Notes: School Board 5.20

School board members got an earful from unhappy residents at their recent meeting, as over two dozen came forward to express concerns about possible budget…

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Buzz: ECUA drops suit

We received a call today that Emerald Coast Utility Authority has dropped its lawsuit against Escambia County over being required to use the Perdido Key…

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IN Your Head Radio 5.20

Because it takes them nearly a 1,000 years to biodegrade, many cities across the globe, including San Francisco, Oakland and soon Paris and all of…

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Fogg not to seek re-election

Pensacola Mayor John Fogg has just announced he will not be running for re-election.  A press release to that effect should be forthcoming.

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Escambia County is not really a very good partner

That is what Santa Rosa County Commissioner Gordon Goodin said yesterday when the commission was deciding whether to join in a regional transportation authority with…

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Notes: City Committees 5.19

May 19 City Committees meeting notes: Mayor John Fogg and Councilmen Mike DeSorbo and Ronald Townsend said Monday night they make no apologies for unexpectedly…

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No ethics at the top

Escambia County lives in an ethical limbo – where right is wrong, wrong is right; where county commissioners serve themselves first, then us last. We…

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How City works

Remember the tree ordinance that finally was agreed on by the developers and the environmentalists. Guess when it will be finally approved – July 3…

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Fogg will give Rusty everything

The Pensacola City Council voted yesterday to have Mayor John Fogg negotiate with Rusty “Jackpot” Wells on his new contract with the city for the…

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Give up garbage

A year ago, the Pensacola City Council could have handed over its garbage collection to ECUA and saved the residents money. Now they are fighting…

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IN Your Head Radio 5.19

 On Feb. 18, 2007, the body of Joshua Whittier, a 21-year-old Navarre resident who had worked with Ford Models, was found face down at the…

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PNJ finally reports on Wells

You’ve got to love our daily newspaper. Ten days after Rusty Wells named by the Pensacola City Council by 6-3 to be the new City…

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