Category: Politics
Realtors endorse Gaddy
From Peter Gaddy Campaign: Peter Gaddy has received the endorsement from the Pensacola Association of Realtors for City Council District 4. This is the first…
FDOT takes aim at contractor amid Sunpass problems
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida… TALLAHASSEE — Florida is halting payments to a company upgrading the SunPass toll-collection system until all the…
Groups call for investigation into Florida Department of Agriculture
The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence have caledl on Attorney General Pam Bondi to open a…
County seeks public input for Living Shoreline Project at NAS
Escambia County has received funding from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill for the design and…
350 Pensacola: Students on Ice
Join 350 Pensacola as they follow the journey of a group of students and their instructor on an expedition to the Arctic to see firsthand…
Spencer raises over $100K in two weeks
Councilman Brian Spencer is speed records for raising funds for a city of Pensacola race, raising $100,250 in two weeks, according to the reports filed…
City Finance budget jumped 29 percent in five years
It’s difficult to ask city departments to be frugal and fiscally conservative when the Chief Financial Officer’s budget has grown more than $1.4 million since…
DIB member endorses Spencer for mayor
From John Peacock, Downtown Improvement Board member and former DIB chairman: This November will mark the ninth anniversary of the successful vote to change our…
Trump endorses Gaetz
From Matt Gaetz Campaign: Pensacola, FL – President Donald J. Trump today endorsed Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) in his re-election to the U.S. House of…
Candidates put own funds into campaigns
Candidates have begun to file their latest campaign finance reports, which cover June 23-July 6. District 3 school board candidates Lee Hansen and Laura Dortch…
The News Service has: Five Questions for Frank White
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida… TALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Frank White, a Republican from Pensacola, decided to seek the statewide Cabinet position…
Pensacola TaxWatch Group needed
In 2007, business leaders and citizens formed Escambia TaxWatch to review county expenditures and propose cuts to reduce ad valorem taxes. The county budget from…
Hayward wants to spend another $21M of LOST before he leaves
Mayor Ashton Hayward is proposing $21,244,400 of Local Option Sales Tax spending for FY 2019. Council Chambers Renovations         375,000 Fire Equipment, Vehicles (3)         …
School District administrators among highest paid in Florida
While school grades have been declining in the Escambia County School District, district administrators are some of the highest paid in the state of Florida,…
Hayward proposes largest budget in city history
Mayor Ashton Hayward has posted on the city’s website his proposed operating budget for FY 2019. It is the largest budget in the city’s history,…
Candidates start your engines: First overseas ballots in mail July 14
The first ballots of Florida’s Aug. 28 primary election need to be in the mail by Saturday, according to deadlines announced Thursday by the state…
Florida Retail Federation endorses Bydlak
From the Rebekah Bydlak campaign: The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) PAC today announced its endorsement of Rebekah Bydlak for the Florida House. Bydlak, a Republican,…
Incoa proposal has job incentives
FloridaWest CEO Scott Luth passed on this info on the job creation incentives for Incoa: Qualified Target Industry Performance Based Grant – High Impact Sector…
Buchanan comes out in favor of Port proposal
Mayoral candidate Drew Buchanan didn’t hesitate to issue a statement in favor of the Incoa proposal for the Port of Pensacola, which will be presented…
Thomas only tracks when numbers are good
School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas used to track on his webpage the improvement of school grades for the elementary and middle schools in his district –…
