A Gun Rights Rally has been scheduled for the City of Pensacola’s MLK Plaza, which honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee by…
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Scott gives area $665,000 for Defense Grants
The Greater Pensacola Chamber is getting $250,000 to establish a center of excellence for information dominance to stimulate science and technology research. The Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze: $225,000 to provide support…
And AirTran may be leaving Pensacola airport
PNJ’s Carlton Proctor reported yesterday that “well-placed local sources close to City Hall” have told him that Southwest is pulling its subsidiary AirTran from Pensacola International Airport. If so, this could be…
EW Bullock better contract for Pensacola airport than Zimmerman
I finished my comparison of the marketing costs for the Pensacola Airport under The Zimmerman Agency and the prior ad agency, EW Bullock Associates The EWB contract was much less expensive agreement….
Fr. Jack Gray passes away
Nancy Fetterman sent me an email that Fr. Jack Gray, the retired pastor of St. Anne’s Catholic Church on Saufley Field Road and a chaplain at NAS Pensacola, passed away last night….
City paid The Zimmerman Agency $430K, 84.9 percent of advertising bills
I’ve spent the past two days analyzing the paid The Zimmerman Agency invoices, which total $943,242.43 through Feb. 11. The invoices were received through a public records request placed Tuesday, Feb. 5–the…
Commissioner May and Ministers to Reach Out Montclair Community
Press Release: Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May, District 3, will join a group of local ministers in the Montclair neighborhood Friday, February 15. This free event will help promote community togetherness and…
CMPA agenda has YMCA and ‘Maritime Park Financial Report’ as discussion items
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING Wednesday, Feb.13, 2013 – 1:30 p.m. AGENDA I. Call to Order – Chairman’s Comments II. Approval of the Minutes III. Open Forum IV. Action Items 1. CMPA Annual…
Wait, there’s more on The Zimmerman Agency. A second binder?
Another email: Rick, Bill Reynolds asked me to relay to you that we are currently in the process of compiling all Zimmerman records into a central location – this will include emails,…
City disputes post that mayor pulled Oliver from CMPA
Rick, Not sure where you are getting your information. Mayor Hayward did not ask that anything be pulled from the agenda for today’s CMPA meeting. To my knowledge, an agenda has not…
What does TZA ‘binder’ really tells us?
Yesterday, Mayor Ashton Hayward and his City Administrator Bill Reynolds released the ‘binder’ that Reynolds says documents the city’s troubles with the ad agency that Hayward had hired to handle all of…
Mayor Hayward asks to pull Oliver report from CMPA meeting
The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees will not hear a presentation from former County Administrator Randy Oliver at its meeting today. Mayor Ashton Hayward has asked that it be pulled…
Environmental Lecture Tonight
Sustainable Gulf Coast and 350 Pensacola are hosting a talk this evening by Samantha Sexton, Florida Representative of the Gulf of Mexico Fish Conservation Campaign. Here is the press release: Please join…
State wants further audit of Okaloosa County finances
The state’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee ordered yesterday a countywide audit of all Okaloosa County finances as well as an audit of the Clerk of Court’s Office. The Auditing Committee, composed of…
Tiger Bay Club seeks members with ‘Wet Your Feet’ special
PANHANDLE TIGER BAY CLUB Press Release: We have a new membership program this year. It is a one-time special for new members only: four meetings of your choice for $99.00. The dinner…
Ever’man Co-op Elections
Ever’man Natural Foods Co-op is currently holding an election for its Board of Directors. The election period runs from Feb. 1 through Feb. 14. Current members may vote online at http://www.everman.org. Members…
Sign of the Time: UF offers social media degree
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications has launched a fully online Master of Arts in Mass Communication with a specialization in social media beginning with the summer 2013 term….
ATU opposes Mayor Hayward’s decision to withhold gas tax from ECAT
Press Release: The ATU Local 1395 will be holding “X” Day next Thursday, Feb. 14. At the Press Conference/Event the Union and customers will be painting big giant “X” on buses. The…
Interview with Pensacola Civil Rights Icon
Rev. H.K. Matthews, founder and first president of the Escambia County chapter of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, visited the Independent News today to thank us for our efforts to further the improvement…
Sorry, Bollards not on order
The bollards aren’t on order as Mayor Ashton Hayward told the board of directors of the Greater Pensacola Chamber on Jan. 22. A bollard is a short vertical post arranged in a…