Lumpy DeWeese, the political mastermind behind the Maren DeWeese campaign for Pensacola City Council, District 3, worked the Pensacola Fire Department vote hard this weekend. The firefighters have always backed the incumbent…
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McCain talking points on ACORN
Statement by McCain-Palin spokesman Michael Goldfarb on Barack Obama and ACORN: “Just one week ago, the Obama campaign declared that ‘Barack Obama never organized with ACORN.’ According to today’s New York Times,…
Where does Marty Donovan live?
That’s the question that is buzzing around town this weekend. It all started with the PNJ article on the District 4 City Council race. The daily lists Marty’s address as 223 East…
Private sector triggered crisis
McClatchy News Service is reporting that private sector loans triggered the economy meltdown, not Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Federal Reserve Board data show that: * More than 84 percent of the…
Bailey: current charter hurts city
Former CRA director says city charter limits problem solving By: Michael Rutschky The Pensacola City Charter inhibits the city’s people and government from successfully working together to solve tough problems, Pensacola architect…
Trial lawyers back Ford
Wonder why many of the liberal Democratic trial lawyers are backing conservative Republican Clay Ford in his race to be re-elected to state House District 3? Their state association is telling them…
Factoid: Jacksonville City Council
The Jacksonville council has 19 members. The city is divided into 14 districts of nearly equal population and each of these districts elects a single council member. The other five council members…
Ford has no part in push poll
Rep. Clay Ford called the office to say that he was totally unaware of the push poll against Lumon May and is trying to find out who is behind it. “I’ve a…
Dirty campaigns locally
We have gotten several phone calls about a “push” poll that is being run against Democrat Lumon May in his race against incumbent Clay Ford for Florida House District 3. The caller…
Studer on Morning Joe
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program on Tuesday, October 7, will feature a segment on the current financial crisis as it affects the healthcare industry. Quint Studer, founder and CEO of Studer Group will…
Learn about Jacksonville and consolidation
The 2 p.m. session is open to everyone: The Jacksonville Story: A presentation of the history and current state of consolidated government in Jacksonville – Duval County. Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Featuring:…
Watch out Blab, WEAR
Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal, is getting in live webcasting of high school sports according to the Gannett Blog. Extending its live webcasting experiments, Gannett has launched a new high…
McCain campaign strategy or is it a tactic?
McCain campaign is now saying Obama is unfit to be president and nominate U.S. Supreme Court judges because of his past associations – some aren’t as close as the GOP insist –…
Houston paper interviews Al Coby
The Houston Chronicle interviewed interim Pensacola City Manager Al Coby and Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway on advice on how to rebuild Galveston, Tex. after Hurricane Ike. Read more.
2005: Bonfield on pensions
The Pensacola City Council will be hit with this on the campaign trail. These are the numbers then-City Manager Tom Bonfield set P.A. Ucci on pension contributions by the city….please note the…
Ucci say city pension crisis in 2005
P.A. Ucci forwarded this email to me from May 2005: Original Message —– From: paucci To: rbarker@ci.pensacola.fl.us Cc: city Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:28 PM Subject: City Pension Funding The City…
Bayfront Pkwy Retention Pond
The park next to Wall South Memorial may become a retention pond. Here is the letter from interim Pensacola City Manager giving Moulton Properties the authority to develop a retention pond on…
Private sector tapped out, begs local govt
PNJ reports Escambia County commissioners Thursday agreed to contribute $150,000 toward a monument honoring Don Tristan de Luna, the Spanish conquistador who founded Pensacola in 1559. The vote was 4-1, with Commissioner…
Five reasons for economic woes
Robert Trigaux of the St. Pete Times came up with these five reasons for our current economic troubles: 1. Ratings chicanery by groups like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. Some of the…
Mythbuster II
Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford also says that it’s not illegal to wear campaign T-shirts, buttons, hats, etc while you vote….unless you are a poll worker or poll watcher.