The city is starting a new public bidding process to lease the land where a pier would be built after many Oceanfront business owners and some City Council members raised concerns about transparency.
What does this latest twist mean? It depends on whom you ask.
The city said it’s an effort to give everyone a fair shot to build the pier. Officials initially failed to outline the criteria and expectations for the project but now want to do that.
Naysayers think it’s a ruse to allow the city to award the contract to the developer it has been negotiating with behind the scenes.
