IN interviewed Kelly Robinson to find out what really happened in 2007 when Commissioner Gene Valentino removed him for the Santa Rosa Island Authority board. The heart of the problem was the…
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Unpaid Pensacola Beach taxes
Tax Collector Janet Holley presented at today’s agenda workshop a summary of the outstanding property taxes from Pensacola Beach leaseholders. All Pending Beach Litigation Cases – taxes from 2004-2007 Unpaid: County $8,100,419.33…
Throwing Stones
The Santa Rosa Island Authority allowed developers to build huge highrise condominiums in the core commercial and entertainment area of Pensacola Beach. Now the owners are upset that the bands are playing…
What ever happened to condo-hotels?
Last spring, Pensacola Beach, the Santa Rosa Island Authority and the Escambia county commission debated and studied for weeks whether to allow the new lodging hybrid – the condo-hotel – on Pensacola…
20 years still no beach parking
The daily newspaper has an article on the Santa Rosa Island Authority asking the county commission for $10 million for more beach parking. The key paragraph that really speaks to local government’s…
Biggest Pensacola Wins
Where did the greater Pensacola area have its biggest wins last week? The Santa Rosa Island Authority finally looking at plans for a public parking garage on Pensacola Beach; Derrick Brooks being…
Beach parking garage plan
The Pensacola daily had an article on a proposed parking garage for Pensacola Beach. Here is a drawing of the garage’s location from Baskerville Donovan Engineers. This is just one location being…
Why? Why? Why?
The Santa Rosa Island Authority avoided any decision on redefining hotels and condos on Pensacola Beach tonight. Why? The word I got was the board members were informed by the Escambia County…
Four Penny Opera
The February 17, 2000 issue of the Independent was devoted to the additional penny being added to the bed tax – the tax added on condo rentals and hotel rates – and…
SRIA considers parking garage
Back in 2000, Escambia County passed an additional 1-cent bed tax for a soccer complex and Pensacola Beach convention center with a parking garage. The county commissioners figured a way out of…
SRIA will decide what’s a hotel
SRIA chairman Vernon Prather is drafting an ordinance to define what is a hotel room. The broad will discuss and vote on it at its May 8th meeting. What’s at stake: Pensacola…
SRIA pays for drowning
In 2001, the Santa Rosa Island Authority resisted pressure to increase lifeguard protection on Pensacola Beach. Less than a half mile of Pensacola Beach’s 8.5 miles of shoreline was guarded that year…