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Century Connection: Gulf Breeze Mayor Lane Gilchrist Dies
June 12, 2009
Lane Gilchrist, long time mayor of Gulf Breeze, has passed away.
Gilchrist passed away during surgery, according to a report by Rick Outzen, publisher of ricksblog.biz and the Pensacola Independent News. Gilchrist was first elected to the Gulf Breeze City Council 27 years ago.
“He was passionate about his small town. He threw out the first pitch at baseball games, rode bikes to school with elementary school students on Bike Safety Day and was present at nearly every community event”, Outzen wrote this morning on his blog. “Lane will be missed. He leaves wife Suzie and two sons, M. Lane, Jr. and Michael.”
Gulf Breeze and the Town of Century have been partners in the Capital Trust Agency since 1999, issuing over $1.5 billion in bonds for, among other things, a public housing projects, a Seminole Indian resort and a health care facility in Kansas. In return for providing the second signature on the bonds, the Town of Century has received payments totaling over a half million dollars.
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3 Responses to “Century Connection: Gulf Breeze Mayor Lane Gilchrist Dies”
Why did Century only make half a million when we provided the same service as Gulf Breeze? Gulf Breeze made MILLIONS, and we share the same attorney, but we only got a few hundred grand. How did that happen? Doesn’t our attorney have a conflict? Am I the only one that thinks that something is wrong here? I don’t think so…
He will be missed. This was a man who loved his community and was the best “good will” ambasador Gulf Breeze could have ever had. In a lifetime you might meet a handful of people like him. A real gentleman, and a concerned community leader. I can not say enough kind things about Lane. we will miss you. thank you for your years of service to the community. I hope the Gilchrist family finds comfort knowing he is in a better place now. May God Bless this family.
I was the accountant for the bond deals for the City of Gulf Breeze and I am also a Century native. Lane was one of the finest men I have ever known…a true Southern gentleman, and I have known many. RIP, Lane…thank you for all you were to many.