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Even Kevin White gets it
ECUA approve the Dale Perkins 5 Point 3 Point Plan yesterday, 3-2. Perkins, McCovery & Walker voted for Fort Perkins. Benson and Fink voted "No." In the PNJ (), Esc. Co. commissioner Kevin White is quoted: "I have a hard time explaining to people with septic tanks why they should pay for a new [...]
Tax & Spend County wants to raise taxes for fire
The PNJ reports Escambia County was to form advisory committees that will review and ultimately support raising the fees (taxes) paid for fire protection. ( Officials consider fire rate increase) Now residents pay $75 a year; businesses are charged about 3 cents a square foot for their annual [...]
Touart told county has problems
County Administrator George Touart met with the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce this week. The word we've gotten is that Touart was told that his employees were holding up development in the county. Something this paper and others have said for years, but George has refused to do anything [...]
Broward/Palm Beach New Times: Crist denies tryst
The GOP staffer, 21-year-old Jason Wetherington, told friends at separate social functions in August that he had sex with Crist, according to two credible and independent sources who heard Wetherington make the claim first-hand. Wetherington, who recently worked as a field director for [...]
Tell ECUA Board to move Main St. Plant….no more games
Call or email (click on names for email addresses) Chairman Mr. Logan Fink District One (850) 944-1941 Term expires November 2008 Vice Chairman Mr. Elvin McCorvey District Three (850) 206-0642 Term expires November 2008 Member Mr. Dale Perkins – Fortress Builder District [...]
Plans for Fort Perkins revealed
ECUA board member Dale Perkins has told us that if the city and county don't fork over $38 million each then he plans to fortify the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant. Here the plans for the fortified plant which we we renamed "Fort Perkins"
Sam Hall joins blogosphere
The Link is Pensacola Underdog. Hall (Candidate for PNS City Council) was part of the Stop Our City brain trust. He also spoke strongly against the CRA prior to waterfront park vote....strangely it's no longer on his campaign flyers or his blog. Earlier Blog posts on Hall: Donovan [...]
Saufley Landfill misses deadline…again
The Saufley Landfill is not complying with a judge's orders to meet the terms of its permit. Neighbors of the West Pensacola landfill have fought for months to shut it down after a fire there focused attention on the dump. Neighbors considered the operation [...]
Healthcare solution: free check-ups
The NY Times is reporting today that some hospital systems are experimenting with free preventative care to reduce the much higher write-offs of emergency room admissions - as a means of dealing with the uninsured. Denver’s public system, Denver Health, has 41,000 uninsured patients enrolled in [...]
St. Pete Times: Davis scores in debate
Adam Smith, political writer for St. Petersburg Times, analyzes the Crist-Davis debate - Davis scores points, but is it too late?
Obrien misses much of Touart-Magaha feud
PNJ Columnist Mark O'Brien missed 75% of the story of the legal battle between Touart-Whitehead and Clerk of Courts Ernie Lee Magaha - Escambia officials in court. Whitehead - gets butt beat in 2002 election by Magaha and has to wait 2 years to get back in office as county [...]
Perkins has done this before
In 2001, ECUA, DEP and International Paper were working an agreement for $92 million project to build a pipeline that would take IP's wastewater away from Eleven Mile Creek and instead filter it through a wetlands area. ECUA only had to pay about 25% of the project which included a new wastewater [...]
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