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Independent NewsNegative ads appear to work, Hill surging ahead in latest poll
SaintPetersblog.com is reporting that Mike Hill has surged to a 12-point lead in the House District 2 GOP primary over former Gulf Breeze mayor Ed Gray, with Hill receiving 36 percent of respondents’ support and Gray receiving 24 percent. Former Pensacola City Councilman Jack Nobles is in third [...]
Commissioner Barry’s Town Hall
Escambia County District 5 Commissioner Steven Barry will hold an open forum town hall meeting on Monday. The May 13 town hall is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., in the Ransom Middle School cafeteria. The school is located at 1000 West Kingsfield Road, in Cantonment. For more information, contact [...]
Mike Hill gets taste of his own medicine
In Republican primary for House District 2, Mike Hill and his supporters have taken several swings at Ed Gray and Jack Nobles. As we get closer the May 14 vote, Hill's supporters have focused the most on Gray, the frontrunner. Yesterday, District 2 Republicans started to receive in the mail a [...]
Auditor waiting on info from Amex to close gift card investigation
Escambia Clerk of Courts released this letter from Saltmarsh, Cleaveland and Gund to the Greater Pensacola Chamber: Mr. Gary Huston, Treasurer Greater Pensacola Chamber 117 West Garden Street Pensacola, Florida 32502 The purpose of this letter is to update you on the status of our review of [...]
Boy Scouts’ Late Night with City Council
After an expected 6-3 vote on the first ordinance, everyone knew how the rest of the evening would go. The Pensacola City Council would hold steady on the first reading of a group of ordinances that some say target the area’s homeless. “This is like a bad dream,” said Councilman Charles [...]
ECAT launches student wheels pass,
Press Release: Students can ride for $25 from Memorial Day till Labor Day. Representatives from Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) are proud to announce the launch of the Student Summer Wheels pass. The program is intended to introduce youth to multiple modes of transportation and provides them [...]
Zac Brown has his own Landshark can
Landshark Lager is giving fans of Zac Brown Band a unique, all-access pass to the band this summer. The Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band will be featured on special, limited-edition 16 oz. Landshark Lager cans. Three can designs will be released throughout the summer, with the first can hitting [...]
At-Large and Homeless
The Pensacola City Council will consider this evening if the dropping of its two at-large seats should be put before voters, and also continue discussing a trio of proposed ordinances that prohibit activities such as sleeping in public and using public restrooms for bathing. This will be the [...]
$hovel Ready
The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee heard from the Greater Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce this week and got a feel for the organization’s preferences for spending Clean Water Act fines resulting from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Chamber CEO Jim Hizer listed two [...]
Transition audit blasts Magaha
After she was sworn in as Escambia County Clerk of Court, Pam Childers engaged Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC to perform an independent evaluation of compensation practices and other internal control matters of her predecessor, Ernie Lee Magaha, who had been the Clerk since 1957. The audit report was [...]
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Announces New Leadership
Press Release: The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of Lieutenant General Duane D. Thiessen, USMC (Ret) as the new President and CEO of the Foundation beginning June 4, 2013. He replaces Vice Admiral Gerald L. Hoewing, USN (Ret) who is transitioning to President [...]
Hertz to relocate to Lee County
Press Release: Yesterday, the Hertz Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark P. Frissora, Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope were joined by a host of community leaders to announce that the Hertz Corporation will move its headquarters to Estero in Lee County, [...]