Category: News
More Seats Added to Cirque du Soleil Show
Due to popular demand, new seats have been added for both performances to the Pensacola tour stop of Saltimbanco at the Pensacola Bay Center, boosting the arena capacity…
Visit Pensacola Calls for Festival and Event Promotional Support
Press Release: Visit Pensacola, the tourism arm of the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce announced today the availability of an application for Festival and Event…
Pensacola airport bonds downgraded
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the City of Pensacola’s 2008 Airport Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (about $35.2 million outstanding) from to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+,’ according to…
Gaetz maintains GOP majority in Florida Senate
Press Release: Strong Republican Majority Elected to the Florida Senate …GOP Holds 26 of 40 State Senate Seats in First Election with Fair Districts Standards……
County and city governments take another hit on revenues
Florida voters passed three amendments that will expand property tax exemptions. The estimated cost to Escambia County alone is about $1 million next year: These…
All judges retained, Florida Chamber and GOP lose effort to remove
The retention of the Florida Supreme Court justices was a political football. The Florida GOP party wanted to this group replaced after they overturned votes…
Six lessons to take from Nov. 6 election
1. Negative campaigns still don’t work in local races. Hugh King and his handlers did everything they could to discredit Lumon May, including creating a…
Waiting It Out on the Dividing Line
With Florida split down the middle in the presidential race, Republicans and Democrats in Pensacola gathered at their respective Election Day bashes. Both camps were…
No results from Santa Rosa County
It is the black hole of election results. Both Escambia and Okaloosa are posting results online.
Wingate beats Jerralds by 45 votes
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds didn’t believe he had to campaign for re-election. His hubris was his downfall. Gerald Wingate, with all the precincts counted,…
Wingate takes lead over Jerralds
With one precinct left to be reported, Gerald Wingate has a slight lead over incumbent John Jerralds – 1182 to 1168. This will be close.
Jerralds has slight lead over Wingate, less than 100 votes
For Pensacola City Council, incumbent John Jeralds has a slight lead in the early voting over Gerald Wingate: John Jerralds 942 to Gerald C. Wingate…