":20883,"date":"2025-02-25T14:54:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20883"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:41:27","slug":"local-lawmakers-met-in-gadsden-county-to-discuss-the-communitys-legislative-priorities","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/local-lawmakers-met-in-gadsden-county-to-discuss-the-communitys-legislative-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Local lawmakers met in Gadsden County to discuss the community&#8217;s legislative priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Gadsden County wants $40 million from the legislature this year for ongoing infrastructure projects<\/li>\n<li>Gadsden also wants to start up a youth and drug prevention program. <\/li>\n<li>See what else leaders pitched this week to Tallahassee\u2019s Republican Senator Corey Simon and Democratic Representative Gallop Franklin.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The legislative delegation meeting included community leaders like Havana\u2019s Mayor Eddie Bass.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked Simon and Franklin for their work in securing a million dollars last legislative session to build Havana a brand-new safety complex.<\/p>\n<p>But the mayor says now, Havana needs money to fix two failing lift stations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/98\/fb\/03cfa659400fb54bbe3f00f0e2da\/housephotooriginal7504.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" alt=\"Rep. Gallop Franklin, D-Tallahassee, offers comments during a Jan. 2023 house hearing (file photo)\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have two sewer lift stations that are constantly breaking down,&#8221; Bass told lawmakers on Monday. &#8220;We have applied with FDEP for some of theirs, but we cannot afford the difference in what they\u2019re wanting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bass says the project would cost the state roughly 3 million dollars. Gadsden County is also asking for funds to help address sewer issues\u2014in Quincy and Chattahoochee. And the county wants money to continue building a new K-8 school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to really start looking at the planning dollars if you\u2019re not ready for this project to take place,&#8221; said State Senator Corey Simon.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, Gadsden received about 70 million dollars from the legislature but hasn&#8217;t actually broken ground yet\u2014something Simon isn\u2019t happy with.<\/p>\n<p>Simon says these delays put future county projects in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve go to continue to push the envelope and be ready when these grant dollars come down the pipe. We\u2019ve got to be ready to move on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simon says the legislature this year is on a tight budget. 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