We have heard the TK101 has laid off popular DJ Candy. I checked the website and she has been dropped from the on-air roster, which is a sure sign that corporate has…
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Buzz: Attorney General hasn’t been asked to investigate Wilson Robertson
The IN contacted the Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office yesterday about Commissioner Wilson Robertson’s motion that State Attorney General investigate Wilson and the hiring of Forrest Gibbs as the marketing coordinator at…
Buzz: Oops, no report cards today
Technology doesn’t always work as planned. Yesterday, the daily newspaper drove readers to its website when the print edition wasn’t delivered to most places until noon. Today NorthEscambia.com reports that report card…
Buzz: Veolia has brought in union busters
Veolia Transportation, the French corporation that runs the Escambia County Transit System, has flown into Escambia County 25 union-busting bus drivers to work for ECAT should the workers go on strike. Veolia…
Buzz: Visit Pensacola wins more awards
Last night the Flagler Awards were given out at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Visit Pensacola with help of EW Bullock Associates won two 1st place awards and one 2nd place award….
Buzz: Grover & Collier saved Ascend jobs
The Ascend expansion also never happened, but for the work then-Escambia County Commission Chairman Grover Robinson and Chamber Chairman Collier Merrill. Several Ascent executives came to the Chamber’s economic development recruitment event…
Buzz: ECAT workers lowest paid in state; court injunction coming
According to union officials, the striking workers at Escambia County Area Transit make between $!2/hour to a high of $16.47/hour – which makes the lowest paid transit drivers in the state, maybe…
Buzz: TDC not going away
Perdido Key Chamber Chairwoman Alison Davenport doesn’t have to worry about the Tourism Development Commission going way. It was formed by legislative act and can’t be easily dissolved without also doing away…
Buzz: Old Stinky gone by Feb 2012
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Executive Director Steve Sorrell told the Chamber board yesterday that the demolition contractor is onsite and the Main Street Sewage Treatment Plant should be demolished in six months.
Buzz: More come forward on Hizer
I received confirmation from an independent source that Denis McKinnon and Chamber CEO Jim Hizer met with shortly after Hizer started at the Chamber. The issue of separating the tourism from the…
Buzz: Hixer may have known about TDC meetings
I’ve been contacted by more than one Chamber insider who have described a February management team meeting at the Pensacola Chamber where Ed Schroeder instructed to provide research and assistance to the…
Buzz: Mayor creates Pensacola challenge coin
Mayor Ashton Hayward now carries a challenge coin bearing the seal of the City of Pensacola. For a military town like Pensacola that are fitting. A challenge coin is a medallion that…