Buzz: ECUA dictated new county districts

The County district boundaries were redrawn with the ECUA board members in mind. The County Commission did not want to deal with a lawsuit from…

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Florida is better for business

CNBC recently ranked America’s top states for business in an annual special report. Florida tied with Tennessee for 18th —ten spots higher than last year’s…

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Hayward wants to cut tax rate

During the 2010 campaign, Ashton Hayward announced that he wanted to rollback the millage rate if he was elected. Today, he has issued a press…

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Disparity Contract signed

Mayor Ashton Hayward signed on July 6 the contract for the disparity study. MGT of America, Inc. will be paid $249,942, in eight installments. MGT…

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Why Marie Young abstained from vote on aide’s husband

Last week, Commissioner Marie Young abstained from voting on a motion to ask the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office to help enforce a cease and desist…

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Nelson’s Me 2 Press Conference

While Sen. Marco Rubio was in Pensacola garnering attention while listening from local and state officials about the BP disaster, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator, Bill…

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County redistricting plan nearly complete

The Escambia County Commission and School Board left yesterday’s joint meeting with proposed redistricting maps that will see District 4 (Grover Robinson) and 5 (Kevin…

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Buzz: Morgan gets petitions signed

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has met the petition requirement for qualification to be on the 2012 ballot for Sheriff. There were 1,996 validated petitions…

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Chamber Names Senior VP for Economic Development

Press Release: Scott Luth has been named Senior Vice President for Economic Development for the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Jim Hizer, chamber president/CEO,…

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Stafford offers city redistricting ideas (map)

The City of Pensacola has 51,923.  The Ideal District is 7,418 people.  Supervisor of Elections David Stafford has drawn up a possible new configuration of…

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Evers Announces District Town Hall Tour, guns optional

Senator Greg Evers (R-Baker) today announced the dates and times for his Senate District 2 town hall meetings for the month of July, 2011. The…

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Bo’s Bridge is broken

St. Pete Times zeroes in on the Garcon Point Bridge, commonly known in other parts of Florida as “Bo’s Bridge” because for Florida House Speaker…

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