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Nobles announces

Life long Pensacola native, former City Council member and local business leader John W. (Jack) Nobles today issued the following statement announcing his intent to…

Levin & Rinke Resort Realty affiliates with U.S. Military on the Move

Press Release: Levin & Rinke Resort Realty is proud to announce its affiliation with U.S. MILITARY ON THE MOVEâ„¢. U.S. Military on the Move is…

Buzz: White drops out of House District 2 race

We have heard that Frank White met with Ed Gray today and has decided to drop out of the House District 2 and will support…

Perception ain’t reality

During the early days of his administration, Mayor Ashton Hayward was fond of proclaiming, “Perception is reality.” Unfortunately, perception is only reality until reality comes…

Four Candidates in GOP race to replace Ford

The slots are filling up quickly in the Republican primary for the special election for House District 2: George Scarborough says he is ready to…

Pensacola Airport Bonds crashing? Outlook negative (update)

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised the outlook on Pensacola International Airport revenue bonds to negative from stable. S&P said the outlook revision “reflects…

Racism of today is very different

Quote of the Day: “Times are changing, demographics are changing and cultural fear and xenophobia are driving public policy in this country and we cannot…

In 2007, only 6872 people voted in special House election primary

Clay Ford beat George Scarborough by 402 votes– of which 328 votes where from Gulf Breeze area–in the GOP primary in 2007 to fill the…

One voice missing in YMCA/CMPA debate

Other than a three-sentence email to the Pensacola City Council, Mayor Ashton Hayward has been noticeably absent from the debate over how to fix the…

Commercial Developer offers opinion on YMCA and CMP

From Joseph Buehler, owner of J.G. Buehler & Company, Inc., and an unsuccessful candidate for Pensacola City Council in 2008: I attended the CMPA meeting…

Gray annouces he is running for Clay Ford’s seat

Ed Gray, III, head of Capital Trust Agency and Gulf Breeze Financial Services, called yesterday to say that he will file to run for Florida…

CMPA Board appointments treated with indifference by mayor and most of council

The nearly half of the Community Maritime Park Associates board was nominated by one current council member and another who retired last year. Seven council…

Terhaar responds to mayor’s plea on Y

Mr. Mayor; I appreciate all the work you have done to try and work with the YMCA. As I read Mr. Williams statement, I have…

Mike Hill says he will run for Ford’s seat

Sunshine State News says that Mike Hill, president of the Northwest Florida Tea Party, has confirmed that he will seek the House seat left vacant…

Let the CMPA decide on the minimum conditions to lease any parcel

The Community Maritime Park Associates Board needs to draft a model lease for all parcels at the Maritime Park to level the playing field and…

YMCA Statement

Statement from YMCA President Steve Williams on Negotiations for Maritime Y: “For the past month, the Y has tried to navigate the process of negotiating…

Buzz: More possible candidates for House District 2

I’ve been told that ECUA Board Member Dale Perkins and George Scarborough, the brother of MSNBC host and former Congressman Joe Scarborough, are considering running…

The YMCA, the CMPA and the ‘Big Mistake’

After hours of debate yesterday, the Community Maritime Park Associates board decided to redirect a proposed YMCA away from a waterfront space at the park….