Category: Politics
What Charlie Fairchild said about Maritime Park in 2005
The year was 2005. Pensacola had finished a series of town hall meetings on a proposed community maritime park. Charlie Fairchild, C.C. Elebash and Marty…
Evers Releases Statement On BP Fix
PRESS RELEASE Statement by Representative Greg Evers on Reports that the BP Deepwater Horizon is Capped Baker, Fla. – Representative Greg Evers (R-Baker) today released…
Where are the financial reports from the AA Chamber?
The Gulf Coast African-American Chamber is upset about the Escambia County Commission rejecting their funding request. It goes before the Pensacola City Council on Monday….
Plethora of Political Forums
Monday, July 19: Republican candidates for Escambia County Commission, District 2, will be held at 7 p.m. July 19 at the Perdido Bay Community Center,…
Murzin Asking For Public Opinion On Drilling
State Rep. Dave Murzin (R-Pensacola) is asking his constituents how they feel about the proposed constitutional offshore drilling ban Governor Charlie Crist has recently endorsed….
Chamber Candidate Forum
July 2010 Candidate Forums The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of candidate forums in July 2010 to be moderated by…
Rubio will hold meeting at The Fish House, July 14
The Fish House remains the meeting place for visiting Republicans. Press Release: Senate candidate Marco Rubio will be in Pensacola this Wednesday, July 14th, for…
Sink calls for economic protections during special session
Press Release: Florida CFO Alex Sink today sent a letter to Speaker of the Florida House Larry Cretul and President of the Florida Senate Jeff…
News: Rubio campaign sprung from Tea Party
The St. Pete Times reports that U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio’s rise is linked to the Tea Party, beginning as far back as 2007 when…
Buzz: Suter could be safe for awhile
We have been told that the Escambia County School District has purchased the property adjacent to Suter Elementary -which will give the “A” school room…
Billings case
I read in today’s daily newspaper Kris Wernowsky’s recap of the home invasion and murders of the Bud and Melanie Billings, which happened July 9,…
Candidate Forums in July
—These forums will be unlike any you’ve ever attended. I am the moderator. The forums will be fast-paced and the candidates will have to stay…
Donovan/Nobles petition will cost City $12M
Ed Gray, head of the Capital Trust Agency-CDE, made it clear today that if the multi-use stadium is pulled out of the Community Maritime Park…
Maritime Park Design-Build Contract
The Donovan/Nobles political action committee, Park Yes Stadium No, the purpose of its petition is reconsideration of the measure as follows: “That City Council approve…
If Marty and Jack didn’t like the stadium…
The right to petition a Pensacola City Council decision is not one that should be taken lightly. If the citizens have voiced their concerns in…
Donovan/Nobles PAC is formed
It’s Park Yes Stadium No. And here is the website: http://www.parkyesstadiumno.com/ City Attorney Rusty Wells, according to PNJ reporter Jamie Page, has determined the former…
Beach Health Advisory Extended
From the Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier to the FL/AL state line. This extends the current advisory issued on Monday June 28th west to the FL/AL…
Gelber quits law firm after BP hires it
Naked Politics is reporting that Democratic Attorney General candidate Dan Gelber has quit the his law firm, Akerman Senterfitt, on Thursday after BP hired the…
Email on BP in Bayou Chico
To the Pensacola City Council (which doesn’t meet again until July 19): I live in a townhouse on Mahogany Mill Pond, and I am very…
Buzz: National Guard to be called out
There is a persistent rumor that President Obama may activate the National Guard. Escambia County looked into the matter and was told that the Florida…
