Category: News
Sabra Thornton free, appeal upheld
The First District Court of Appeals declared Monday that it will not revisit its decision to overturn rheft and grand theft convictions of former Okaloosa…
Angel’s Garden Air Show Celebrates 16 Years
The 16th Annual Angel’s Garden New Beginnings Art Show will be held Sept. 16-18 in Cordova Square park located at 12th Avenue and Gonzalez Street…
TDC membership complies with state law
Through a public record request, I received a April 25 letter from Escambia County Administrator Randy Oliver to TDC chair Denis McKinnon that stated the…
Buzz: Old Stinky gone by Feb 2012
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Executive Director Steve Sorrell told the Chamber board yesterday that the demolition contractor is onsite and the Main Street Sewage Treatment…
Cutting through hidden, some not so hidden, agendas
Yesterday, I made two suggestions to the Executive Committee of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. I spoke as a member of the general…
CBS picks Hooters Vampire story
CBS News website has the story on the Hooters Vampire, adding to the Pensacola image. Read “Vampire” woman bites Fla. man asleep in wheelchair
ECSO looking for leads on 1982 homicide
Sheriff’s Office Investigators are looking for any information regarding the unsolved homicide of 27-year-old Lee Ann Dozier. Dozier’s body was found in a wooded area…
2011 letter to BOCC on Tourism
Three years later, little has changed. The County Commission did its Civic Center study, but still is using bed tax dollars to subsidize the facility…
2008 Letter to BOCC on Tourism
Here is the first of two letters that Ellis Bullock referenced in his statement to the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The first is…
Official Statement to Chamber
Statement to Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee September 12th, 2011 By Ellis W. Bullock and Denis McKinnon First, thank you for giving…
Pensacola Chamber Board meeting: TDC, hotel group speak out
Denis McKinnon, TDC chair, Ellis Bullock, TDC ad firm, and Dave Cleveland of Highpointe Hotels spoke Monday afternoon to the Executive Committee of the Pensacola…
Buzz: More come forward on Hizer
I received confirmation from an independent source that Denis McKinnon and Chamber CEO Jim Hizer met with shortly after Hizer started at the Chamber. The…