The job description for the council staff member has grown to council executive – or Wisdom of Crowds Administrative Officer. Here is the job description: WCAO. Through a public record request, the…
Eddins elected president
Press release: The Office of the State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit announces the appointment of State Attorney William “Bill†Eddins as President of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association for a…
Crabs? Is there a problem?
Stuart Smith reports that a Pensacola fisherman has complained to him about the crabs in the area: Our observation from the last two weeks is the number of these sick crabs has…
Wisdom of Crowds Council is still meeting
The 95 minutes was up 37 minutes ago. Council Administrator powers have grown considerably.
Council CAO could make more than entire council
The Pensacola City Council’s salary is $14K a year. The entire council salaries equal $126,000. The proposed city council administrator could cost $130K—not including health insurance, retirement, car allowance, administrative staff, etc.
Workshop: Council CAO could cost big bucks
The proposed administrator for the Pensacola City Council —not the City CAO as established by the charter—appears to have been narrowed to two candidates. The requested salaries are between $91,000 to $130,000….
Murdoch/News Corp whistleblower found dead
The Guardian reports Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbusiness reporter who was the first named journalist to allege that Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff,…
Court upholds $28M Tobacco judgment
The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a jury’s order that the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co pay nearly $30 million to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer after decades of…
BP another spill, more charges of recklessness
This Week has an article on the latest BP spill in Alaska. I love this quote: “You’d think that by now,” says Steve Gelsi in MarketWatch.com, “their turn in the hot seat…
Tomlinson convicted
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that on July 19, 2011, John Tomlinson, a former Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant, was convicted by a Santa Rosa County Jury of two counts of…
Viewpoint: When conflict gets impersonally personal
By Tom H. Hastings In the field of conflict resolution we define a consensual conflict as one that is conducted about some division of the pie (conflict of interests) and is amenable…
Warrington Middle still waiting for turnaround
The daily newspaper has put a positive spin on Warrington Middle School, which has been on the state’s list of schools in danger of being closed or converted into charters because of…
Charter Commission did not see need for council atty or staff
I got a hold of Charter Review Commission chair Crystal Spencer last night while she was the road to Nashville for a meeting with a client. She had seen the agenda for…
Pratt defends her at-large seat
Pensacola City Council member Megan Pratt has posted on her blog a defense for the at-large seats. As I reported earlier on this blog and in the IN, Pensacola has the largest…
Simple plan balloons to WCAO
In February 2011, the Pensacola City Council president first proposed a council staff person. His/her duties would include: 1. Refer information requests to Departments within City government. 2. Data & Policy analysis…
City Workshop Agenda Online
The agenda for the Wednesday, July 20 special workshop of the Pensacola City Council is now available online. According to the agenda, the meeting will last 55 95 minutes. Discussion items: 1….
Cram the Van returns
Press Release: Yes, it’s that time of year again. School bells will soon sound, breaking the silence of summer break. There are too many smiling and eager students in our community who…
Charter review without experts
The Pensacola City Council is doing a charter “checkup” tomorrow without any input from the Charter Review Commission chair Crystal Spencer or any of the experts who helped draft the document. The…
Deluna Fest hotel packages go on sale 8 a.m.
Check out the post on inweekly.net. As of 8 a.m. July 19, general admission festival participants can book their hotels for DeLuna Fest 2011 at the Hampton Inn on Pensacola Beach—@ delunafest.frontgatetickets.com….
Wall Street Journal defends its honor
The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy editorial Sunday depending its integrity in light of the phone hacking scandal involving its for former publisher and CEO, Les Hinton. “In nearly four years…
