Consolidation fails to get council approval

The Pensacola City Council vote, 5-4, against telling the state legislative delegation that they support placing the proposed consolidation plan on the ballot next November….

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Stafford is not running

Spoke with Supervisor of Elections David Stafford. He has decided not to run for Pensacola mayor. “My wife and I had time to really talk…

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As predicted, Hall announces for at-large seat

Press Release: I made the decision to run for an at-large seat because I want to be able to serve the city with the same…

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Mack prefiles for mayor

Pensacola City Councilwoman Diane Mack prefiled this morning to run for mayor in the November election.The inside buzz is that she wanted to file prior…

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Frozen chicken ban impacts Gulf Coast ports

Russia last week banned chicken imports from the U.S. At issue is the chlorine bath American producers use to disinfect slaughtered poultry. Of the $729.5…

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Page has phone records

Jamie Page has a solid investigative piece in Sunday’s daily paper. Through public records requests, Page got the cell phone records and message logs from…

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County Purchasing Procedures

Test To be sure that I was being fair to Comm. Valentino, I spent time yesterday with Escambia County Purchasing Chief Claudia Simmons to understand…

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Buzz: Other races

. Some locals have been hoping that another Republican would jump into the State Senate race that now has Greg Evers, Dave Murzin and Mike…

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Buzz: City musical chairs

This is the buzz on the Pensacola city elections. We are expecting to see people file for the mayor’s race before the end of the…

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UWF will have its offer before CMPA

The University of West Florida offer appears to be very similar to one being discussed by the master developer and university during the holidays. The…

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Videos on Maplewood bid

Here are the comments from the different commissioners on the motion to reverse the re-bid of the Maplewood drainage project: KEVIN WHITE: GROVER ROBINSON: GENE…

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There was no error by Roads

Through a public records request, I have the bids made by Gulf Equipment and Roads Inc on the Maplewood drainage project. As you would expect,…

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