Category: Pensacola
Messer low bidder on city attorney contract
Jim Messer’s law firm is being recommended by Mayor Ashton Hayward to become the city attorney, moving him from interim status. He is the low…
Superfund Shuffle
Escambia County will be handing off some toxic assets this week. The move should set the stage for brighter days. “It’s more of what I…
Buzz: City Fire Union Passes New Contract
My sources inside the City of Pensacola firefighters’ union tell me that yesterday they passed the new contract proposed by Mayor Ashton Hayward by a…
Hayward passes out $750 bonus to employees
Yesterday, this message was sent to all the City of Pensacola employees: MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES December 5, 2011 Re: City Employee Appreciation Ladies and Gentlemen,…
View of Maritime Stadium
I visited the Maritime Park stadium on Saturday. These photos don’t do it justice. The view is breathtaking. View the slide show
London Free Press writes up Pensacola
Pensacola has attracted the attention of the travel writers. This articles on the Naval Museum, historic downtown Pensacola, the new maritime park, Global Grill and…
Chief Simmons: Warn first, arrest later
In an effort to deter panhandling within city limits, Pensacola Police officers have begun enforcing Escambia County’s panhandling ordinance by issuing warnings to violators. “It…
Occupy takes a stroll
Heads to Federal Court for Hearing: Occupy Pensacola will be marching from City Hall to the Federal Court building on North Palafox St. today for…
Draft minutes of Sept. 19 CRA meeting released
City Administrator Bill Reynolds,as per our public record request, sent the Independent News the draft minutes of the Sept. 19 board meeting of the City…
Occupy:City Tightens Up Security at City Hall
I drove by City Hall this morning and saw a handful of stalwart Occupiers huddled together under a few blue tarps at the corner of…
Chair fails to put minutes approval on CRA agenda
I was reviewing the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting of the City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency ( CRA112811mtg-1). The chairman, Councilwoman Megan Pratt, has failed…
Name for Pratt and Bray’s actions
The hiring and payment of an attorney without the approval of the board of the City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency is an ultra vires…
CRA Damage Control: CRA attorney reaches out to his ‘clients’
The person that Councilwoman Megan Pratt hired to be the attorney for the City of Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency has emailed all the CRA board…
Feeding Occupy Pensacola
OP Press Release: Everybody’s Kitchen Bus Joins Occupy Pensacola Pensacola, Fla. Nov. 26 2011 – Occupy Pensacola is now receiving support from Everybody’s Kitchen Bus…
Sarcasm – Key to Problem Solving
Smithsonian Magazine reports that studies show that sarcasm enhances problem solving. An inability to understand it can be an early warning sign of brain disease,…
What was the Sept. 19 CRA motion?
Though the Pensacola City Council and the Community Redevelopment Agency are, by their own rules, to follow Robert’s Rules of Order, rarely does it really…
Pratt interlocal agreement promotes Bray to CRA executive
The interlocal agreement that Councilwoman Megan Pratt and her attorney Doug Sale have created for the City of Pensacola’s CRA and the City of Pensacola…
Interlocal Disagreement, or How to Cook Thanksgiving Leftovers
The Community Redevelopment Agency of Pensacola will have more than leftover turkey waiting for it after Thanksgiving. There’s a whole can of worms on the…
Occupy’s Bedside
Gary Paull, Jr. was sleeping late this morning. As late as he could, anyway, on a cot outside Pensacola City Hall. Occupy Pensacola lost its…
Sam I Am The President
Pensacola City Council members voted for their new leadership on tiny, folded ballots this morning. Let’s throw their cards on the table. Councilman Sam Hall…
