Wisdom prevailed at the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meeting last night. Rather than negotiate the percentages of how the Local Option Gas Tax revenues will be distribution with the city…
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Gas tax allocation may be tabled
After watching today’s discussion of what is a fair allocation of the local option gas tax revenues for the next 10 years, the commmissioners had more questions than answers. For the city…
Lopez-Cantera challenges Murphy to debate on Iran deal (podcast)
Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera called on Representative Patrick Murphy to join him at a joint town hall with Florida voters so Murphy could explain his embrace of Barack Obama’s reckless Iran concessions….
City of Gulf Breeze funds street paving using other sources, not just gas taxes
Gulf Breeze City Manager Buz Eddy told Inweekly that the city of Gulf Breeze spends about $450,000 on paving and sidewalks. Half of the expenditures are funded by the city’s allocation of…
Big drop in city transportation expenditures over the past five years
Included with Olson’s letter is a spreadsheet that shows how the old allocation formula was calculated in 2006. The city expenditures were much higher from 2001-2005 than they have been the past…
Mayor Hayward and Olson fight to keep old tax allocation
Yesterday afternoon, Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson sent Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown a letter requesting the county continue the current Local Option Gas Tax allocation of 18.22 percent. He also included…
How Escambia County calculated gas tax allocation
Amy Lovoy, Assistant County Administrator, calculated the new allocation formula for Local Option Gas Tax revenue. Here are the notes she provided with her spreadsheet: Attached are the distribution percentages based on…
Bad News: City could lose $1 million-plus in local option gas tax
City of Pensacola may lose $1,086,400 in local option gas tax revenue if the Escambia Board of County Commissioners passes a proposed resolution to adjust the formula used to allocate the gas…
City releases new policy for federal emails (update)
Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson sent out this email to city department heads: After consultation with the City Attorney I am clarifying my email dated 7/7/2015 10:46 AM. The procedures mandated by…
Pensacola Speaks: Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera takes on Rep. Murphy over Iran deal
Yesterday, Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy came out in favor of the Iran nuclear deal, calling it “the toughest decision of my time in Congress.” Murphy, who is running for the U.S. Senate…
State Capital Briefs: Pot Petitions, Redistricting
From: THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA MARIJUANA INITIATIVE HEADED TOWARD COURT REVIEW Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana appear to have submitted enough petition signatures to spur a…
State Attorney: City needs to rewrite federal email policy
Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson has to rethink his policy on how city employees  handle emails from federal accounts after the State Attorney’s office notified him that his July 7 mandate was…