Category: Politics
Another observation from Monday Council Marathon
The height of dysfunction is to hold a council workshop on a film commission, have city staff make a presentation, and not have any council…
Mayor’s office sneaks in bad news updates at end of five-hour meeting marathon
The Pensacola City Council met for nearly five hours yesterday: agenda review, CRA meeting and council workshop. At the very end of the last meeting,…
Chief Simmons retirement celebration on July 15
A retirement celebration is scheduled for Wednesday (July 15) to honor Police Chief Chip W. Simmons, who is retiring after 29 years with the Pensacola…
Former DEA agent pre-files for Escambia County Sheriff
Press Release: John D. Johnson, a local law enforcement veteran and resident of the Oak Grove community in Escambia County pre-filed for the office of…
Pensacola City Council workshops film commission and climate control
The Pensacola City Council holds its monthly week of meetings this week (Calliope music playing in the background). The city leaders will its regular meeting…
Pensacola celebrates 194th anniversary of becoming U.S. territory on Friday, July 17
Historian John Appleyard called the office. This Friday, July 17, Pensacola celebrates becoming part of the United States. Military Gov. Andrew Jackson accepted the West…
Orlando attorney pours funds into medical marijuana effort
A political committee leading a renewed effort to pass a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana raised nearly $293,000 in June, with about $233,000 of…
What do the Twitter accounts of the presidential candidates tell us?
If Twitter voted for the Presidential Primary, it would be Hillary Clinton (3.81 million) versus Donald Trump (3.11 million), according to website Spokeo.com. The contest…
NRSC Memo: Miller close to making decision on U.S. Senate race
Ward Bake, executive director of National Republican Senatorial Committee, sent out a memo giving his analysis of the various U.S. Senate races in the 2016…
Lutimothy May laid off by city of Pensacola
Rev. LuTimothy May is no longer Mayor Ashton Hayward’s community outreach administrator. The man who chaired the mayor’s transition team in 2010, and whom Hayward…
National Sheriffs’ Association Presidential Straw Poll has Huckebee leading
Several candidates for president spoke at the the National Sheriffs’ Association’s (NSA) 75th Anniversary Conference and Presidential Forum in Baltimore, MD last week. NSA members…
Hayward fails to put Studer leases on July agenda
Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t starting off the second half of 2015 much better than the first half. The most talked about new projects for downtown…
