FORT PIERCE – The City of Fort Pierce has thrown out the final two bids for the lease to operate Little Jim’s Bait and Tackle, just days after a city evaluation committee gave its highest rating to a Michigan firm over the bar/restaurant’s existing operator.
The announcement was posted on the city’s website Wednesday, saying that current operator, Salty 3 Baitshack LLC, will continue running Little Jim’s on a month-to-month basis for an unspecified period of time while the city “works through the process of preparing a re-solicitation.”
Drita Jucaj, a partner in the highest-ranked firm, said that the city ruling both of the evaluated finalists as “nonresponsive” after the committee made its recommendation “reeks of shadiness.”…