Full Text: Robinson’s Testimony

Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson testified on July 21 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science And Transportation, Subcommittee On Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and…

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Messer advises City Council (video)

City Attorney Jim Messer advises the Pensacola City Council on the charter and how conflicts can be resolved. His tone is professional and candid. He…

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Wackadoo Theater, Part 1

I have posted on YouTube clips from the Pensacola City Council’s special workshop that was held 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 20. These clips are the…

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Orlando, St. Pete and Hialeah

Council member Megan Pratt uses three cities to defend why the Pensacola City Council needs its own staff. She doesn’t compare the populations to Pensacola…

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Pratt defends why Council needs staff (updated)

Below is a blog post from Pensacola City Council member Megan Pratt. It defends the council hiring its own staff. For 80 years, the Pensacola…

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Toddler’s grandmother speaks out

In my Outtakes I wrote about the mounting violence in the community and the apparent lack of concern of city officials. WALA reports Grandma of…

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Senators agree on BP fine allocation

Under the bill, the five states would equally divide 35 percent of the monies. Sixty percent of the funds would be directed to the Gulf…

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Wackadoo! Council can’t hire anyone

The Pensacola City Council was told by the city attorney last night at their council meeting that they don’t have the power to hire employees….

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What happened in the Council Executive Committee?

I asked Ronald Townsend and Brian Spencer about the Council Executive Committee and what other council members participated in their meetings. Townsend: We had a…

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Workshop: Council CAO could cost big bucks

The proposed administrator for the Pensacola City Council —not the City CAO as established by the charter—appears to have been narrowed to two candidates. The…

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Tomlinson convicted

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced that on July 19, 2011, John Tomlinson, a former Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant, was convicted by a Santa…

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Viewpoint: When conflict gets impersonally personal

By Tom H. Hastings In the field of conflict resolution we define a consensual conflict as one that is conducted about some division of the…

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