Conventional political wisdom says that an incumbent must have 45 percent of the primary vote to win a run-off. If this holds true, then Mike Wiggins is in trouble. However, there are…
Category: Pensacola
Post-Election Responses
Last night proved to be a closely fought election for many local seats. The IN talked with several candidates and their campaign heads after last night’s primary to get their reaction to…
City Attorney apologizes to City
At the end of business (which is 5 p.m. for everyone but the Tick Tock Gang) yesterday, Pensacola City Attorney Rusty Wells sent an apology memo for the citizens of Pensacola to…
Tick Tock Gang suffers another defeat
We keep hearing from Marty Donovan, Byron Keesler and C.C. Elebash that people do not want the maritime park and its stadium. Yet they never can prove in any election or petition…
The Gang who couldn’t tell time
Jamie Page attended yesterday’s press conference held by the Donovan/Nobles gang where they essentially cried that they shouldn’t be penalized for not knowing how to tell time. His tale of their journey…
Coby Says Petition Decision “Stands”
City Manager Al Coby tells IN his decision not to accept a petition to stop the construction of stadium for the Community Maritime Park is final unless reversed by City Council or…
File under “It never ends”
Once again operating under his own rules, realtor Marty Donovan will have an attorney deliver 3,916 petitions on Monday morning August 23 at 8:15 to Pensacola City Clerk Erica Barnett for counting…
One more Donovan gem
When the first proposal for the Trillium property across from Pensacola City Hall went to referendum what did then-Councilman Marty Donovan say: “The citizens earned the right to their election, and the…
Marty wanted retail and commercial at park, in 2004
While researching another topic I came across what then-Councilman Marty Donovan said when Adm. Jack Fetterman first presented the maritime museum (the one Marty now says is so vital to the Community…
No one was there….
Marty Donovan and his naysayers had told city staff that they would deliver their petitions to Pensacola City Hall at 8:30 p.m. I went to City Hall at 8:20 p.m. and waited…
Wiggins Fines Wells
During tonight’s City Council meeting, Mayor Mike Wiggins recommended a motion to discipline City Attorney Rusty Wells by fining him three days pay for inappropriate e-mails he sent to a city employee…
PNJ: “Wells has to go”
[JP-Facebook-Like] The News Journal has done its research and weighed in on the Wells’ email issue. “No doubt some will say it’s too harsh to fire Wells for something many other people…