Escambia County Commissioners Wilson Robertson, Marie Young and Kevin White will be installed on 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Escambia County Government Complex. The School Board of Escambia County will…
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PJC to offer Bachelor degrees
Press Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Pensacola Junior College Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to pursue the offering of baccalaureate degrees. “This is an expansion of our mission that will allow…
CMP environmental permits by 12/31/08
From Ed Spears,Neighborhood & Economic Development Administrato, City of Pensacola : At today’s Board of Trustees meeting, Mr. Larry O’Donnell of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection came in person, to provide…
CMPA sets timeline for Master Developer contract
At today’s Board meeting, the Trustees approved the following timeline for the consideration of the Master Developer Agreement: 12/1/08 – 1 p.m. Special CMPA meeting. Draft Agreement with Master Developer received from…
Boone Report: McNesby must disperse campaign funds by Nov. 24
By IN reporter Sean Boone According to current Escambia County Supervisor of Elections campaign finance records, Sheriff Ron McNesby has more than $90,000 in campaign funds left over from this year’s Sheriff’s…
County may repeal Wayne-Dalton exemption
The County Attorney is looking at whether the County Commission can repeal the 2008 tax exemption it gave Wayne-Dalton last March. If the County Attorney rules that they can do so, it…
CMP Consultant’s Memo
M E M O R A N D U M TO: CMPA Board of Directors FROM: Owen M. Beitsch, PhD, AICP, CRE DATE: November 11, 2008 RE: Status of Negotiations Concerning Maritime…
What’s wrong with America
We are becoming a nation that can’t or doesn’t read. We are an illiterate or semi-literate society. Over 42 million American adults can’t read – the number is growing by 2 million…
Boone report: Halcorp may get extension
by IN reporter Sean Boone Next week City Council will decide if the 20-year Halcorp contract for the Port of Pensacola–which expires this year–should be renewed. Since coming on board with the…
Downtown library has been budgeted since 1999
I’ve reviewed the City of Pensacola Capital Improvement Plan. The city’s website has budgets only as far back as 2003-04. Then plan shows the city had $4 million budgeted for a new…
Buzz: Century factory
Got this email: Someone close to Patel told me that what was really going to be produced are “EV Ports” that are going to be installed at their hotels for people to…
Lawsuit filed over fishing bridge
Pensacola Bay Fishing Bridge, Inc. has filed a suit against Escambia County over how the county handled the FEMA funds for rebuilding the fishing bridge near the Visitor Center on the north…
County comptroller once handled ECSO finances
According Lisa Bernau, the chief deputy in the Escambia County Clerk/Comptroller’s office, their agency has handled the accounting/budget functions for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office when Joe Flowers was the county comptroller….
Pensacola deserves more from Jerralds
It’s ironic that on the day we publish a story about a new African-American leader who built a bipartisan campaign team (Lumon May), PNJ columnist Reggie Dogan writes how John Jerralds tried…
Psst, PNJ is chasing after the Wayne Dalton story, too
I think we’re ahead of them on this one. Expect to see it in tomorrow’s paper. Do you think the blog will get credit for breaking the story?
Wayne-Dalton has $244,500 in tax exemptions
In 2003, Escambia County Board of County Commissioners gave Wayne-Dalton a property tax exemption for creating 43 jobs – estimated tax exemption about $186,000 annually. In 2008, the BOCC gave the company…
Oops, Donovan campaigner has criminal past
Yesterday, PNJ reporter Jamie Paige exposed Tim Eagan, a Pensacola decorative concrete worker, who created a $1 billion private development plan for the Port of Pensacola that includes a cruise ship port,…
Dalton has tax exemption from the county
On March 6, 2008, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners held public hearing for consideration of adopting an Ordinance establishing an Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Wayne-Dalton Corporation, for…
Boone report: Wayne Dalton restructuring
by IN Reporter Sean Boone The Wayne Dalton company, the worlds leader in garage door manufacturing, will be suspending most of its plant operations in Ellison Field effective Jan. 16, 2009. The…
Consolidation keeps rolling
From Escambia All for One Ladies and Gentlemen, We’ve all been working hard to understand the needs of the citizens of our city and county. After receiving generous support from the Citizens…