Talk:Panama City, Florida

Whats the Mayors name
If anyone knows what the mayors name is, please feel free to put it in the city infobox at the top right of the page.---JeffreyAllen1975 04:08, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Removed "==Notable Residents==
 * Cristin Duren, Miss Florida USA 2006"

Does this qualify as Notable Resident?

This picture doesn't belong
The picture looks to be of Panama City Beach, an entirely different municpality. Panama City proper doesn't have Gulf Side beaches. --Thresher 21:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Should there be a mention of the Redneck Riviera?

"Nickname: Panabeow"
Um... why? Let's have some explanation! (In the article, not here.) 86.132.138.168 02:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Seconded. Who the heck calls it that? KansaiKitsune 16:33, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Nicole Summer Hanson
Removed following from Cultural References

Ex-model Nicole (Nikki) Summer Hanson (born Dufresne), wife of musician Isaac Hanson of pop/rock band Hanson, was a resident of Panama City.

She was not a model of significance and is only notable based on the fact that she is married to the hanson. It is not a cultural reference. Cheesecake42 (talk) 18:04, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

reference
I changed Before being busted for federal tax evasion,        Joe Francis the founder of "               " was arrested multiple times in connection with                 shooting in Panama City. to Before being arrested for federal tax evasion, Joe Francis, the founder of "              ", was arrested multiple times in connection with "               " shooting in Panama City.

I think it words it a little better. Cheesecake42 (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

This reference appears to have been deleted. Joe Francis claimed in this interview http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303545,00.html that he was tortured, abused, and humiliated in prison in Panama City, and claims it was ordered by a corrupt "old boys network" evidently running the town. Regardless of what you think of Joe Francis, it is particularly amazing that an American citizen was treated this way on American soil. This should be therefore referenced in the article, as it is both notable and important. Mrrealtime (talk) 12:29, 29 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, no. If Joe Francis brought suit and proved in a court of law that he was mistreated, that is one matter. All prisoners claim to be wrongfully imprisoned and treated improperly. That is a fact of life there and prison culture. Some of it is most likely true, but most "abuse" occurs at the hands of other prisoners, usually. An single comment by a single person? There'd be thousands of little accusations throughout the article. Mere WP:SOAPBOX by Joe Francis. Student7 (talk) 18:22, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

53rd Infantry Brigade
I took the link off of this section because it linked to the Britich 53rd Infantry. Cheesecake42 (talk) 17:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Military?
This article states: "Tyndall Air Force Base is east of the city. The HHT 1-153 CAV is stationed there. It is part of Florida Army National Guard's 53rd Infantry Brigade." So, no mention is made of all of the Air Force units assigned to the base, but someone has taken on themselves to mention an Army guard unit posted there. Not sure how big a cavalry squadron is, but possibly a few hundred officers and enlisted. By comparison, the 325th FW, just one Air Force unit on the base, has around 4,000 personnel assigned to it. The USAF presence overall (military, civilians, and their families) is over 20,000 people. Looks like a little perspective is needed...

Why Panama city?
Hi! Is there nothing to be said about this city's history? I came here to find out why it was called Panama city (which is strange isn't it? there must be a link with the "real" Panama..) and... well I hope someone finds the explanation some time and shares it here with us... 94.226.81.49 (talk) 10:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

I want to know too. How did Panama City, Florida get its name? What relation does it have to Panama, if any? - Gilgamesh (talk) 08:16, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The "best" answer I found is that it was "halfway betweenChicago and the real Panama and it wished to capitalize on that (but failed to catch on)." This sounded pretty lame, but it was the "best" of a non-existent lot. why the mystery I wonder? Going to need a real credible WP:RELY source for this when found. If found. Student7 (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * According to KGB, "Panama City was an attempt to lure the huge United Fruit Company as a new headquarter city." This, of course, doesn't answer the question. Hometown.com states, "It is a cross between a latitudinal line east from Panama City, Panama and a city on the longitudical line due north of Panama City, FL."  So, who knows. --It's me...Sallicio!$\color{Red} \oplus$ 05:57, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I think I remember the explanation in a book called Florida's Past (Burnett, G (1996). "Florida's Past", Pineapple Press.) . If I recall correctly, there was a federal contract to select a port city to ship produce from Panama City, Panama. I believe the 2 cities in the competition were Panama City, Florida (before it was renamed, of course) and Tampa, Florida. Panama City, Florida, was named to make it a more appealing choice for the contract pm/federal government customer (perhaps the department of ag.?). Anyway, Tampa ended up winning the contract in the end. 24.110.70.62 (baron52) 02:30, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Cause old cable bill from knology how 2 pay it Marycannon43 (talk) 14:29, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

