Digital subscriptions provided by the City of Gulfport THE GABBER.COM No. 2802
March 2, 2023- March 8, 2023
Spot On! By Cathy Salustri
AMANDA HAGOOD
Meet Arabella, Gulfport’s pet mayor.
For the second year in a row, an underdog – or, in this case, a spotted dog – earned the title of Pet Mayor in Gulfport. In the final hours of the election, Arabella, an 11-year-old Dalmatian, took the title with a $1,500 donation, nosing ahead of Bigsbee Wells Reese. The full slate of elected paw-fi-
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cials includes Mayor Arabella; Vice Pet Mayor, Bigsbee Wells Reese; Chief of Barks and Recreation, Pickle; Chief Cultural Pawfficer, Mazie Lei; and Chief of Paw Business Development, Blue. All the candidates for Gulfport Pet Mayor – including a guinea pig, the first-ever time a guinea pig has
thrown its hat into the political ring in Gulfport – raised almost $7,000 for the Gulfport Historical Society (which operates both the Gulfport History Museum and the Gulfport Arts Center) and Friends of Strays, making it the highest-grossing election in pet mayor history, according to Amanda Pet Mayor continued on page 18
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