Gulfport-Biloxi airport commissioners end exotic trips
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Travel to exotic locales has ended for commissioners at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport.
Long-serving commissioners racked up $209,946 in travel in less than three years, but began to curtail those trips after the Sun Herald reported on them in June 2013. Now two of those commissioners have been replaced and the third, most-frequent flyer, Travis Lott, of Long Beach, has supported budget cuts that include fewer trips for commissioners.
During the three-year period examined, Lott’s travel bill was $102,989. He flew 28 times to destinations outside the Continental United States — including Hawaii, Costa Rica, the Grand Caymans and Panama.
The current commission, with two new members, has stopped such trips.
The commission’s 2016 budget limits commissioners to $15,000 in travel for 2015-16.
