The University of Iowa Press book Dubuque’s Forgotten Cemetery: Excavating a Nineteenth-century Burial Ground in a Twenty-first-century City by Robin M. Lillie and Jennifer E. Mack has been awarded the 2017 Society…
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Pensacola: The Historic Elections of 1951
by Diane Mack, president of The Institute for Women in Politics of Northwest Florida On April 24, 1951, voters went to the polls in the Democratic primary election for the Pensacola City…
IN 2015 Rising Star to lead Institute workshop on preparing for politics, Feb. 28
Dr. Jenna Emery, assistant professor of government at UWF and a new Inweekly rising star, will be the lead facilitator at an interactive leadership workshop for women sponsored by the Institute for…
Taxi Issue Put Off
Yesterday City Council decided to hold off on approving an amendment to an ordinance that would effect taxicab operations. The amendment to Ch. 7-10 of the Vehicles for Hire law brought forth…
What to expect in the mayor’s race
Conventional political wisdom says that an incumbent must have 45 percent of the primary vote to win a run-off. If this holds true, then Mike Wiggins is in trouble. However, there are…
Diane Mack’s Vision Statement and Campaign Platform
We published Ashton Hayward’s plan in the Buzz last week. Here is Diane Mack’s platform: Pensacola 2011-2014 Diane Mack for Mayor Vision Statement & Campaign Platform A VISION OF PENSACOLA City of…
Mack comments on petition drive
COMMENTARY ON THE PETITION DRIVE Diane Mack City Councilwoman 7/14/10 Imagine you are the president of a technology company and that you are planning to move your business to the Gulf Coast….
Pensacola Promise is before City Council today – 3:15
Councilwoman Maren DeWeese will present her committee’s proposal for making it possible for City of Pensacola high school graduate to attend college. She is on the Committee of the Whole agenda for…
Buzz: Lewis to file against Hall
Although nothing has been posted on the Supervisor of Elections website, Christopher J. Lewis is rumored to be running against Councilman Sam Hall for the at-large council seat to be vacated by…
Stafford is not running
Spoke with Supervisor of Elections David Stafford. He has decided not to run for Pensacola mayor. “My wife and I had time to really talk it about this weekend and we decided…
Mack prefiles for mayor
Pensacola City Councilwoman Diane Mack prefiled this morning to run for mayor in the November election.The inside buzz is that she wanted to file prior to vote on the mayor’s salary –…
Buzz: City musical chairs
This is the buzz on the Pensacola city elections. We are expecting to see people file for the mayor’s race before the end of the month. Mayor Mike Wiggins appears to be…