Mayor Ashton Hayward sent yesterday a memo to the Pensacola City Council regarding the FY 2012 Budget. He has directed City Staff to take under advisement only those amendments to the budget…
Food for Appetite for Life
La Costa Latina Newspaper is collecting food at Hispanic Resource Center at 5465 N. Pensacola Blvd. (between Brent and Airport—Across from Taco Rock) for Appetite for Life to replace the food supplies…
Baldwin County sues BP for $11.95 million
Baldwin County commissioners met in a closed session Thursday and then voted 3-1 to proceed with an $11.95 million damages claim involving the BP PLC oil spill. The Baldwin County Public Schools…
Hayward: ‘My Budget Stands’
I spoke with Mayor Ashton Hayward last night. He made it clear that he has no plans to change the city budget that he presented to the Pensacola City Council on August…
FCAT scores don’t translate to ACT success
ACT scores released on Wednesday showed that Florida’s average went from 19.5 in 2010 to 19.6 in 2011. However, the state still lags behind the nation which has an average score of…
Scott’s transition team emails missing
Miami Herald report the email accounts of Rick Scott and most of the governor-elect’s transition team were deleted soon after he took office, potentially erasing public records that state law requires be…
Murdoch scandal grows
The Daily Beast: Clive Goodman was called a ‘rogue’ hacker at News of the World, but in a newly revealed letter he says the paper’s top editors condoned it. William Underhill on…
Legal Services gets BP grant
Legal Services of North Florida has announced the receipt of a grant for $200000 to provide outreach and legal help to low-income residents and small businesses who were affected by the April…
Buzz: Nodine indicted again
Just heard former Mobile Co. Commissioner Stephen Nodine has been indicted again by a Baldwin Co. grand jury. More later.
Northwest Florida Gator Club Annual Fall Gathering
Monday, August 22, at Seville Quarter (Phineas Phoggs). Doors open at 5pm and show will start after 6pm. It’s free to get in, with light snacks and a cash bar. There will…
Pot found on hunting club land
NorthEscambia.com reports Escambia County deputies have seized $34,000 worth of marijuana from land owned by a Walnut Hill hunting club. Read more.
Pensacola City Council confusion
There appears to be some confusion over the city budget process. The mayor doesn’t work for the Pensacola City Council. He isn’t required to change the budgets based on straw polls of…
Emails on Libyan rebellion
Libyan rebels continue to fight to close in on Tripoli and overthrow Gaddafi. A friend shared these emails with me. They are from an Libyan immigrant whose family is in the war-torn…
Three locals named to Leadership Florida
Press Release: Leadership Florida has announced the selection of its 30th Annual Class Program participants. Fifty-five of the most talented individuals from across the state will participate in an eight-month training and…
Hidden Gem: Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council
One of the hidden gems of Pensacola is the Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council, a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to create and encourage collaboration between like-minded community stakeholders who value…
Buzz: GLA built on stormwater drain
The Global Learning Academy is set on the back part of the old Gulf Power headquarters property. It’s in a valley at the bottom of a steep hill. Apparently it is also…
Light coverage of Budget marathon today
You will have to follow the Pensacola City Council workshop on you own. I will have watch the video later. My day is filled with meetings and interviews. I am also co-hosting…
Hayward drops cabinet proposal
Mayor Ashton Hayward will no longer call his chiefs of Staff, Neighborhood and Economic Opportunities his cabinet. Instead, they will be referred to as his posse. Apparently Hayward had his son spend…
City budget workshop marathon continues today
If the Council President doesn’t change the agenda, slated for discussion are Airport, Port, City Attorney, CRA, Neighborhood Services, MIS, Police, Fire, Public Works and Penny for Progress. Like yesterday, the workshop…
The Reds and the Blues — Bavasi Pays Visit From Cincinnati
By Jeremy Morrison— The downtown office is a scene of change. On one side of the front room is surplus Pensacola Pelicans gear for sale. On the other are grandiose plans —…
