After paying all his campaign bills, out-going Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby donated his remaining $69,539.78 to charity: Emerald Coast Honor Flight $10,000 The Village at Olive Baptist Church $40,000 Sheriffs Youth…
Car plant spokesman has tax problems, too
The News Journal reports today that the backers of the proposed electric car plant in Century have tax problems. Jay and Nash Patel’s LHS Pensacola Inc. owns the Days Inn, Howard Johnson,…
Halcorp gives Townsend $750, too
Councilman Ronald Townsend also got $750 from Halcorp and its officers during this last campaign reporting period. Interestingly, fellow Councilman Marty Donovan gave him $150. Townsend reports that he spent $328.72 on…
Johnson raises $10,983.02
Larry B. Johnson, who is facing Councilman Marty Donovan in a run-off tomorrow, reported a whopping $10,983.02 in contributions for this last report. Here’s the list of contributors: Pensacola Professional Firefig,$500,Check Southern…
Halcorp gives Donovan $750 before council vote
Councilman Marty Donovan got another $750 from Halcorp and its officers prior to the Nov. 20 vote to extend their lease at the Port of Pensacola. The funds were deposited into his…
May have missed this
Two Escambia High School students were in a gun battle off campus on Friday. One was shot, after he couldn’t get his gun out in time. The shooting happened at 1:45 p.m….
More jobs cut
NorthEscambia.com reports West Fraser Timber Co is cutting 69 jobs at its facility in Citronelle, Alabama. The announcement comes just weeks after it shutdown its McDavid sawmill. Read more.
GB native in Taco Bell ad
Watch the new Taco Bell ad with two buddies eating tacos while watching their buddy be chased by bull. The guy in the green shirt is Kevin Wheatley – GBHS grad and…
Moby misses point on airport hotel lease
PNJ columnist Mark Obrien missed what I think is the real point about the airport hotel lease approved by the Pensacola City Council. The issue is not a “Clash of the Hotel…
PNJ updates Solutia layoffs story
Last night when I posted that Solutia had laid off 780 workers, the pnj.com was reporting 200 in its headline online. The confusion is over contract workers (such as Landrum workers) and…
Solutia lays off/fires 780 people
This includes employees and the contract/leased employees. PNJ and WEAR TV 3 are only reporting about 200 people, but our sources inside Solutia tell us that the total people losing their jobs…
BTW: Halcorp lease passed
Halcorp got its 2.5-year lease extension last night. The Pensacola City Council passed it by a vote of 7-3, with Councilmen Wu and Wiggins and Mayor Fogg voting in opposition. The seven…
Sansom got NWFL State College $200K…quietly
St. Petersburg Times reports Rep. Ray Sansom did get his new employer $200,000 in the current budget to help Northwest Florida State College create a permanent home for its leadership institute. Previously,…
State must cut another $2 billion
The word from Tallahassee is that state economists will announce today that the state’s budget deficit could reach $2 billion for the year ending June 30. The GOP lawmakers are lounging with…
Common Cause questions Sansom hiring
The Daily News reports that Common Cause Florida, a political watchdog group, see House Speaker Ray Sansom’s new $110,000-a-year job at Northwest Florida State College as potential conflict of interest. “There’s a…
Nobles: I think we’ve dealt fairly with everyone
Jack, the Pensacola City Council dealt more than fairly with Julian MacQueen, Al Coby, Frank Miller (see last post)…everyone but the citizens. The citizens deserve to know what really happened, how it…
Council approves airport deal anyway
By IN Reporter Sean Boone Airport deal lives after city hiccup After a week long fiasco described by Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn as “The clash of the hotel titans,” Sandspur Development was ultimately…
What you might not know about airport hotel lease
Sandspur Development can subdivide the property into six parcels and is only required to build on one of the sub-parcels. The Master Plan shown the council and printed in the News Journal…
Please table airport deal
When the Escambia County Commission felt the park deal wasn’t done properly last September, it voted it down and had staff rebid it. The commission still bought the property, but the public…
BTW…
Northwest Florida State College, formerly Okaloosa-Walton Community College, has the Bo Johnson Fitness Center. What building will Ray Sansom have named after him?
