Hawthorne makes emergency request to be added to City Council agenda

A letter from George Hawthorne regarding Councilman John Jerrald’s meeting on Hawthorne’s Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce: March 18, 2012 Honorable Sam Hall City…

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Jerralds vs. Hawthorne and the Battle Over the GCAACC

By the time Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds called the police, George Hawthorne had summed up the Friday afternoon meeting as “odd” and “ludicrous.” “George,…

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Jerralds to GCAACC’s Rescue?

Hours before his scheduled meeting this afternoon to discuss “resuscitating” the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce, Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds is taking it…

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Bare pre-files for Hall’s council seat

Charles Bare, who ran for the mayor of Pensacola in 2010, has pre-filed for Pensacola City Council At-Large Seat b, which is currently held by…

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Jerralds’ Mystery Meeting Baffles Hawthorne

Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds has called a meeting for this afternoon to discuss the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce. The GCAACC’s chairman,…

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Buzz: No more new schools

According to my sources, the Escambia County School District Watchdog Committee was told yesterday that there will be no more new schools for awhile once…

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Blount’s Demolition Dollars

Local officials take another step today toward demolishing the old Blount School buildings. During the Escambia County Commission meeting this afternoon, commissioners will be considering…

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Spring Cleaning

As part of the Great American Cleanup, local residents are invited to help tidy up the waterfront along Bayfront Parkway. Participants will meet at the…

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County Looks at Logo

Escambia County commissioners will be discussing the county’s seal during their regularly scheduled meeting today. “Don’t get to excited,” said county attorney Alison Rodgers. “It’s…

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The End of a Dead End?

In an effort to create a more walkable downtown, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward is looking to reconnect Government Street to Ninth Avenue near Bayfront Parkway….

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Affordable Housing remains out of reach for many

The National Low Income Housing Coalition shows with its report titled “Out of Reach” that renting a two-bedroom unit is out of reach for too…

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Tice turns on friend and former divorce lawyer

The daily newspaper continues its pursuit of the Public Defender today with two stories. The one that interested me was Henry “Cab” Tice claiming that…

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