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Houses passes bill blocking lease charges for residential piers

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:35:50 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi House has given final passage to a bill that would block Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann from charging for leases for residential piers bordering state waters. Gulf Coast residents and their legislators have been tangling with Hosemann over his claim that landowners bordering state waters must pay yearly lease [...]

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City, Hosemann cannot agree on lease agreement for park

Associated Press — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:05:56 +0000

BILOXI — Development of the Point Cadet Waterfront Park is proceeding entirely north of the Biloxi Bay Bridge. The Sun Herald reports the Biloxi City Council has hired Dale Partners Architects to design a park around the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, which will be rebuilt on its original site. A boardwalk will connect to [...]

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Huntington Ingalls donates property to state

MBJ Staff — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:20:01 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Huntington Ingalls Industries has donated 11 acres of property located at the Point in Pascagoula. This donation is appraised at $2 million and the property will be deeded to the State of Mississippi. “The donation of the Point property is another opportunity for Ingalls Shipbuilding to support the City of Pascagoula’s long term [...]

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Waterfront property owners suing city, secretary of state

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:12:24 +0000

A handful of downtown Bay St. Louis waterfront owners have been at odds with the city and the state over the future use of their properties virtually since Hurricane Katrina. Plans to widen Beach Boulevard and build a downtown harbor, they said, could infringe on their property rights. A Bay St. Louis family recently filed [...]

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Dombrowski: Coast cities, not state, own harbors

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:11:15 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A challenger in the race for Mississippi secretary of state says he is unhappy with the way first-term incumbent Delbert Hosemann is handling leases of public lands. Gulfport City Council member Ricky Dombrowski, 51, faces Hosemann, 64, in the Aug. 2 Republican primary. No Democrat is running for secretary of state. [...]

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Gulfport wants other cities to join harbor debate

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:28:53 +0000

GULFPORT — Gulfport wants three other Harrison County cities to join it in asking the Legislature to settle a dispute with Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann over who controls harbors along the Gulf Coast. Hosemann contends the 1989 Public Tidelands Trust Act gives him authority over the harbors and the cities need to sign leases [...]

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Tidelands funds presented to CMR

Wally Northway — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:46:20 +0000

GULFPORT — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann recently presented a check for $7,046,853 to the Commission on Marine Resources (CMR), dollars generated from tidelands leases and assessments. The tidelands lease revenue was collected on leases on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The tidelands assessment revenue is a result [...]

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