Here is the list of Pensacola city employees losing their city car take-home privilege: Airport Airport Director Airport Law Enforcement Engineering City Engineer Energy Services of Pensacola Area Manager Admin Officer, Engineering…
UWF students warned of abduction attempt
ARGO ALERT Earlier this afternoon, a female was approached from behind in what appeared to be an attempted abduction at or near the Fountains Apartments near campus, but she was able to…
Cliffnotes of Hayward ethics code
✓ Signiï¬cantly strengthens the conflict of interest rules and gift rules beyond what is the current minimum standards in the Florida Statutes. ✓ Tightens the rules on gifts to City ofï¬cials and…
Mayor Hayward knocks out 2 To Do items
Mayor Ashton Hayward continues to work at a furious pace knocking off two more items on this “To Do” list during his third week of office. Press Release: Three weeks into the…
Medic shot
This sounds like it’s part of a gang initiation. ECSO Press Release: Escambia County deputies are investigating a shooting that left an Escambia County emergency medic wounded. At around 9:03 p.m. Friday…
Egypt on Fire
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…
