Category: Politics
Buzz: Council passed budget
The word I got late last night was the Pensacola City Council passed yesterday Mayor Ashton Hayward’s budget without amendments. There still is one more…
Other Panhandle TDCs have record Julys, too
Escambia County isn’t the only county having a record summer for tourism. Tourist development agencies in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties all recorded their…
IP merging with Pearl River polluter
The business page of the daily newspaper has an AP article on International Paper merging with Temple Inland, No. 3 corrugated packaging maker in the…
ESP rate could unravel budget
The proposed rate increases for Energy Services of Pensacola appear to be the biggest trouble spot for Mayor Ashton Hayward in getting his budget passed….
Five hour-plus council meeting fails to make daily
I really don’t know exactly when the Pensacola City Council meeting stopped meeting. At 8 pm the group was still discussing. The daily newspaper had…
Archeological artifacts uncovered after BP spill
Public Radio International reported yesterday that after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, archaeologists are finding artifacts that shed new light on the Native American tribes…
Mother Jones: Inside Koch Brothers meeting
The 2012 elections, Charles Koch warned in his followers, will be “the mother of all wars.” Mother Jones has recordings that provide a behind-the-scenes look…
Pensacola City Council to vote on council exec
The Pensacola City Council meets today as its Committee of the Whole. An hour has been allotted on the agenda for the Council Executive position….
TDC emails show a move to secede from Chamber
There appears to be a move to pull Tourism Development out from underneath the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The daily interviewed the players…
How wrong the WSJ has been
Paul Krugman takes a shot at the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal whose predictions have included over the years: Clinton’s tax hike would…
Economics Club takes a shift far right
Gulf Coast Economics Club brings in policy advisor, Christian Camara, from right-wing Heartland Institute, which has been backed by the Koch Brothers. The Heartland Institute…
Cronimet to invest $5 million in Pensacola area
Press Release: The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announces the addition of Cronimet Corporation to the Pensacola Bay Area. Cronimet plans to add fifteen…
