Category: Escambia County
Dishonest petition
If Marty Donovan truly wanted to stop the Community Maritime Park, then he should have had a petition drive in April or May. At the…
America’s Most Stylish Blogger
Trang Huyen of the Behind the Seams in Pensacola, Fla. has been selected America’s Most Stylish Blogger by stylelist.com. I was pulling for Derek Cosson.
City Pension solution
If Consolidation is recommended by the commission and that plan includes merging Energy Services of Pensacola into a utility authority, then ESP shouldn’t be given….
Tick, tick, tick – Consolidation deadline looms
The Escambia County Consolidation Commission is less that 45 days away from its Jan. 15, 2010 deadline to report to the Northwest Florida legislative delegation….
Poker coming to dogtrack
Mobile Press Register is reporting: “Officials at Pensacola Greyhound Track in western Escambia County expect the track’s poker room to open “around the end of…
Charter Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES for Approval 7,762 (55.2%) NO for Rejection 6,308 (44.8%) Total votes cast 14,070 We will analyze the vote further tomorrow, but the message of…
Tourism boomed this summer
Press Release: Despite a slow economy, tourism numbers in the Pensacola Bay Area were the second-highest in history. From Oct. 1, 2008 to Sept. 30,…
Rawlins conduit to DC funds for NBM
From our research, one of the stronger links between No Boss Mayor and the ICMA is Beth Rawlins, a Clearwater political strategist who specializes in…
Take Stock in Children
I attended today a luncheon for Take Stock in Children – a college scholarship program for Escambia County’s public school students. Each year, sixth grade…
ECSO seeks murder witness
Press release: Escambia Sheriff’s Investigators are asking anyone who may know the whereabouts of Terri Lynn Lewis, (40) of Pensacola, to call the Sheriff’s Office…
Palm Beach Post questions Crist appointee
Dara Kam, political reporter for the Palm Beach Post, is in town investigating the recent Gov. Crist appointment of former ECSO CFO and current bar…
Deconstructing No Boss Mayor, Part 4
Opinion 4 THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MUST STEP UP According to the most recent Quality of Life Survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, the leading…
Bay bridge not expected close
Latest Press Release: **Tropical Storm IDA – Lengthening Windy Period** The most current forecasts call for IDA to make land fall in Mobile county, AL….
Valentino gains another opponent
Karen Sindel has filed to run against Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino in 2010. Valentino now faces five opponents in the Republican primary, including former…
More on pensions
The comparisons are even worse. The Escambia County Public School District: 2006 5,668 employees, pension costs $14.9 m, cost per employee $2,632 2007 5,765 employees,…
Pension plan train wreck
One of the biggest examples of the financial risks in having an administrative branch of city government that isn’t directly answerable to the public is…
What is the CMP bond plan?
The bond financing plan recommended by staff and approved by the council uses New Market Tax Credits which will allow UWF to get $12,256,785 for…
Another regional alliance
Gov. Bob Riley of Alabama and Gov. Haley Barber of Mississippi will announce today the formation of “The Aerospace Alliance†—a four-state region from NASA’s…
Patrick Gonzalez booked for battery (updated)
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office website shows that Patrick Gonzalez has been charged with aggravated battery. We’ve requested the arrest report. From arrest report: Kevin…
Thoughts on Mexican Mafia
Today the daily newspaper published the interview with Silvano Gonzalez, that we posted on this blog on Monday. Based on that interview, the paper reports…
