Maren DeWeese is upset!
Council member Maren DeWeese is upset with Commmunity Director Thaddeus Cohen’s decision to not fund neighborhood projects tfor which neighborhood associations raised money in anticipation…
Library scramble
Next week the Pensacola City Council will consider issuing a RFP for the downtown library that is currently proposed to be built on the site…
You can be a movie star
Got this email from Carol Kahn Parker: Seeking extras for THE NEW YEAR, an independent film being shot in the Pensacola! It is a low,…
Ingram files first
Press Release: Clay Ingram to run for Florida House of Representatives Vows to fight for Escambia County’s future PENSACOLA-Escambia County native Clay Ingram has filed…
CMPA board positions
Mayor Mike Wiggins and Council member Megan Pratt have been nominated to fill John Fogg’s seat on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees….
Gas tax for education?
Yesterday the IN reported that Escambia All for One is putting together an effort to save the K-8 Carver School in Century that is scheduled…
Spooneybarger makes comeback
Pressbox.com has an article on the Pensacola native Tommy Spooneybarger’s comeback after two Tommy John surgeries. Spooneybarger pitched professionally for the first time since 2005….
McLaughlin stays
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners held a retreat yesterday on Pensacola Beach at the Hilton. One topic discussed was whether or not the commissioners…
New Young Professionals forming
Jayer Williamson is heading up a group that wants to form the Santa Rosa Young Professionals. They are working on their by-laws and mission statement…
Buzz: Coby no longer interim
Mayor Mike Wiggins stunned yesterday’s crowd at the city council meeting when he referred to Al Coby as the city manager. “Al agreed to stay…
Council committee assignments
FINANCE COMMITTEE Jewel Cannada-Wynn, Chair Mike Wiggins, Vice Chair Sam Hall John Jerralds Ronald Townsend P.C. Wu NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES Sam Hall, Chair Maren DeWeese, Vice…
Hard hiring freeze in school system
This memo has been sent out to school administration and principals: TO: ALL PRINCIPALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM: DR. ALAN SCOTT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT KEITH LEONARD,…
Oops, no public forum
The Pensacola City Council held two council meetings yesterday. One to honor the outgoing council and to ratify all their actions over the past two…
Sacred Heart hurt by budget cuts, too
Mike Burke, Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Sacred Heart Health System says. “If the proposed budget cuts go through, Sacred Heart’s reimbursement would…
No more preaching in Santa Rosa schools
We wrote about this suit last September. Press Release: Federal Judge Orders Santa Rosa School District to Discontinue Religious Advancement United States District Court Judge…
State budget cuts hurt Baptist Hospital
The special session has come up with a budget that will reduce Medicaid reimbursement to area hospitals. We’ve asked both Baptist and Sacred Heart how…
Old City Council leaves office
Today, 52 years of government experience left the Pensacola City Council. Everyone was there to honor the old guard and welcome the new council members….
IN goes to Obama Inauguration
Reporter Sean Boone and Production Manager Joani Delezen will be reporting from Washington, D.C. on Barack Obama’s Inauguration. We received tickets from Congressman Jeff Miller.
Economic Development update
From Charles Wood, Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce: * Pensacola Unemployment 7th Lowest in State – For the month of November, Pensacola’s unemployment rate…
Pensacola Wish List
Councilman Sam Hall passed on this wish list that Al Coby sent to the Florida League of Cities and to Miller and Nelson: Curbside Recycling…