This article fell apart
What the hell happened to the main image, flag and seal? -User:DanTD (talk) 17:57, 25 September 2013 (UTC)


 * It was vandalized by an recent anon editor, which I recently reverted to the edit prior. --Moreau36--Discuss 18:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. "Colon Atlantica?" Wow, somebody must really hate that town, although it's pretty far west from the Atlantic Ocean. -User:DanTD (talk) 20:52, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Cultural reference: Ruby in Paradise
I'm surprised no one mentions this languid and sultry 1993 coming of age 'character study' with Ashley Judd, where the character being studied is as much the town of Panama City, Florida and the local economies thereof, as it is the hapless young Ruby. Falkensmazerunner (talk) 04:30, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Harrison to Harrison Ave. Change
Please accept this small edit. I am from Panama City and my grandfather, Teddy Faoutas, used to have a small restaurant on Harrison Ave. The name is also corroborated by the current Google maps of Panama City. --Randy Yates — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yates (talk • contribs) 15:03, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Old information
I see someone took the paper mill out of the major employers section. But L-3 (gone or absorbed into SAIC) and ARINC (now Booz Allen Hamilton) are still listed. Does anyone know where an updated list is available? Jobeibi (talk) 15:37, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I propose merging Panama City, Florida metropolitan area into Panama City, Florida. I think the content in the current article for the metropolitan area can easily be explained in the context of this article, and a merge would not cause any article-size or weighting problems. Significa liberdade (talk) 02:29, 29 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I would love to hear from @Donald Albury given your recent edits to the Panama City, Florida metropolitan area article. Significa liberdade (talk) 02:32, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The Panama City, Florida article is about the incorporated city. The Panama City, Florida metropolitan area article is about the metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget that includes Bay and Washington counties, and the content of that article does not belong in the article about the city. In cases where the Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or Micropolitan statistical area (μSA) consists of a single county, the content about the MSA or μSA is in the article about the county, not the article about any principal city. See the articles at:

- Donald Albury 12:34, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Please note that it is general practice to have separate articles for MSAs and μSAs that consist of two or more counties. See the articles about other multi-county MSAs and μSAs in Florida:


 * Thanks, @Donald Albury! My one thought is that the articles you shared are much more expansive. At present, the Panama City Metro Area article is only a paragraph. Do you intend to expand it to show more of the notability of the area? Significa liberdade (talk) 13:39, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Whatever the fate of this article, neither of the principal cities of the MSA, Panama City or Panama City Beach, is an appropriate target of a merge. For the last few years, while the MSA consisted solely of Bay County, information about the MSA has been in the Bay County article. With the addition of Washington County to the MSA this year, it was no longer appropriate that the Bay County article cover an entity that is larger than the county. I do not see an existing article that would be an appropriate target for the MSA article to be merged into. Yeah, the MSA article is a stub. I only converted it from a redirect two days ago. Stubs are often kept if the community feels that there is a potential for in-depth coverage in reliable sources being found. Note that the Pensacola metropolitan area, for example, consisted of a single paragraph (~1,200 bytes) for the first two years of its existence, but is now ~14,000 bytes in size. You can argue that the MSA article is not notable, but the problem of finding an article of appropriate scope for holding the information about the MSA remains. Donald Albury 14:29, 29 July 2023 (UTC)