Meet the Coastkeeper

Jamie Rodgers is a graduate of the University of West Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry. She began as a volunteer at Emerald Coastkeeper…

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Florida bouncing back, Pensacola seen as expanding market

Wells Fargo sees Pensacola as an expanding market as the Florida bounces back. Overall employment in the Sunshine State’s leisure and hospitality industry is up…

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Schroeder out, Scruggs in

Press Release: Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announces former business executive, Terry Scruggs, as interim vice president of tourism. Ed Schroeder, former vice president…

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If you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a ball

Press Release: The Pelicans Training Academy will start its first Adult Dodgeball League this fall. The league’s regular season begins on October 4th and runs…

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Gulf Coast Restoration says report points out BP grossly negligent

Press Release: The joint investigation identified numerous, significant decisions by BP that directly led to the BP drilling disaster, the impacts of which are still…

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Independent auditor of BP claims coming

Attorney General Eric Holder asked Ken Feinberg, head of Gulf Coast Claims Facility, to hire an independent auditor to review the claims process. Feinberg agreed,…

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Romney and the dog on the car roof

PolitiFact tracks down the truth about GOP presidential Mitt Romney and NYT columnist Gail Collins’ story of how Romney drove his family to Canada with…

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Sabra Thornton free, appeal upheld

The First District Court of Appeals declared Monday that it will not revisit its decision to overturn rheft and grand theft convictions of former Okaloosa…

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Cutting through hidden, some not so hidden, agendas

Yesterday, I made two suggestions to the Executive Committee of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. I spoke as a member of the general…

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2008 Letter to BOCC on Tourism

Here is the first of two letters that Ellis Bullock referenced in his statement to the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. The first is…

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Official Statement to Chamber

Statement to Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee September 12th, 2011 By Ellis W. Bullock and Denis McKinnon First, thank you for giving…

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Pensacola Chamber Board meeting: TDC, hotel group speak out

Denis McKinnon, TDC chair, Ellis Bullock, TDC ad firm, and Dave Cleveland of Highpointe Hotels spoke Monday afternoon to the Executive Committee of the Pensacola…

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