Category: Politics
ACLU speaks on defeat of Florida Amendments 5, 6 and 9
The following statement regarding the defeat of proposed constitutional amendments 5 , 6 and 8 may be attributed to Howard Simon, Executive Director of the…
Pensacola airport bonds downgraded
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the City of Pensacola’s 2008 Airport Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (about $35.2 million outstanding) from to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+,’ according to…
Gaetz maintains GOP majority in Florida Senate
Press Release: Strong Republican Majority Elected to the Florida Senate …GOP Holds 26 of 40 State Senate Seats in First Election with Fair Districts Standards……
County and city governments take another hit on revenues
Florida voters passed three amendments that will expand property tax exemptions. The estimated cost to Escambia County alone is about $1 million next year: These…
All judges retained, Florida Chamber and GOP lose effort to remove
The retention of the Florida Supreme Court justices was a political football. The Florida GOP party wanted to this group replaced after they overturned votes…
Six lessons to take from Nov. 6 election
1. Negative campaigns still don’t work in local races. Hugh King and his handlers did everything they could to discredit Lumon May, including creating a…
Waiting It Out on the Dividing Line
With Florida split down the middle in the presidential race, Republicans and Democrats in Pensacola gathered at their respective Election Day bashes. Both camps were…
Wingate beats Jerralds by 45 votes
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds didn’t believe he had to campaign for re-election. His hubris was his downfall. Gerald Wingate, with all the precincts counted,…
Jerralds has slight lead over Wingate, less than 100 votes
For Pensacola City Council, incumbent John Jeralds has a slight lead in the early voting over Gerald Wingate: John Jerralds 942 to Gerald C. Wingate…
Looks like May, Robertson and Barry will be elected to Escambia County Commission
The leads that Wilson Robertson, Lumon May and Steve Barry have are nearly insurmountable, according to Commissioner Grover Robinson who is at Supervisor David Stafford’s…
Doing political commentary on WCOA tonight
In the WCOA studio with Don Parker and Brian Newkirk, we will start broadcasting election coverage at 7 p.m. We will have ABC coverage on…
DIB on MURAC Report
The Downtown Improvement Board is embarking on a search for a new permanent executive director. When the board began discussing the recently released report from…
