Category: Politics
What do other Florida cities with strong mayors do? No WCAOs
St. Petersburg, which is five times larger than Pensacola, has Terri Lipsey Scott, who is the Office Administrator to the City Council. Here is an…
WCAO finalists
The job description for the council staff member has grown to council executive – or Wisdom of Crowds Administrative Officer. Here is the job description:…
Council CAO could make more than entire council
The Pensacola City Council’s salary is $14K a year. The entire council salaries equal $126,000. The proposed city council administrator could cost $130K—not including health…
Workshop: Council CAO could cost big bucks
The proposed administrator for the Pensacola City Council —not the City CAO as established by the charter—appears to have been narrowed to two candidates. The…
Murdoch/News Corp whistleblower found dead
The Guardian reports Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbusiness reporter who was the first named journalist to allege that Andy Coulson was…
Court upholds $28M Tobacco judgment
The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a jury’s order that the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co pay nearly $30 million to a woman whose husband…
Charter Commission did not see need for council atty or staff
I got a hold of Charter Review Commission chair Crystal Spencer last night while she was the road to Nashville for a meeting with a…
Pratt defends her at-large seat
Pensacola City Council member Megan Pratt has posted on her blog a defense for the at-large seats. As I reported earlier on this blog and…
Simple plan balloons to WCAO
In February 2011, the Pensacola City Council president first proposed a council staff person. His/her duties would include: 1. Refer information requests to Departments within…
City Workshop Agenda Online
The agenda for the Wednesday, July 20 special workshop of the Pensacola City Council is now available online. According to the agenda, the meeting will…
Charter review without experts
The Pensacola City Council is doing a charter “checkup” tomorrow without any input from the Charter Review Commission chair Crystal Spencer or any of the…
Wall Street Journal defends its honor
The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy editorial Sunday depending its integrity in light of the phone hacking scandal involving its for former publisher and…
How presidential candidates spend their money
Washington Post has reviewed the campaign spending of the presidential candidates. The first major spending reports of the 2012 presidential campaign demonstrate styles and priorities…
Will City Council follow Gould example?
Last week we saw a former city council member blast the Supervisor of Elections for not delaying the release of public records. This week the…
Council wants to rein in Mayor
In the agenda packet for the Pensacola City Council’s Committee of the Whole there is a discussion item asking for all executed contracts over $25,000…
Breaking news: News Corps Brooks arrested
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News Corp’s British branch, went to a London police station by appointment at midday today and is being…
Reuters gives inside look at Murdoch newsroom
Reuters has talked to former News of the World reporters complaining about the working conditions under Rebekah Brooks, the publisher and Rupert Murdoch confidante who…
How Wahoo agreement compares with league teams
We have a spreadsheet on the Wahoos’ stadium agreement compares with the other teams in their league. Here is how it compares with the two…
Summary of Stadium Use Agreement
Multi-Use Facility Use Agreement Summary of Proposed Terms with Northwest Florida Professional Baseball, LLC — Term: Ten (10) years plus at the option of the…
PNJ brings Deal Chicken to P’cola
As I predicted in April, the daily newspaper has brought the Gannett coupon project, Deal Chicken, to this market. (Read April post). No word on…
