Escambia County Clerk of Court Pam Childers reports a scam has been occurring in Pensacola and elsewhere in Florida. A person receives a telephone call from someone claiming to be a law…
Category: Politics
Broxson outraising Hill for State Senate seat
Rep. Doug Broxson has raised more than twice the amount of campaign contributions of his GOP opponent, Rep. Mike Hill. According to the Florida Division of Elections, Broxson’s contributions total $282,000, while…
FYI: Pensacola City Council did give itself a raise last night
The Pensacola City Council passed, 6-1, an ordinance that increased the members’ annual salaries to $21,500. Council President Charles Bare was the lone dissenting vote. Councilman Andy Terhaar was absent. The new…
AFL-CIO endorses Casey
Press release: The Northwest Florida Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is excited to announce the endorsement of Jesse Casey. Mr. Casey is running as a candidate for Escambia County Commissioner District 1. After…
Retail association endorses Broxson
Press release: The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) PAC, the state’s premier trade association representing retailers for over 75 years, today announced its endorsement of Doug Broxson for the Florida Senate. Broxson, a…
County makes offer for jail site
by Duwayne Escobedo… After more than two years of haggling about where to rebuild a jail destroyed by flooding in April 2014, the five-member Escambia County Commission finally unanimously picked out a…
Barker adds another wrinkle to gas tax agreement
The Pensacola City Council approved the gas tax allocation plan passed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners with one significant change. The BCC approved using the city’s audited financial reports to…
BCC release on LOGT, Jail
Commission Moves Forward on Gas Tax Sharing, Land Purchase for Jail At a series of meetings today, July 14, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners moved forward on two major community…
Pensacola Speaks: Cris Dosev, ITen Wired
I will open “Pensacola Speaks” today with Congressional candidate Cris Dosev at 5:10 p.m. Dosev will give us an update on his campaign. In the second hall, Jim Rhodes of Appriver will…
Pothole Politics
By Duwayne Escobedo City and county officials played pothole politics for 2 ½ hours Thursday. In the end, the state funding from the 6-cent Local Option Gas Tax for repaving roads inside…
Mayor Hayward recommends $10K raise for Pensacola City Council
Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese has been combing through Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposed FY 2017. She has discovered the mayor has proposed raising the salary of each council member by $10,000…
Pensacola Chamber releases responses to local candidate questionnaire
Today, the Greater Pensacola Chamber released the answers submitted by candidates running for Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners. Candidates were given two weeks to complete the business-focused…