UWF drops out of Maritime Park…for now
TO: Mayor and City Council FROM:Alvin G. Coby DATE: 3/12/10 SUBJECT:Alternate Option for the UWF Maritime Museum The University of West Florida (UWF) and Capital…
Latest poll: Rubio leads Crist in Northwest Florida 2-1
From Marketing Metrics Media: According to their most recent study of 353 voters with a 100% voting record living in Northwest Florida for the last…
ECUA upset with IN…and me
At yesterday’s Leadership Pensacola session, ECUA officials made it clear they aren’t happy with the IN. The fact is ECUA is the least open of…
Councilwoman DeWeese makes motion on ECUA
At last night’s Pensacola City Council meeting, Councilwoman Maren DeWeese made a motion to ban waste transfer station inside the downtown CRA district. Mayor Mike…
ECUA needs BOCC permission
ECUA was formed by a special act of the Florida Legislature. It got the rights to the county’s sanitation through a transfer agreement with the…
ECUA doesn’t need downtown transfer station
I’ve now heard from more than one source that ECUA officials and, at least, one board member have been talking about placing a downtown transfer…
Grover replies to PB master plan viewpoint
Mr. Rotenberry, Thank you for your email and concerns. Many of your points are valid but some are the same political stereotyping that gets us…
Viewpoint: On Tanker Contest
From: Stephen Nodine I would like to express my most sincere appreciation to all our friends and partners along the Gulf Coast who joined Mobile’s…
More FCAT analysis
The FCAT statistics indicate that the test scores vary from class to class as the students move through the Escambia County Public School District. Teachers…
FCAT Tomfoolery
Dark chocolate supposedly boosts a person’s mood. Teachers are putting dark chocolate Kisses on students desks. Also some students are allowed to chew gum while…
Story appointed to State Education Board
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Gulf Power CEO/President Susan Story has been appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to the state Board of Education. Read…
FCAT prep- is it working? No
We know that many of our public schools are spending hours of class time preparing for the FCAT tests. In the schools that have the…
GB UFOs military research?
In November 1987 contractor Ed Walters allegedly snapped a Polaroid picture of a UFO craft that he claimed was hovering over a road near a…
Crime at A and Jackson St.
Calls received with dispositions in 2009 in the four block area that includes A & Jackson streets. There were 933 calls – which breaks down…
Nominees for CMPA board
Mr. J. Terryl Bechtol, Sr – Nominated by Mr. Baker Mr. Joe Boyles – Nominated by Mrs. White Mr. Tom Owens – Nominated by Mrs….
Viewpoint on Pensacola Beach Master Plan
My Fellow Pensacola Citizens, As a lifelong resident of Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, I have always been a proponent of improving the quality of life…
Can Pensacola reduce reserves to avoid tax increase?
City Finance Director Richard Barker has argued that it’s the best practice of the Government Finance Officer Association (GFOA) to have no less than two…
Lister may have stolen up to $1.2 million
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that former finance employee Cathy Lister may have stolen as much as $1.2 million from the ECSO over…
Buzz: Moratorium tied to ECUA
The Pensacola City Council will consider today a ban of industrial land uses inside the CRA. What I’m hearing is that this has to do…
Improving use of minority vendors
The Pensacola City Council’s Finance Commitee will discuss today the recommendations made by the Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Ad Hoc Committee on MGT of America…
