Notes: BCC regular meeting 4.03.08

Rawson’s Providence Manor final plat passed unanimously. His Roads, Inc was given two more road contracts – Blue Pit Drainage Improvements for $126,126; Ziglar Road…

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Ford suggest deep cuts to commission salaries

According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators. In Escambia County that would…

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Review of BCC add-ons

We’ve gone back a year and reviewed the minutes of every Escambia County Commission regular meeting. We can’t find another time that a commissioner has…

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Notes: BCC agenda meeting 4.03.08

All County Commissioners present except Commissioner Grover Robinson, District 4. Call to order at 9:05 a.m. Items to be added to the agenda: Commissioner Kevin…

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Please be consistent, Mark

In his column today, Mark O’Brien praises the relocation of the Main Street Sewage Treatment plant. Call me crazy, but I feel optimistic about Greater…

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Bay Co. cuts impact fees

In an attempt to stimulate a lethargic economy, the Bay County Commission, in a split vote, approved a steep reduction in impact fees for 18…

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Springdale set to open baseball park

The Springdale, Ark. held a referendum for a 1-cent sales tax to pay for a minor league baseball park in July 2006 – about six…

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OSC/DeWeese responds to Saltmarsh

Just got this pdf from O’Sullivan Creel partner Jeff DeWeese in response to the Saltmarsh, Cleaveland and Gund blimp: presentation1-1.pdf

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Hospital scores are in

The HCAHPS are in for our hospitals and are available on the federal website:www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov HCAHPS is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’…

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Gannett Blog looks at PNJ

Jim Hopkins and his Gannett Blog take a look at the new front page design of the Pensacola News Journal – Hot Off the Press:…

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Board closes 7 schools

Not here. The Volusia County School Board will close seven schools in three years. The five board members overwhelmingly voted to close the schools, saying…

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Business 101

Florida House leaders have proposed a $65.1 billion budget with no pay raises for state employees, but willl allow Gov. Charlie Crist to use reserves…

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