Canaveral Port Authority Vice Chair Robyn Hattaway has put Port Authority attorney Harold Bistline on notice that she will be closely examining his invoices.

Hattaway — who also is an attorney — at Wednesday’s Port Authority meeting voted against approving Bistline’s monthly bill for professional services, after she questioned one item on the bill. That was Bistline’s $350 charge for attending a May 6 shipboard ceremony involving the debut at Port Canaveral of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Harmony of the Seas.

Dave Berman, Florida Today

“As an attorney, I’ve attended a lot of social events at the invitation of my clients, but never billed them for it. And I can’t look taxpayers in the eye and say that that’s an appropriate use of a public dollar.”

Commissioner Robyn Hattaway

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Watch the meeting via Port Canaveral’s website.  Select 2019 under “Available Archives”, Then “Board of Commissioners” and the June 26, 2019 video.