Category: Politics
Bank of America: next WikiLeaks target?
Campaign for America’s Future reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may soon release a cache of secret documents from the hard drive of a U.S….
What hotel deal for the Maritime Park?
Scott Davison, vice president of development for Maritime Park Development Partners, repeatedly told the Community Maritime Park Associates board of trustees that his company would…
Distressed Pensacola apartments bought
J.I. Kislak (based in Miami area) has purchased Villas at Jasmine Creek, Villas at Jasmine Fields and all rental units from Villas at Jasmine Park,—totaling…
Coby to stay in same role
Progressive Pensacola is reporting: “Mr. Coby’s duties are mostly unchanged, according to a senior member of Mayor Hayward’s transition team. He doesn’t have a clear…
Playing it safe didn’t work for Pratt
Councilwoman Megan Pratt has played it safe on two of the biggest issues facing the City of Pensacola in the last two years. She stayed…
Notes on Council meetings
The Pensacola City Council chambers were packed. Staff actually opened up the employee breakroom on the second floor to televise the ceremonies for the overflow…
DeWeese upsets Pratt for council prez
Maren DeWeese upset Megan Benson Pratt in a 5-4 vote to become the first Pensacola City Council president. The swing vote wasn’t Ron Townsend, but…
Watson added to Hayward transition team
In case you missed it, retired educator Jerome Watson was added last week to Ashton Hayward’s transition team, just time for the article in the…
Hayward reduces 20 solutions to six priorities
According to the daily newspaper, Ashton Hayward, who will be sworn in today as the mayor of Pensacola, has reduced (temporarily?) his 20 Solutions for…
Why Maren DeWeese wants council presidency?
Press release issued by Councilwoman DeWeese: I am honored that Council Member Pratt and Council Member-Elect Spencer have nominated me for the role of Council…
Townsend swing vote
It’s a draw for the Council presidency. The decider will be Ronald Townsend. Sam Hall: Megan Pratt, John Jerralds, PC Wu and Sam Hall Maren…
MPDP files suit against CMPA
Maritime Park Development Partners filed yesterday a lawsuit against Community Maritime Park Associates. Case No. 2011 CA 000012.
Hayward Pledge-o-meter
The St. Petersburg Times has established its GOP Pledge-O-Meter to track the campaign promises of the Republican Congress and Gov. Rick Scott. The 2010 election…
2010 Top Political Stories: Demise of Consolidation
Consolidation ended with a loud thud in early 2010. Twenty or thirty years ago, the heavy-handed, backroom politics used by some of the proponents for…
2010 Top Political Stories: Behind the scenes of BP disaster
The BP disaster, the largest man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history, maybe even world history, heads most media’s list of top news stories, but the…
2010 Top Political Stories: Election of Ashton Hayward
Note: Over the next few days, I will analyze what I see as this area’s top political stories for 2010. Election of Ashton Hayward By…
Remembering the Poot Index
The Main Street Sewage Treatment plant is no longer flowing and we’re no longer greeted daily with its odors drifting through downtown Pensacola. On the…
Malcolm Thomas isn’t going to like this article
Escambia Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas has been telling community leaders that four Escambia County high schools scored well enough to be “A” schools….they aren’t…
WCOA reflections
It was fun getting behind the microphone for the past three days. Since Nov. 3, 2008, when I signed off “IN Your Head Radio,” I…
Petition for Gulf Coast Jobs
The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is working with the Ready 4 Takeoff Coalition to ensure the federal government remains focused on fully restoring…
