I received a link to this website from a colleague in the Middle East: “The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular…
Questions for DPA meeting today
Today George Hawthorne, CEO of Diversity Program Advisors, unveils his plans for Brownsville Middle School. The meeting is at Pensacola City Hall on the second floor, 1-4 p.m.. It will be broadcast…
People stunned over SRIA decision
Not since McGuire Martin ran the Santa Rosa Island Authority to promote his business and personal interests and squash any competition has Pensacola Beach politics come across so backwards. The committee vote…
Lies and lack of substance kill aquairum
The ECUA Board voted 4-1 to not delay the demolition of the Main Street Sewage Plant. For over a year, Bill Young has promoted his idea—a world-class aquarium built using the old…
Buzz: City staff may lose take-home car privileges
There is a quite rumble at City Hall. Mayor Ashton Hayward is cracking down on city staff taking home city vehicles. Who and how many cars involved hasn’t been announced. This doesn’t…
SRIA says Deluna Fest must buy weekend
What is missing from the daily newspaper’s report on the SRIA committee meeting last night is SRIA board member Ed Guernsey telling the DeLuna Fest organizers that they had to pay the…
Aquarium for Pensacola still wants delay
I got this Facebook message: Hi Rick, Aquarium invited you to ECUA board meeting. Vote on delay of demolition of treatment plant. ECUA board meeting. Vote on delay of demolition of treatment…
Bath Salt siezed
Power of the Blog….ECSO Press Release: Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputies are visiting smoke shops, convenience stores and other retailers and confiscating the now illegal “Bath Salts.†Immediately following an emergency rule made…
Aquarium founder blames Rowe
Press Release: We were taken in by Rodney Rowe because of his self-purported political clout and understanding of running a not-for-profit. Mr. Rowe introduced himself to me back in October as the…
Buzz: Thomas has three votes for sale
The buzz around the Administration building is Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has the necessary three votes to approve the sale of Brownsville Middle School to Diversity Program Advisors: Bill Slayton, Gerald Boone and…
Aquarium group won’t release pledge names
After the daily newspaper revealed that Aquarium for Pensacola didn’t have the letters of support from elected officials as it claimed and couldn’t prove that it had 70,000 petition signatures, I asked…
Cazadores owner sentenced
Press Release: Ismael B. Rodriguez, 45, the owner of Cazadores Mexican Restaurants, was sentenced today to 60 months’ imprisonment for mail fraud and conspiracy to commit that offense, announced United States Attorney…
Whatever happened to…
Last February, Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas told the IN he had another buyer for Brownsville Middle School. Whatever happened to that buyer? Diversity Program Advisors wasn’t established until December 2009. DPA…
AES announcement
From their website: “AES is no longer accepting payroll for processing. All 2010 W-2’s and related payroll tax filings will be made within statutory deadlines. We are very sorry for any inconvenience…
First question to ask
The Aquarium misrepresentations are the latest indication that local boards need to change their approach to proposals. The very first question should be of staff, not the vendor or proposer: Has staff…
Why sue MPDP?
The question for some around town is: Why sue Maritime Park Development Partners when they have no money? I asked Community Maritime Park Associates attorney Ed Fleming. He said that CMPA has…
Brownsville Land Deal
That is what Diversity Program Advisors’s purchase of the dilapidated Brownsville Middle School is. George Hawthorne, founder of DPA, has exciting plans for the property, which will work if he convinces other…
Buzz: Hostile Homeless
Downtown Pensacola is battling a new crop of homeless and this winter’s group is more hostile than past seasons. A female bartender was knocked nearly unconscious by a drunk homeless woman who…
States with Smartest Kids
Every year, 4th and 8th graders are tested in reading and math, and some states produce far more top achievers than others. The Daily Beast ranks which states are acing, and which…
AES is making good on bad checks
WEAR TV 3 reports that AES is making good on its bad payroll checks. Read more.
