Two interesting exchanges from the CMPA board meeting last week. The first is board member Grace McCaffery questioning whether Board member Katie White should abstain from voting on the recommendation from Ed…
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Pa. museum wants NAS planes
Centre Daily Times reports that the Wings of Freedom Museum in Horsham, Pa. is trying to strike a deal with the Navy to keep about a half-dozen planes on loan from the…
A Tale of Two Claims
From an IN Reader: A decade ago, I borrowed money from my family, took a second mortgage on my house, and risked and sacrificed everything I had to start a business in…
Buzz: Rhee on Scott team?
One rumor coming from Tallahassee is that former Washington. D.C., schools chief Michelle Rhee will head education for Gov.-elect Rick Scott. That would shake things up.
Unanswered MPDP questions
CMPA attorney Ed Fleming has one month to complete his investigation into the contract performance and contract formation of Maritime Park Development Partners, the developer of the Community Maritime Park. With subpoena…
Nodine Trial: ME says manner of Downs’ death “inconclusive”
Lagniappe, Mobile’s alt-weekly, reports on Friday in the Stephen Nodine murder trial. The former Mobile County Commissioner is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend Angel Downs. The first week of…
CMPA votes 9-2 to cancel MPDP for convenience
The Community Maritime Park Associate Board of Directors voted 9-2, after over 90 minutes of discussion, to terminate Maritime Park Development Partners, LLC as the project coordinator for the public construction. MPDP…
Another homicide
Press Release: A man was shot and killed around 11:30 pm Thursday, December 8, near the intersection of Tower Terrace and Tower Road. Deputies responded to the Kangaroo Convenience Store, located at…
Day 3: Nodine murder trial
Cpl. Daniel Steelman of Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office testified yesterday at the murder trial of former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine for the May 9 death of his girlfriend Angel Downs. Steelman…
MPDP: “Betrayal and Disappointment”
The one person that has been consistently mentioned in both the Request for Qualification and Request for Proposal is Cynthia Griffith, Saxet Realty. Her role per the RFQ was in charge of…
Another problem for MPDP, Davison
The development agreement between CMPA and MPDP has an assignment clause: “Article XVIII, Section 18.01 Assignments. The Developer shall have not have the right to assign its rights and obligations under this…
Panama City hires attorney, gets $1.2M from BP
The Pensacola City Council has been afraid to hire a law firm to represent it against the BP for the city’s lost revenue. Meanwhile Panama City hired a firm, Nix, Patterson and…
Buzz: Heaton/MPDP offers pass-through deal?
George Hawthorne, who drafted the EBO agreement for the MPDP/CMPA, will report to the Community Maritime Park Associates board today that he and Greg Green, the subcontractor in PNJ article today and…
Missing Halcyon letter two months after RFQ deadline
Below is the letter from Michael Buckley, Halcyon LTD. The the first page of the letter is a commitment to visit site on June 14, 2007 arriving in Pensacola at 8 a.m….
I was fooled, too, by Davison
I was fooled by Scott Davison. I believe in the Community Maritime Park project. I believe in the Contractor’s Academy. On a Saturday morning over three years ago, I spent four hours…
MPDP partner’s Brass Real Estate lost project in Corpus Christi
Who is Rick Rodriguez and Brass/Magi? The daily newspaper in Corpus Christi, TX ran this article. The article (Oct 2009) says Rodriguez was new to development with three unfinished projects in San…
Nodine trial continues
On Wednesday, the murder of former Mobile County Commissioner and 2009 Mullet Toss champion Steve Nodine resumed. Jurors heard about a 2009 incident when a drunk Nodine caused a scene at the…
Davison surprised by Buckley comments
PNJ reports MPDP VP Scott Davison gave it a letter from Michael Buckley of Halcyon, LTD that Davison says gave him permission to include Buckley on the Land Capital development team. According…
Judge Collier not surprised about Davison
When he heard that Scott Davison may have misrepresented someone as part of his development team in order to qualify to be the master developer of the Community Maritime Park, Judge Lacey…
Buzz: Back off, Outzen
I was sent a message Wednesday night from Tony McCray, who is paid by Maritime Park Development Partners (MPDP) to run their Equal Opportunity Business program, that I better back off MPDP….