The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees voted today to forward a proposed lease agreement with Justin and Greg Beck for the park’s parcel one on to the Pensacola City Council….
Category: Jeremy’s Notebook
Home(less) Schooling
Prior to considering the collection of proposed “no camping” ordinances currently on their table, members of the Pensacola City Council were provided with a presentation from the EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless….
Parcel One and the Taxman
While members of the Community Maritime Park Associate’s Audit and Operations Committee forwarded a proposed lease with Beck Property Company to the main board, they did suggest making some changes. Primarily, they…
Boy Scouts’ Late Night with City Council
After an expected 6-3 vote on the first ordinance, everyone knew how the rest of the evening would go. The Pensacola City Council would hold steady on the first reading of a…
At-Large and Homeless
The Pensacola City Council will consider this evening whether to put the dropping of its two at-large seats before voters and continue discussing a trio of proposed ordinances that prohibit activities such…
$hovel Ready
The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee heard from the Greater Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce this week and got a feel for the organization’s preferences for spending Clean Water Act fines…
Beck’s CMP Negotiation Tomorrow
Parcel one will be on the table tomorrow morning during a Community Maritime Park Associates negotiation meeting. The meeting will consist of representatives from the city and the CMPA sitting down with…
Backing Out of Backing In
The Downtown Improvement Board decided this morning to back out of downtown’s back-in parking space system. “It was pretty much the result of a fairly broad-based community discussion,” explained Ron Butlin, the…
Council’s CMPA Divide
By Jeremy Morrison… Pensacola City Attorney Jim Messer seemed unclear on exactly what City Councilman Brian Spencer was wanting of him during last night’s Committee of the Whole meeting. “They’re are certain…
Ordinances Finding a Home
As the Pensacola City Council considered blessing a collection of ordinances that are “not directed toward any particular group,†a young woman relayed to them her experience years ago of being homeless….
Who’s Hotter?!!?
Playing on President Barack Obama’s recent comments concerning California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a conservative website has encouraged readers to vote for the country’s “most attractive female attorney general.†Now in the…
Economic Development on RESTORE Agenda
The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting in the county’s downtown administrative building this afternoon. The relocation allows for the meetings to be videoed and broadcast. Today’s…
Homeless Ordinance, Round Two
Last time Mayor Ashton Hayward lobbed such a proposed ordinance onto the table, citizens referred to the effort as “sick,†“bonkers†and “immoral and very, very sad.†Pensacola City Council members called…
House District 2 Race, David Radcliffe
This final District 2 interview is with David Radcliffe. The candidate is in the insurance business and resides in Gulf Breeze. IN: Tell me a little bit about yourself, your background and…
House District 2 Interview: Ed Gray
House District 2 Race, Ed Gray This extended District 2 interview comes from Ed Gray. Gray is the head of Capital Trust Agency and Gulf Breeze Financial Services. He has served as…
House District 2 Race, Jack Nobles
The next interview in the District 2 series is with Jack Nobles. Nobles is a former Pensacola City Councilman—having spent 14 years serving locally—and now he’s shooting for Tallahassee. IN: Tell me…
House Distrcit 2 Race, Mike Hill
The fourth interview in the District 2 series is with Northwest Florida Tea Party President Mike Hill. Hill is a State Farm Insurance agent and lost the District 2 senate primary to…
Possible Playground
Earlier this month, an anonymous donor threw some money on the table in hopes of sparking some generosity to fund a playground at the Community Maritime Park. During the April 17 meeting…
House District 2 Race, Mark Taylor Interview
The second installment of the IN’s extended District 2 interviews features the field’s youngest candidate, Mark Taylor. He is a local businessman and was recently appointed to the Community Maritime Park Board…
The Big Slim Down
Several members of Pensacola’s African-American community expressed concerns Thursday night as the Pensacola City Council considered cutting its two at-large seats. “In the African-American community, we have angst about decreasing representation,†said…
