Category: Pensacola
Buzz: Banjanin may be back
We’re hearing the Tom Banjanin is sniffing around City Council District 3 and be filing to run against Maren DeWeese. Old Guard vs. Soccer Mom—could…
Hall qualifies
Sam Hall sent me an email that he has qualified for Pensacola City Council At Large B.
Who has qualified for local races?
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections released the following list of candidates that have qualified completely as of June 15. There are still several holes: County…
Fogg withdraws
Former Pensacola Mayor John Fogg has withdrawn from the mayor’s race, according to the Supervisor of Elections office. The inside scoop is that fundraising hasn’t…
Wiggins skewered on Daily Show forum
Pensacola Mike Wiggins is getting compared to Jaws’ Mayor Vaughan by a blogger on the Daily Show forum. Read more.
City manager passes on BP surety bond
Pensacola City Manager Al Coby is not recommending that City Council require BP to put up a surety bond to cover any city expenses or…
City hires Hatch Mott
Mayor Mike Wiggins announced at the June 7, 4:30 p.m press conference at the EOC that the City has hired Hatch Mott MacDonald to monitor…
Special EC County Commission Meeting
Press Release: The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 10 at 8:45 a.m. to handle issues relating…
Pensacola City Council proves helplessness
Remember the outrage over the BP boom cleaning operations in Bayou Chico. City Attorney Rusty Wells gave the Pensacola City Council memo on how they…
City Attorney memo: City Council has some control over BP boom ops
Pensacola City Attorney Rusty Wells has sent the City Council a memo, “Pensacola-Based Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Cleanup Measures,” that while the City can’t stop…
Fickled anti CMP arguments
If you read my prior post, particularly the litany of quotes from C.C. Elebash, it will become very apparent at how fickled his arguments have…
Promise is DOA with Entrenched Eight
Sadly but as anticipated, eight Pensacola City Council members voted against Pensacola Promise yesterday….more accurately they voted to study it more, which is the much-used…