Category: Politics
Functional Consolidation beginning
Press Release: County Administrator Randy Oliver, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s Chief of Staff John Asmar, and Pensacola Police Chief Chip Simmons…
Breaking News: Giant Bin Laden Destroys New York, Washington
The Onion reports that 500-Foot Terrorist Emerges From Sea To Wreak Havoc On U.S. Just weeks after his body was buried at sea, Osama bin…
Tampa’s economic plan sounds familiar
St. Pete Times columnist Robert Trigaux writes about the latest study on revitalizing the economy in the Tampa Bay area. Some of the recommendations sound…
Navarre Beach tax case headed to FL Supreme Court
Daily News reports that case of whether Navarre Beach leaseholders should pay ad valorem taxes may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. Santa Rosa…
Cadillac Banks speaks out
Last week, William “Cadillac” Banks, Sr. spoke to the Pensacola Voice about the TDC not recommending that he get $385,685 to fund a two-day music…
Mardi Gras could fill rooms with new event
Danny Zimmern shared the Pensacola Mardi Gras proposal for the BP Tourism funds: We are proposing a new event, The Pensacola Mardi Gras Marching Band…
Salaries for commissioner aides
Commissioner Gene Valentino can be an easy target for criticism. His methods are heavy-handed at times and he steps into “it” quite often. However, I…
BP tourism funds are for tourism
Marie Young convinced her fellow county commissioners to delay approving the allocation of the $4.38 million of BP funds that was established by Escambia Tourist…
GB Chamber CEO Peltier resigns
Press Release: The Board of Directors of the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce has accepted the resignation of Meg Peltier as President/CEO. Meg will…
Trump’s name has legal trouble
Buyers of apartments in the Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale thought Donald Trump was the developer. He was a mere licensor who was…
Local GOP to caucus
Press Release: – The Escambia County Republican Executive Committee announced today the date and location to select delegates from Escambia County to participate in the…
What election fraud?
My May 12 Outtakes, “Fixing Elections,” focused on what I considered the changes to Florida’s Election laws–changes I believe had little to do with improving…
Audits reveal mortgage companies may have committed fraud
Huffington Post reports a set of confidential federal audits conducted Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general accuse the nation’s five largest mortgage companies–…
Rich don’t create jobs
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future, argues on the website Truthout that the rich don’t create jobs and that taxing the rich doesn’t kill jobs….
Mayor holds second town hall meeting
Mayor Ashton Hayward takes city hall to the west side where he is holding his second town-hall meeting with citizens living in the neighborhoods surrounding…
Mayor wants to lease third floor of City Hall
Mayor Hayward has issued the Request for Proposal to lease out the third floor of City Hall –which has long been vacant. According to the…
Scott for President 2012
I know it sounds far-fetched but Adam Smith of the St. Pete Times makes a good argument that Florida Gov. Rick Scott could make a…
Hayward cuts 20 positions, saves $800,000
Press Release: Hayward Makes $800,000 in Budget Cuts, Spares Police and Fire Departments Fulfilling a campaign pledge to cut unnecessary spending at City Hall, Pensacola…
PPD statement on arrest of 10 year old
Press Release: A 10-year-old girl who claimed last month that a Spencer Bibbs Elementary School music teacher molested her has been charged with filing a…
Gaetz family knows best
Okaloosa County officials are upset with both Sen. Don Gaetz and his son, Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to the Daily News. As reporter Tom McLaughlin…
