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According to the Ocala.com, U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, persuaded the House to pass his request to fund research by the Institute for Human and…

Charles Fairchild also addressed the Pensacola City Council to announce the formation of his latest Political Action Committee – “No Boss Mayor.” He tells the…

The current council-manager system isn’t working. It has become a weak mayor-weak council system. The Pensacola City Council, under the current charter, has two hires,…

The Miami Herald has published a report card on Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the US Senate in 2010. Check it out.

Daily News reports that Kimalee Piedad advanced to the Las Vegas audition round of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” The 25-year-old native of…

Jamie Page reports on his blog that at its Thursday Committee of the Whole meeting, Escambia County commissioners voted unanimously in favor of a request…

Opponents to the proposed charter appear to be upset that the new city charter is 21 pages….actually it’s 18 if don’t count the cover page…

Tallahassee only has five council members, if you include the mayor. Pensacola has ten, including the mayor. The Tallahassee city council members are at-large, meaning…

Charles Fairchild has a new pet phrase to fight the charter: “Review, not redo.” The insinuation is that the Charter Review Commission overstepped its charge…

Here is the video of former City Attorney Don Caton addressing the Pensacola City Council on the charter proposal during open forum. … The Tallahassee…

I will try to breakdown the various parts of the proposed charter. Article III – Elected Positions Sec. 3.01 Form of Government * Separates the…

During the debate over the first development plan for the Trillium property (2002-2003) –which was a staff proposal, not from the private sector— City Attorney…

This quote is from another Viewpoint by Charlie Fairchild: “City Hall usually undertakes studies to provide the verification and justification of some heavily biased, expensive…

There was a time that Charlie Fairchild, the new head of the PAC against the proposed charter, regularly attacked city government….He labeled it “City Hall”…

In a letter to the CMPA board, UWF President Judy Bense asks that Site A be delivered as an acceptable pad ready construction site by…

Charlie “PAC Man” Fairchild is back. His latest political action committee (PAC) will be the one opposing the proposed new city charter. Here is a…

A friend called last night to let me know that Don Caton wasn’t too happy with me and this blog for publishing his pension benefits….

I’ve done an informal poll of teenagers and their parents to find out how the teens would react if they were somewhere they weren’t suppose…

The site work has begun on the Community Maritime Park. Ed Spears sent me this photo. Here Ed points out what is on the site:…

By Sean Boone It started as a few dozen young adults outraged over the death of 17-year-old Victor Steen. But by the end of the…