Category: Pensacola
Gaetz explains state budget differences
A message for Sen. Don Gaetz: With four weeks of work behind us and five weeks of decisions ahead, the Florida Legislature is bearing down…
Council passes Move to Amend resolution
Mike Potters let me know last night that the Pensacola City Council passed last night the resolution endorsing the constitutional amendment supported by Move to…
City attorney contract a ‘honest error’
The city of Pensacola’s chief operations officer sent an email to Pensacola City Council yesterday a little before 6 p.m. regarding what she called an…
PS Podcast: Spencer wants to reduce size of CMPA board
On Pensacola Speaks, Councilman Brian Spencer talks about the issues with the CMPA board and suggests it may be time to reduce its size to…
It is official, Lysia Bowling is new city attorney
The Mayor’s office emailed last Thursday to the council copies of the contract for Lysia Bowling, the new city attorney. Strangely, the contract makes Bowling…
Catching the CMP javelin, Part 8: ‘An opportunity to discuss an opportunity’
Tamara Fountain, the city’s chief operations officer, sent out a email late yesterday afternoon in response to the daily newspaper’s report on the CBRE new…
Catching CMP javelin, Part 7: Executive director replaced with two persons
The daily newspaper is reporting today that former CMPA Executive Director Ed Spears has been replaced with two persons - Mandy Bills and Erick Wortendyke. Bills will…
Catching the CMP javelin, Part 6: Reeves on CBRE
The chairman of the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees told Inweekly that the board did not have any knowledge of the new fee…
CBRE: CMPA did not want to keep catching the javelin
Jim Reeves, chairman of the CMPA Board of Trustees, emailed Inweekly after reading the “CBRE Bait & Switch” post. He reminded me that it was…
RFP with new CBRE fee structure issued without CMPA approval
I asked City COO Tamara Fountain about the RFP for the CMP parcels that changed the fee agreement for the broker CBRE. She said that…
CBRE Bait and Switch
Yesterday, CBRE presented its draft of the Memorandum of Understanding that would make Miami-developer MCM-BAP the master developer of the remaining parcels of the Community…
PS Podcast: Charles Bare and wobbly city hall
On Pensacola Speaks on Friday afternoon, Councilman Charles Bare discussed the Pensacola City Council’s decisions on staffing, panhandling, homelessness and the wobbly (my term, not…
Hayward wins vs. Occupy
This press release was issued by city @ 8 p.m.: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2015 Contact: Tamara Fountain, Chief Operations Officer Judge rules in…
Advocate questions need to expand panhandling laws
Nathan Monk, a local advocate for the homeless, has concerns over the city of Pensacola considering stricter panhandling laws and only partially repealing the homeless…
City Council agenda cut to 30 items for Thursday meeting
The Pensacola City Council has moved 19 items from its March 12 regular meeting to a special meeting on Thursday. March 26. What will be…
City attorney nomination derailed
The Pensacola City Council has delayed its approval of Mayor Ashton Hayward’s nomination for city attorney. It will not be discussed until the next March…
Pensacola Speaks podcast: Duwayne Escobedo talks about W.D. Childers and the death of Willie Junior
On Pensacola Speaks, I talked with investigative reporter Duwayne Escobedo about his coverage of the fall of W.D. Childers and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the…
The ideas of City’s consultant on homelessness questioned
The Huffington Post published an article (“How A Traveling Consultant Helps America Hide The Homeless“) yesterday that questions the ideas of Robert Marbut, the national…
City of Pensacola wants public input on 2015-16 budget
The City of Pensacola will hold two public meetings tonight to provide an opportunity to learn more about the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. The first…
Hayward taps Texas lawyer for city attorney
Mayor Ashton Hayward announced late Friday afternoon his choice for Pensacola City Attorney, Lysia Bowling, the city attorney for the City of San Angelo, Texas….
