Independent NewsPosts Tagged ‘Pensacola’
Message from Maren DeWeese to her supporters
We Win! We Win! What an amazing journey this past 3 months has been. We walked our neighborhoods, knocked on doors, and we asked in simple terms for our neighbors to trust me with Pensacola's future. I have been given a gift by the people of District 3 and I am ready to get to work on [...]
Boone Report: Shumak-Who?
by IN Reporter Sean Boone Relatively unknown in the Pensacola political scene, City Council Dist. 7 candidate Jacqueline Shumaker was able to force a runoff on Nov. 25 with incumbent Ronald Townsend after neither was able to capture a majority of votes necessary to win in the general [...]
Will Jack fight for council seat?
Jack Nobles did not campaign to keep his city council seat. He took vacations and attended FSU football games on the weekends. He did call his buddies and family for money. He printed up a few signs ($2,910) and spent $7,465 on a mailer and postcards. On the day of election, he got upset that Diane [...]
Let’s look at the council reports
For the last reporting period - 10/11-10/30/08: Dist. 1: P.C. Wu $1,350.00 --- Mary P Studer $400; RGK Investments $100, Allied Waste $200, SBP (plumbing) $500, Miller Caldwell, Jr. $150 Bob Walker: $0.00 Dist. 2: Sam Hall $390.00 ---Deborah Caldwell$100.00, Jay Taylor $50.00,Int'l Black [...]
At-large 9 last reports
Megan Pratt wins the prize for best fund-raising - $14,678.67. It's Who's Who of Pensacola. There is $3000 loan from Pratt to her campaign. Plus in-kind of $728.67 from Collier Merrill and the Fish House and another $1000 in-kind from Thomas and Jane Birdwell - BPM Marketing. Wendell Rich [...]
At-Large 8 last reports
Joe Buehler has strong backing from the commercial real estate industry. He reports contributions of $3003 this last period. Beck Properties $500 cash, $453 in-kind. The commercial real estate organization, NW FL NAIOP PAC, $500. Rockford Group $500. Diane Mack reports receiving $2,395 - from [...]
Loans and In-kind feed last mayor reports
In the Pensacola mayoral race, C.J. Lewis loaned his campaign $5,000 and got a $50 campaign check during this last campaign reporting period, 10/11/2008 - 10/30/2008. Mike Wiggins loaned his campaign $3000 and received $2,000 in checks. Eric Schmitz got $500 in-kind contribution for the [...]
League makes recommendations on city charter
The League of Women Voters has issued a white paper on the City of Pensacola Charter, complete with footnotes. It chastises the city council for not being responsive or leading: Evaluation of the City of Pensacola and its government under the League’s non-partisan policy and standards shows [...]
Buzz: Fighting for city pensions
Someone is calling former and current city workers and saying that Megan Pratt - City Council candidate- wants to do away with all city pensions. Not true, but this goes to show once again how resistant this town is to change. We are paying $13.8 million a year for pensions in a town of less [...]
PNJ endorsement of Nobles catching heat
From opponent Diane Mack: Dear friends and supporters, The News Journal's endorsement this morning of Jack Nobles defies reason and understanding--but that's the News Journal for you! Not only does the editorial board ignore his 14-year record on council, but they are entirely out of touch [...]
Bailey: current charter hurts city
Former CRA director says city charter limits problem solving By: Michael Rutschky The Pensacola City Charter inhibits the city’s people and government from successfully working together to solve tough problems, Pensacola architect David Bailey told the Charter Review Commission at their [...]
Factoid: Jacksonville City Council
The Jacksonville council has 19 members. The city is divided into 14 districts of nearly equal population and each of these districts elects a single council member. The other five council members represent the entire community "at large." The single member districts serve an average of 50,000 [...]