Got two phone calls last night from wives of Banjanin & Scarborough. They were automated. Interestingly Peggy Banjanin pushed TomKat’s prior experience in state legislature and that his Escambia Co. commission time…
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Mail Call of House District 3
Yesterday, our mailbox had one mailer from Lynn Hart (no surprise), one from George Scarborough and three from Clay Ford. None from Tom Banjanin or John Mayer. Hart’s – paid for by…
Festival formerly known as Springfest update
City permits are moving along fine, even Councilman Sam Hall called offering help. Got some volunteers to help with designing the web side of the marketing. Sent out a press release to…
Markie O’Brien column review
Hadn’t done one of these in a while. Opens with MOB describing how many bad drivers he saw on his drive from Picadelly Cafeteria at Town & Country Plaza to Baskin &…
Hart flyers and diminishing returns
Got another flyer in the mail from Lyn Hart ….this one had Hart in a Shriner’s mini-car winning the Gulf War – no just kidding. It was on education and how good…
Crist property tax plan
Gov. Charlie Crist announced today significant changes to Florida’s property tax system: Allow homeowners to shift the Save Our Homes tax cap to a new home (portability) Double the homestead exemption to…
IP buzz
International Paper will shutdown in May to switch from white to dark paper. Good news: more profitable, less trees needed, less bleaches used, higher yield. Bad news: fewer employees. Employment drops are…
Rally 2007 -WSRE
WSRE Airing Candidate Forum for Special Election Rally 2007 — Watch, Decide, Vote Pensacola, Fla. — WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, will host and air a live candidate’s forum, “Rally 2007, 
Topless punishment costs City
Pensacola makes Australia news service – news.com.au. & Reuters News Service This is how the world sees Pensacola Cop orders topless punishment January 30, 2007 08:46am A FLORIDA city has agreed to…
Music Festival Press Conference/Party
Apple Annie’s – Seville Quarter 5 – 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 60 Cycles of Sound will play. Cash bar. We’ll announce the basics about our downtown music festival. It will be…
More Hart flyers
On Monday,we received two campaign flyers paid for by Florida’s Mainstreet Merchants: one on property taxes that criticizes the Escambia County, Pensacola and Gulf Breeze governments; the other focused on Hart’s Army…
House District 3 observations – Republican redux
All four candidates are claiming roots in the community – so its a non-issue. Ford has lived here the shortest – still has 15 yrs on GB city council. All have identified…
FYI State writes the check
Daily newspaper missed that the State of Florida will pay for the House District 3 election. Escambia County will be reimbursed for any expenditures. Est. costs $175,000-200,000 for primaries and general election.
Campaign Lit review: Banjanin
Blue & Black type on white card stock. Pictures from the 1980’s. Emphasis on past legislative experience and military. Strangely no mention of Pensacola City Council or Escambia County Commission. May appeal…
Campaign Lit review: Hart
We’ve gotten four mailers from Lyn Hart….putting his campaign war chest to quick use: First one had the tagline: “Roots Matter to trees…” then on back side adds” …and to communities.” Details:…
Campaign Lit review: Ford
Clay Ford nailed it with best and probably most expensive professional mailer to date. Driven to serve people, solve problems: highlights his military career, growing up in Arkansas, law degree, masters in…
Campaign Lit review: Scarborough
The George Scarborough mailer we got last Friday led with this quote: We need a leader who will put taxpayers and homeowners first! It’s time to just say no to special interests…
Strong Mayor to the Ballot!
Portland Mercury reports on Portland, Oregon putting a strong mayor initiative on the ballot: Portland is the last city of its size to still have a “commissioner” form of government, in which…
Racists takeover PNJ website
Today the daily newspaper ran a positive article on the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce naming Pat Brown as its Business Person of the Year. The comments on pnj.com posted…
IN letter dead wrong on ECUA
From Jim McClellan: Rick, the letter in this week’s IN regarding Steve Sorrell was way wrong. I’m going to do a letter for next week, but I would appreciate it if you…