Author: Rick Outzen
Pension buying CMPA bonds may work
The idea (Read Outtakes) is gaining momentum. Pensacola City Council member Maren DeWeese has asked Dick Barker to bring to the council his recommendations for…
Compass Bank Robbery (photos)
At approximately 9:00 A.M this morning, a white male walked into the Compass Bank located at 6701 N. Davis Hwy and presented a note to…
Broxson pre-qualifies for Evers seat
Press Release: Broxson Pre-Qualifies for State Representative, District One. Midway resident and local businessman Douglas Broxson 59, has pre-qualified to campaign for the seat of…
Fabre responds to Chimes Way award
From: Frank J. Fabre, P.E., P.S.M. Fabre Engineering & Surveying RE: Chimes Way Park Design and Selection of Professional Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors Chimes…
Air tanker deal may be shot down
CQ Politics is reporting that the White House directed the Pentagon to delay procurement of air refueling tankers by five years and cancel plans for…
ECSO Prostitution Sweep (photos)
Last night, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office did a prostitution sweep of the county. Here are the photos of the johns and the prostitutes that…
You read it first here
Today’s News Journal is like reading last week’s blog. Front page tells you that there is a signed developer agreement on the CMPA. It doesn’t…
Beitsch reviews signed agreement
How does the developer agreement between the City and the Maritime Park Developers answer the concerns that City Manager Al Coby expressed to the Pensacola…
Economic Development Update
From Charles Wood, Pensacola Chamber VP: * ATCOM Meeting – Our armed services department held their Defense Aerospace and Technology Committee (DATCOM) meeting last week….
Buzz: CMPA has signed developer agreement
Last night, CMPA/City of Pensacola reached agreement with the proposed master developer, Maritime Park Development Partners. The agreement needs approval by the CMPA board and…
Radical idea – invest in Pensacola
INVEST PENSACOLA This is a radical idea, one that really requires people thinking “outside of the box.†Why we don’t have the city pension funds…
Dead birds on Palafox
Dead birds are dotting the sidewalk along South Palafox Street. It’s a strange, eerie sight. None have been given parking tickets…yet.
Be a part of history
There will one permanent marker of this City’s 450th Celebration – the DeLuna statue at the foot of Palafox. Fiesta of Five Flags/Celebrate Pensacola are…
Buzz: Purge coming at School District
There are rumblings that Escambia County Superintendent Malcolm Thomas will be moving his people into Administration. Several Jim Paul people will be not have their…
Update on Stimulus package
From Jerry Maygarden: COMMUNIQUE CAPITOL HILL GROUP Wednesday, March 04, 2009 TALLAHASSEE—The process for distributing federal stimulus funds to state and local governments remains elusive….
Geography of a Recession
NY Times has a cool graphic – The Geography of a Recession Escambia County has the worst unemployment in the area: Escambia County, FL 7.7%…
Fabre challenges park design award
As I reported earlier, County staff is recommending that the Chimes Way Park Design project be awarded to the Hilton Head Island firm Wood+Partners. On…
Oops, city pensions lost another $40M
At its committee meetings last week, City Finance Director Dick Barker told the Pensacola City Council that the city pension funds have lost about another…
Public pensions are a national issue
Bloomberg.com reports: Public pensions in the U.S. had total liabilities of $2.9 trillion as of Dec. 16, according to the Center for Retirement Research at…
CMPA attorney comments on Bell ruling
Ed Fleming, who represented the Community Maritime Park Associates, has issued this statement on Judge Frank Bell’s ruled in favor of the CMPA: Judge Bell…
