The Pensacola City Council chambers were packed. Staff actually opened up the employee breakroom on the second floor to televise the ceremonies for the overflow crowd. Mayor Mike Wiggins presided over the…
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DeWeese upsets Pratt for council prez
Maren DeWeese upset Megan Benson Pratt in a 5-4 vote to become the first Pensacola City Council president. The swing vote wasn’t Ron Townsend, but PC Wu. I talked with Wu at…
Buzz: Sunday shooting
A robbery victim, Cornell Stallworth, Jr., shot and killed one of his attackers early Sunday morning, January 9. According to investigators, 29-year-old Eddie Lloyd Peterson of Pensacola, was shot once at about…
Watson added to Hayward transition team
In case you missed it, retired educator Jerome Watson was added last week to Ashton Hayward’s transition team, just time for the article in the daily newspaper. His appointment doubled the number…
Hayward reduces 20 solutions to six priorities
According to the daily newspaper, Ashton Hayward, who will be sworn in today as the mayor of Pensacola, has reduced (temporarily?) his 20 Solutions for 2011 to six priorities for his administration:…
Operation Clean Sweep
The daily newspaper is running this Sunday a story on an area it calls “The Badlands.” It just happens to coincide with a ECSO sweep of the area the following Thursday. Interesting…
Property Appraiser’s Office Open Saturdays
Press Release: Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones said today the main property appraiser’s office will be open Saturday’s from 9 a.m. until noon through the March 1st deadline, for citizens wishing…
Why Maren DeWeese wants council presidency?
Press release issued by Councilwoman DeWeese: I am honored that Council Member Pratt and Council Member-Elect Spencer have nominated me for the role of Council President. I look forward to the Council’s…
Townsend swing vote
It’s a draw for the Council presidency. The decider will be Ronald Townsend. Sam Hall: Megan Pratt, John Jerralds, PC Wu and Sam Hall Maren DeWeese: Larry Johnson, Brian Spencer, Sherri Myers…
Will Grand Jury investigate MPDP?
Yesterday, we broke the news on this blog that Maritime Park Development Partners filed suit against Community Maritime Park Associates. The lawsuit was expected after the CMPA board evoked a clause in…
Buzz: Where did Perdido funds come from?
Where did the county get the funds for the new $5 million chamber building/firehouse? From the Local Sales Option Tax, but the original budget for the meeting room and expansion was only…
MPDP files suit against CMPA
Maritime Park Development Partners filed yesterday a lawsuit against Community Maritime Park Associates. Case No. 2011 CA 000012.
UWF fails to make best value list
Six Florida public universities are listed among the 100 `best values’ by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. 2. The University of Florida 11. New College of Florida 20. Florida State University 33. University of…
BP: Show us the contracts
Mobile Press Register:The Center for Justice and Democracy A nonprofit group on Tuesday asked Gulf Coast attorneys general to pressure the Gulf Coast Claims Facility and BP PLC to release all documents…
Buzz: Suter expansion
Parents are excited to hear that Suter Elementary will be expanding, replacing the trailers with “bricks and mortar.” This is seen as a victory for Board member Patty Hightower, who fought hard…
Hayward Pledge-o-meter
The St. Petersburg Times has established its GOP Pledge-O-Meter to track the campaign promises of the Republican Congress and Gov. Rick Scott. The 2010 election for Pensacola mayor was the first time…
2010 Top Political Stories: Demise of Consolidation
Consolidation ended with a loud thud in early 2010. Twenty or thirty years ago, the heavy-handed, backroom politics used by some of the proponents for consolidating the governments of Escambia County, Century…
2010 Top Political Stories: Behind the scenes of BP disaster
The BP disaster, the largest man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history, maybe even world history, heads most media’s list of top news stories, but the behind scenes political maneuvers of the crisis…
2010 Top Political Stories: Election of Ashton Hayward
Note: Over the next few days, I will analyze what I see as this area’s top political stories for 2010. Election of Ashton Hayward By far this is the top political story…
Did you notice PNJ changed top story list?
In November, the Pensacola News Journal’s business monthly paper, Pensacola Business Journal, published its list of top 10 business stories for 2010 (Read). Yesterday, the PNJ reordered the list, publishing only the…