Century’s Town Attorney To Be Sworn In As Gulf Breeze Mayor

December 8, 2014

Century’s town attorney, Matt E. Dannheisser, will add another feather to his political cap Wednesday night as he is sworn in as the new mayor of Gulf Breeze. But he says that won’t affect his legal service to the Town of Century.

“I will continue to serve as the attorney for the Town of Century as long as there is no conflict of interest,” Dannheisser said. “I don’t expect any adverse consequences.”

If anything, he said his service as Gulf Breeze’s mayor may allow some enhanced benefits for Century, such as the sharing of information and ideas between the two municipalities.

The councils of both Century and Gulf Breeze hold their regularly scheduled monthly meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month….meaning Dannheisser generally won’t be able to attend Century council meetings.

“In over 20 years as Century’s attorney, I can remember appearing before the council at a regular meeting as their attorney on just one occasion. I’ve almost always met with them at other times during special meetings and workshops,” he said.

With his move into the Gulf Breeze mayor’s office, Dannheisser will no longer serve as attorney for the Capital Trust Agency, an independent public body for the purpose of financing or otherwise accomplishing development programs. Century entered into the Capital Trust Agency with Gulf Breeze in 1999 with Century essentially serving as the “second signature”  for CTA.

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One Response to “Century’s Town Attorney To Be Sworn In As Gulf Breeze Mayor”

  1. M in Bratt on December 10th, 2014 5:50 am

    Does anybody wonder if this could be called a conflict of interest? Especially since Gulf Breeze and Century are Co-participants in some very complicated financial issues.

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