Hilton Head, SC firm recommended for park design
Escambia County staff is recommending that the design work for Chimes Way Park – $68,745 – be given to the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina…
McLaughlin adds buy-out to consent agenda
Escambia County Administrator Bob McLaughlin has added to the Board of County Commissioners agenda for its March 5 regular meeting a resolution for the “Separation…
Nobles-Wiggins lands state post
Ryan Nobles Wiggins has been named a deputy director of communication for Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. She is the daughter of former Councilman Jack…
Bring back idea of selling City Hall
In April 2005, the Pensacola City Council considered whether to sell City Hall or repair it. The City Council voted 9-1 -Mike Wiggins was the…
Weekly Economic Development report
From Charles Wood, Pensacola Chamber Senior VP for Economic Development: * Trip to Century – I met with the Mayor of Century, Freddie McCall and…
Others give preference to locals
The website newrules.org lists these cities that offer preference to local businesses as a means to nurture small businesses and local economies. This is not…
Okaloosa County Sheriff indicted
WEAR TV reports that We have breaking news out of Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris has been indicted on multiple federal charges and has been…
Sansom friend wants a toll road
St. Pete Times reports that Jay Odom, a developer closely linked to former House Speaker Ray Sansom, is pushing for a new toll road to…
Pensacola does well in healthcare cost study
There is new study by that Dartmouth Atlas project which is published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the rising costs of healthcare….
Lack of strong mayor hurts CMP negotiations
The representatives of Scott Davidson have sent out emails stating that Davidson and his company have answered all the information requests of the City and…
Buzz: Pensacola not on stimulus list
The Buzz in the business community is the City of Pensacola failed to get on the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report of “shovel-ready” projects….
NWFSC president violated Sunshine Law
The daily newspaper is reporting that a Leon County grand jury is convening to investigate possible Sunshine Law violations by Rep. Ray Sansom, former Speaker…
Mack continues pushing on CMP
Council member Diane Mack plans to make a motion on the CMPA developer negotiations today at the Committee of the Whole: In a letter to…
BTW: DROP program cost $2 mil
As per the City of Pensacola’s CAFR: the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) cost us $1,957,764 in 2008.
Nobles: no pension panic
While researching for my Outtakes column, I ran across this quote from then-Councilman Jack Nobles from August 2005: “Let’s reward employees and be fair to…
Batali drops f-bombs on King Juan Carlos
Celebrity chef Mario Batali lost his temper when the crowd at the $1,000-a-plate dinner during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival didn’t quiet down…
Pension Tsunami
My posts on the City of Pensacola pensions caught the attention of the Pension watchdog blog, PensionTsunami.com. The author writes, “The purpose of this site…
Weekly Wood report
From Charles Wood, Senior VP Economic Development, Pensacola Chamber: Following the Royals to Miami – After speaking during the breakfast ceremony this morning which hosted…
Suspect caught
Press release from ECSO: Suspect in Sexual Encounter Caught The suspect that accosted a woman earlier this morning is in custody and charged with Burglary,…
