Since early 2017, when Gov. Robert Bentley made the unilateral decision to spend $1.8 million in oil spill recovery money to renovate the state-owned governor’s beach residence on the Fort Morgan peninsula, there has been only one documented record of its use.
But earlier this month, a spokesman for Gov. Kay Ivey told Lagniappe she intends to use the property more often, adding that, going forward, “a record will be kept to confirm how the property is used.”
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