Category: Politics
Public forum for School Board District 3 race, Aug. 9
The candidates running for District 3 School Board seat will be in a debate Aug. 9, 9 -11 a.m. It will be held at ACTS…
Christmas in August: Santa Rosa could get new patrol cars. Thank you, Escambia County
WEAR TV reports Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall is planning some upgrades thanks to the influx of cash from Escambia County for housing the…
PYP election survey has some surprises
A hundred-plus people attended the August 5 Candidate Forum at Seville Quarter, hosted by PYP, the Greater Pensacola Chamber, and Seville Rotary. Pictures of the…
Transcript of Johnson v. Myers
At the July 17 Pensacola City Council meeting, Councilman Larry Johnson brought back up his effort to have the council investigate fellow Council member Sherri…
What the heck is going on in the District 2 GOP primary
Illegal robo calls and glossy mailers, neither identify the PAC or person paying for them. The mailers even have postage stamps so that no one…
Time to discuss the salary of the mayor
The salary for Pensacola mayor is too low, $100,000. The Pensacola City Council should have a discussion about raising the salary to a level comparable…
Nelson wants to tell Grover ‘Hi’ and Gene gets a cup of coffee
This must be the day for elected officials to use their positions to get their staffs (and the taxpayers) to promote their re-election campaigns: From…
Bus union endorses Valentino and Lowery
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 which represents the Escambia County Area Transit and Escambia County Community Transportation workers and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1771 which…
Weekend buzz: Publix coming downtown, Who owns pits and Stevenson on the warpath
The buzz is the old AV Clubbs School on Cervantes between 12th and 11th and the commercial offices on that block will become home to…
Murzin makes the cut for Public Service Commission
A nominating panel Thursday decided to interview 16 candidates, including current Commissioner Julie Brown, for two upcoming vacancies on the state Public Service Commission. The…
City attorney disputes City administrator email
Apparently all is not well in city hall: From: Janet Matteson Date: July 31, 2014 9:01:29 AM CDT To: Colleen Castille , “‘sales@ajmugs.com’” , Ashton…
Evers endorses Valentino
I just received an endorsement letter from State Senator Greg Evers for Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino, who is battling Doug Underhill in the District…
City Council pushes ahead with charter amendments
Pensacola City Council President Jewel Cannada-Wynn has called a special meeting for Monday, August 11 to vote on two proposed amendments to the city’s charter….
Jobs: Crist and Scott have different approaches
Governor Rick Scott continued his two-week “Jobs for the Next Generation†tour in Pensacola yesterday at Global Business Solutions, introducing his policies to make Florida…
UWF alumae face in judge race, political forum July 31
UWF Legal Studies Program hosts candidates, alumnae for Judicial Forum The University of West Florida Legal Studies Program is sponsoring a judicial forum featuring First…
Valentino campaign denies any connection to robocalls
Press Release: The Gene Valentino Campaign is totally unaware of who is in charge or who is involved in creating and releasing these robo calls….
Lawmaker files bill to get around sovereign immunity
Escambia County is hoping that the state’s sovereign immunity laws will limit how much it has to pay to victims hurt in the April jail…
Another Robocall for District 2 (audio link fixed)
Escambia County District 2 voters have been hit with another illegal, anonymous automated phone call attacking Doug Underhill. Underhill is running against Gene Valentino, who…
Prisoners get invoices for medical care after jail blast
Apparently Escambia County has not paid for the medical bills of inmates caught in the April 30 jail explosion. Prisoners who were treated for injuries…
Underhill picks up third ECUA endorsement
Press Release: ECUA Board Member Vicki Campbell endorses Doug Underhill, cites Underhill’s “desire to collaborate on solutions†for Escambia County Emerald Coast Utilities Authority member…
