The Park Yes, Stadium No website states: “Our petition drive DOES NOT jeopardize the City’s Bond financing or the New Market Tax Credit funds.” The City Attorney, Bond Counsel and Ed Gray…
BP Disaster Update
Current Situation The State Emergency Operations Center is activated at Level 1 or full activation. The State continues to focus on mitigating impacts to Florida’s shoreline. Tropical Storm Bonnie was located approximately…
What did Ed Gray tell Marty and Jack?
The daily newspaper has finally published the letter from City Attorney Wells that outlines how the referendum will not stop the stadium and instead puts “the city in a financially precarious situation.”…
Mayor’s Forum
Press Release: The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has been hosting a series of candidate forums throughout July 2010 which have been moderated by Rick Outzen. The final candidate forum is…
NOAA Re-Opening 1/3 Closed Area
Press Release From Deepwater Response: NOAA will re-open 26,388 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational fishing on Thursday. The reopening of a third of the overall closed area was announced after…
Zombies Against BP
Local Daniel Pearson has organized a “zombie” walk on Aug. 6 for downtown in an effort to raise money for the city and oil recovery efforts. ZOMBIE WALK! August 6th at 8pm…
Buzz: Biden to make big announcement
My contacts in D.C. called to give me a heads up that VP Joe Biden will be making a big announcement today during his visit to Theodore, Ala. I suspect that the…
Restore The Gulf Petition
On Monday, Â Women of the Storm organization kicked off its Restore The Gulf petition to demand a proper cleanup and restoration response from the government in the aftermath of the BP disaster….
Where are Marty, Luke & Jack getting $15M figure?
I have before me the CMPA budget for the money it received from the 2009 bond issuance. It was approved May 25, 2010. The stadium construction budget from the bond funds isn’t…
Bar Association rates Judicial Candidates
The Escambia/Santa Rosa and Okaloosa/Walton Bar Associations conducted a survey of their members on the First Judicial Circuit Court Candidates (1=poor to 5=excellent): Kenneth L. Brooks, Jr. Ethics & Professionalism: 3.96 Experience…
Sink Now Leads In Governor Race
It looks like the tough battle between Attorney General Bill McCollum and former health care administrator Rick Scott on the Republican side of the governor’s race has somewhat propelled Democrat and State…
BP Photoshopping Image
Yesterday the Washington Post reported that BP photoshopped its Disaster Relief Response poster. “I guess if you’re doing fake crisis response, you might as well fake a photo of the crisis response…
GOP Florida House throws tantrum
It took 43 minutes for the Florida House to thumb its nose at Gov. Charlie Crist and adjourn the special session on offshore drilling without any action. Crist had called state legislature…
Morning Joe, Live from The Fish House
Thusday morning, Joe Scarborough, will be broadcasting his show, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, live from the Fish House. The show will air from 5:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m.. Several local politicians and celebrities…
Robo Luke called City Hall, too
This is starting to be funny. Calls to government office, county residents, IN staffers….they should have bought a better call list. Expect soon a viewpoint in the PNJ from C.C. Elebash.
Donovan/Nobles are calling cell phones
The Luke McCoy calls are to cell phones. Two IN staffers have gotten them since noon. One uses AT&T, the other T-Mobile. Others have emailed me that they are getting calls on…
$3.5 Million In State Loans From SBA
Update From the Small Business Association of Florida: As of the close of business on July 19, 2010 for the State of Florida, the SBA has issued 615 applications and 33 loans for over $3.5 Million have been…
He’s baaaack. Luke makes robo calls for Marty
Former WCOA radio personality Luke McCoy is making automated phone calls for Donovan/Nobles petition drive. Basic message: For all the promised hoopla, all we are getting is a $15 million ballpark. Certainly…
Donovan/Nobles referendum can’t stop the stadium
City Attorney Rusty Wells has analyzed the petition drive by Marty Donovan and Jack Nobles and has issued his opinion to the Mayor and Pensacola City Council. He has concluded the petition…
Freshwater, Oil Woes
Researchers are finding many small “dead zones†in the western Gulf of Mexico, but so far there is little to no evidence they are related to the BP oil spill. According to…
