Category: Pensacola
Libraries Spared
After nearly three hours of discussion this morning supporter of the West Florida Library System have reason to celebrate. Quietly. “We are left cautiously optimistic, 
Sen. Nelson Talks RESTORE & More
Senator Bill Nelson checked in with local political and community leaders this morning in Pensacola, spending most of the meeting discussing the RESTORE Act. The…
Library ‘Crisis’
According to Bette Hooten, president of the West Florida Library System, the regional collection of libraries are in “crisis mode.†“I cannot tell you how…
Hugh King’s spirals, provides no witnesses for his tale
Hugh King, former Pensacola City Councilman, former pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church, former CMPA board trustee, former Democratic candidate and current pre-filed NPA candidate…
Don’t call this an advisory
Press Relase: City to host public input meeting on new bus benches and shelters The City of Pensacola and vendor Martin Mency will host a…
Negotiations, Not Court For Now
The city of Pensacola is sticking to the negotiating table over its ongoing dispute with Gulf Breeze regarding natural gas franchise rights. Although Pensacola officials…
Riding the Rails or ‘Mixed Signals?’
Yesterday, Gulf Breeze City Manager Buzz Eddy complained of receiving mixed signals from Pensacola officials regarding an ongoing natural gas franchise dispute. Apparently, Gulf Breeze…
Celebrating Wahoos
The buzz I get is every politico and self-important “power broker” has been scrambling for tickets to the Wahoos’ opener. The field will probably be…
Question # 3
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward’s newly seated Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee is asking another question. It’s the group’s third ‘Question of the Week.’ Urban Redevelopment Advisory…
Tapped Out, Beerfest Cancelled
The Pensacola Beer Festival is not happening. Again. For the second year in a row, the local beer festival has been cancelled. The event organizer…
Spencer apologizes for helicopter controversy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2012 From Brian Spencer, City Councilman, District 6. I offer my sincerest and deepest apology to those soldiers, veterans, their…
State of the Black Chamber
What is the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce? What does it do? Who does it? These were some of the questions explored during…
Dolphins in Bayou Texar
It’s not something you see everyday. Pensacola City Councilman Larry B. Johnson had never seen it before. “I’ve lived on Bayou Texar since 1989,†the…
Hawthorne’s City Council Address
After allowing him his few minutes of public comment at the microphone, the Pensacola City Council continued to the next speaker without comment. Gulf Coast…
Occupying the Court
Two people who were arrested outside Pensacola City Hall last year will be heading to court soon. Dr. Melody Castro and Rev. David Burden were…
Meeting Meltdown
Officials from the city of Pensacola, Escambia County and Gulf Breeze stepped into a room yesterday to discuss natural gas franchise rights. It did not…
Hawthorne: An Olive Branch or Baseball Bat?
He knows he’s going to speak before the Pensacola City Council tomorrow. He’s just not sure exactly what he’ll say. “I have an olive branch…
Messer’s Tired of Dancing
Pensacola City Attorney Jim Messer’s trigger finger is getting itchy. Tiring of what he once referred to as a “dance,†the attorney asked the Pensacola…
The Dead End Debate
Empty seats at yesterday’s Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole meeting were few and far between. Most of them were filled with someone there…
Jerralds: Hawthorne is ‘pissing in the wind’ and ‘full of shenanigans’
Despite a request by Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce Chairman George Hawthorne, the Pensacola City Council did not address Councilman John Jerralds’ recent…
