Today the Pensacola City Council’s Enterprise Committee will decide whether to renew the lease of the Houston-based asphalt company Halcorp at the Port of Pensacola.
Considering the 2007 Council Goals & Priorities Ideas which state “Plan for alternative uses at the Port of Pensacola as industrial leases expire,” then voting down this renewal should be a formality.
Instead we hear the contract will be passed by the Enterprise Committee and, on Thursday, by the city council. Why? Could it be the Port of Pensacola Users Association and Halcorp and its officers invested heavily in the campaigns of certain council members?
Halcorp
Townsend $250, Cannada-Wynn $250, Nobles $250, Hall $250, Pratt $250, Donovan $250
Halcorp owner Arthur Brass (Bass on some reports)
Townsend $250, Cannada-Wynn $250, Nobles $250, Hall $250, Donovan $250
Halcorp owner Sanford Brass (Bass on some reports)
Townsend $250, Cannada-Wynn $250, Nobles $250, Hall $250, Pratt $250, Donovan $250
Halcorp president Joseph Mattingly
Townsend $250, Cannada-Wynn $250, Nobles $250, Hall $250, Donovan $250
Port of Pensacola Users Association
Townsend $500, Cannada-Wynn $500, Nobles $500, Hall $500, DeSorbo $500, Donovan $500
Guess who makes up the Enterprise Committee:Jack Nobles, Chair, Mike DeSorbo, Vice Chair, Marty Donovan, Michael C. Wiggins, P. C. Wu
We expect the Committee vote to be either 3-2 or 4-1. Wiggins will vote “No” – Wu could go either way.
Read Lease Amendment and background information: halcorp.pdf