Author: Rick Outzen
NWFL Cold Storage owes $220K, $167K over 120 days
We have received the Accounts Receivable Aging Summary As of 2/15/13 for the Port of Pensacola. The total receivables are $518,513.96—42 percent of that is…
Buzz: Northwest Florida Cold Storage shut down
Sources close to the Port of Pensacola have told the Independent News that Northwest Florida Cold Storage has shut down. We requested yesterday the port’s…
Irony: Gun Rally to be held a memorial site for a man killed by a gun
A Gun Rights Rally has been scheduled for the City of Pensacola’s MLK Plaza, which honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated on…
Scott gives area $665,000 for Defense Grants
The Greater Pensacola Chamber is getting $250,000 to establish a center of excellence for information dominance to stimulate science and technology research. The Andrews Institute…
And AirTran may be leaving Pensacola airport
PNJ’s Carlton Proctor reported yesterday that “well-placed local sources close to City Hall” have told him that Southwest is pulling its subsidiary AirTran from Pensacola…
EW Bullock better contract for Pensacola airport than Zimmerman
I finished my comparison of the marketing costs for the Pensacola Airport under The Zimmerman Agency and the prior ad agency, EW Bullock Associates The…
Fr. Jack Gray passes away
Nancy Fetterman sent me an email that Fr. Jack Gray, the retired pastor of St. Anne’s Catholic Church on Saufley Field Road and a chaplain…
City paid The Zimmerman Agency $430K, 84.9 percent of advertising bills
I’ve spent the past two days analyzing the paid The Zimmerman Agency invoices, which total $943,242.43 through Feb. 11. The invoices were received through a…
Commissioner May and Ministers to Reach Out Montclair Community
Press Release: Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May, District 3, will join a group of local ministers in the Montclair neighborhood Friday, February 15. This free…
Firefighters: Retirement of FL Public Employees in Jeopardy
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A proposal to change the retirement benefits of public employees, such as teachers and firefighters,…
CMPA agenda has YMCA and ‘Maritime Park Financial Report’ as discussion items
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING Wednesday, Feb.13, 2013 – 1:30 p.m. AGENDA I. Call to Order – Chairman’s Comments II. Approval of the Minutes III. Open…
Wait, there’s more on The Zimmerman Agency. A second binder?
Another email: Rick, Bill Reynolds asked me to relay to you that we are currently in the process of compiling all Zimmerman records into a…
City disputes post that mayor pulled Oliver from CMPA
Rick, Not sure where you are getting your information. Mayor Hayward did not ask that anything be pulled from the agenda for today’s CMPA meeting….
What does TZA ‘binder’ really tells us?
Yesterday, Mayor Ashton Hayward and his City Administrator Bill Reynolds released the ‘binder’ that Reynolds says documents the city’s troubles with the ad agency that…
Mayor Hayward asks to pull Oliver report from CMPA meeting
The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees will not hear a presentation from former County Administrator Randy Oliver at its meeting today. Mayor Ashton…
Environmental Lecture Tonight
Sustainable Gulf Coast and 350 Pensacola are hosting a talk this evening by Samantha Sexton, Florida Representative of the Gulf of Mexico Fish Conservation Campaign….
State wants further audit of Okaloosa County finances
The state’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee ordered yesterday a countywide audit of all Okaloosa County finances as well as an audit of the Clerk of…
Tiger Bay Club seeks members with ‘Wet Your Feet’ special
PANHANDLE TIGER BAY CLUB Press Release: We have a new membership program this year. It is a one-time special for new members only: four meetings…
Blue Wahoo Job Fair at Greater Little Rock today
As Opening Day approaches for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the team has to jobs fairs this week to hire over 100 associates for the upcoming…
Ever’man Co-op Elections
Ever’man Natural Foods Co-op is currently holding an election for its Board of Directors. The election period runs from Feb. 1 through Feb. 14. Current…


