Category: Politics
Gulf Coast African American Chamber may file Sunshine complaint over ‘tourism coup’
George Hawthorne, chairman of the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, sent out the following letter to Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Board…
Perdido Key Chamber issues letter supporting Hizer on TDC issue
The Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on the TDC issue, The board unanimously supports Pensacola Chamber CEO Jim Hizer. It believes changes…
Century has high hopes for Project Tread
NorthEscambia.com has an exclusive on the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce’s Project Tread: “Century Mayor Freddie McCall said the Town of Century, the Century…
King’s BBQ has fantastic week
Thank you for buying one of your lunches this week at King’s BBQ. King Rivers called me today and said that he’s had one of…
Council picks its executive
The Pensacola City Council ended its nearly year long search of its council administrative assistant executive. Last night, the council selected Scotty Davis, community services…
Schroeder on administrative leave
I received this announcement from Jim Hizer, President/CEO of Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce: Ed Schroeder, VP of Tourism, is on administrative leave. In…
Buzz: TDC back story
Pensacola Councilman Larry Johnson wants a special meeting called of the Escambia County Tourism Development Commission (TDC) to discuss the private meetings the TDC chair…
New county panhandling ordinance hurts PNJ sales
The Escambia County Commission is considering a new roadway safety ordinance that would prohibit all groups, including street side hawkers for the daily newspaper, from…
Facts about ESP rate increase
Mayor Ashton Hayward has proposed an overall 6.9% rate increase for Energy Services of Pensacola. The new rate is still much cheaper than Gulf Power…
Mitchell has petition signatures to qualify
Clorissti Johnson Mitchell, who is running for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, District 3 seat, has met the petition requirement. “I look to have my website…
Foreclosures are up, higher than national rate
According to newly released data from CoreLogic on foreclosures for the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent area, the rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans is 6.23 percent…
Buzz: Council passed budget
The word I got late last night was the Pensacola City Council passed yesterday Mayor Ashton Hayward’s budget without amendments. There still is one more…
Other Panhandle TDCs have record Julys, too
Escambia County isn’t the only county having a record summer for tourism. Tourist development agencies in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties all recorded their…
IP merging with Pearl River polluter
The business page of the daily newspaper has an AP article on International Paper merging with Temple Inland, No. 3 corrugated packaging maker in the…
ESP rate could unravel budget
The proposed rate increases for Energy Services of Pensacola appear to be the biggest trouble spot for Mayor Ashton Hayward in getting his budget passed….
Five hour-plus council meeting fails to make daily
I really don’t know exactly when the Pensacola City Council meeting stopped meeting. At 8 pm the group was still discussing. The daily newspaper had…
Archeological artifacts uncovered after BP spill
Public Radio International reported yesterday that after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, archaeologists are finding artifacts that shed new light on the Native American tribes…
Mother Jones: Inside Koch Brothers meeting
The 2012 elections, Charles Koch warned in his followers, will be “the mother of all wars.” Mother Jones has recordings that provide a behind-the-scenes look…
Pensacola City Council to vote on council exec
The Pensacola City Council meets today as its Committee of the Whole. An hour has been allotted on the agenda for the Council Executive position….
TDC emails show a move to secede from Chamber
There appears to be a move to pull Tourism Development out from underneath the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The daily interviewed the players…
