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Sail Honeymoon Agreement: What Dunedin's Saying

Sail Honeymoon is fast approaching the end of its concessionaire license agreement with the city, and some residents and elected officials want to amend the contract so the business can stay. Here's what Dunedin's saying about it.

 

Dunedin Patch's story last week about efforts to work around legal conditions outlined in Sail Honeymoon's contract has gotten lots of attention from readers.

Commissioner Julie Scales, along with the Dunedin Beach Civic Association, is supporting a last-minute amendment to a concessionaire contract for the iconic kayak and sailboat rental business as it is about to expire. Although owner Glen Stienke is allowed to re-bid, the city is required to open it to other bidders as well.

The story attracted several insightful comments on Patch, and below are just a few of them.

What's your take? What do you think of the last-minute effort to amend a city contract? Is it fair to other concessionaires in Dunedin to make an allowance for one? Post your comment below.

Melody UrsoSail Honeymoon simply must stay! As an icon on the Dunedin Causeway, as well as an example of a very successful business, it would be abominable to see this business taken away due to City bureaucracy. Go through the process, if you must, then change the law.

Bill Storck: If legal and not subject to any future lawsuits from third party plaintiff's, then I don't have a problem as a law abiding tax paying citizen. My emphasis is future lawsuits, how do we guarantee this???

Michael J. Kovac: It sems like a gross violation of ethics to forgo the bidding process. Sounds like the city commissioners need to take an ethics course at SPJ. What is the annual revenue brought in by the Sail Honeymoon business ?That's supposed to be public information...

Ashley KingGlen is an important community member and helps keep the causeway safe and clean. His business is so awesome and everyone loves it there. It would be a real shame if we lost him... Dunedin Causeway would not be the same and the community would suffer as well.

Related Topics: City of Dunedin, Concessionaire, RFP, Sail Honeymoon, and What Dunedin's saying

Mathew Eberius, CPRP

12:39 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

In my few dealings with the Sail Honeymoon business, I've had no complaints. They are great to work with and seem to enjoy their jobs. They always upkeep the area around them and bring activity to the Causeway. I think it's only fair, though, to open it up for bids, as that would be the only fair way to do that. And, you never know - an up-and-coming company may come in with new plans and an exciting new feature. It can only be a good thing to see other options, just in case!

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