Category: Politics
Escambia deputy named School Resource Officer of the Year
Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Florida Association of School Resource Officers yesterday named the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Senior Deputy Ronald Gill the 2016…
Scarborough led the last revolt against Pensacola City Hall
In the 1990’s, the City of Pensacola wanted to increase taxes. Joe Scarborough, only three years out of law school, helped collect 3,000 signatures to…
In 2011, Pensacola mayor took a different approach to budgeting
When he took office in January 2011, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward had a very different approach to budgeting. Of course, he had a much more…
State House races have wide gaps in fundraising
State Rep. Clay Ingram, former Santa Rosa County Commissioner Jayer Williamson and businessman Frank White have huge leads in campaign fundraising over their respective opponents….
City Council meeting, after the chanting
Pensacola City Council selected Carol Leone of Milton as its attorney. Leone beat out by two points Mike Godwin, who retired from the City of…
Pensacola Fire Chief announces promotions
Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen has promoted Greg Redding as his Assistant Fire Chief. This is a new position that appears to replace the deputy…
GOP Pollster: Clinton would win if election held today
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida Republicans gathering in Cleveland for the national party’s convention heard a dire message to kick off…
Fire Department overtime soars past original budget
Last year, Mayor Ashton Hayward proposed, and the Pensacola City Council approved, a budget for this fiscal year that had $298,900 for overtime for the…
Bydlak campaign offers analysis on spending in Congressional race
Matt Gaetz and Rebekah Bydlak are the top two candidates in terms of dollars raised and cash on hand available to be spent during the…
City of Tallahassee cuts property taxes, eliminates business tax
The City of Tallahassee is taking an approach to its budget that is different from Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and his leadership team. On last…
Childers warns of jury duty scam
Escambia County Clerk of Court Pam Childers reports a scam has been occurring in Pensacola and elsewhere in Florida. A person receives a telephone call…
Broxson outraising Hill for State Senate seat
Rep. Doug Broxson has raised more than twice the amount of campaign contributions of his GOP opponent, Rep. Mike Hill. According to the Florida Division…
FYI: Pensacola City Council did give itself a raise last night
The Pensacola City Council passed, 6-1, an ordinance that increased the members’ annual salaries to $21,500. Council President Charles Bare was the lone dissenting vote….
AFL-CIO endorses Casey
Press release: The Northwest Florida Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is excited to announce the endorsement of Jesse Casey. Mr. Casey is running as a candidate…
Retail association endorses Broxson
Press release: The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) PAC, the state’s premier trade association representing retailers for over 75 years, today announced its endorsement of Doug…
County makes offer for jail site
by Duwayne Escobedo… After more than two years of haggling about where to rebuild a jail destroyed by flooding in April 2014, the five-member Escambia…
Barker adds another wrinkle to gas tax agreement
The Pensacola City Council approved the gas tax allocation plan passed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners with one significant change. The BCC approved…
BCC release on LOGT, Jail
Commission Moves Forward on Gas Tax Sharing, Land Purchase for Jail At a series of meetings today, July 14, the Escambia County Board of County…
Pensacola Speaks: Cris Dosev, ITen Wired
I will open “Pensacola Speaks” today with Congressional candidate Cris Dosev at 5:10 p.m. Dosev will give us an update on his campaign. In the…
Pothole Politics
By Duwayne Escobedo City and county officials played pothole politics for 2 ½ hours Thursday. In the end, the state funding from the 6-cent Local…
