Varona issues statement
Statement from Robert de Varona on Judge Gary Bergosh ruling that Varona Enterprises has sixty days to vacate Airport leasehold property: “Today Eloise and I…
Varona loses case but gets 60 days
Varona Enterprises lost its case for an injunction against the City of Pensacola. However, Judge Gary Bergosh said the company was entitled to 60 days…
Health and Hope Clinics awarded CVS Caremark Charitable Trust grant
The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, a private foundation created by CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) today announced it has awarded five grants totaling nearly $230,000…
Friends of West Florida Public Library to hold Book Sale April 25-27
Friends of West Florida Public Library, a non-profit support organization of the West Florida Public Library (WFPL), will hold its Big Spring Book Sale and…
Jim Hizer joins Convergent Nonprofit Solutions
Convergent Nonprofit Solutions, one of the country’s preeminent fundraising and capital campaign management firms, has announced the addition of Jim Hizer, CEcD, CCE as project…
Gulf Coast Community Bank raises $3.055 million
Lee Bradley, Senior Managing Director of Community Capital Advisors, Inc., (“CCA”) recently announced the successful capital raise of $3,055,000 for Gulf Coast Community Bank (“GCCB”)…
House of Sticks: Kneading (or Needing) the Dough
Grab your favorite search engine (Google always works for me) and type in “55 trillion”. A Bloomberg article dated 10-18-11, featuring writers Bob Ivy, Hugh…
Clash brewing over bid to revive vouchers
By Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida The sponsor of a Senate measure that would help parents pay for education services for disabled children…
Partnership for a Healthy Community affiliates with Florida Public Health Institute
Partnership for a Healthy Community will be stronger thanks to its new affiliation with the Florida Public Health Institute, which conducts action-oriented research and promotes…
Commissioner Jim Williamson passes away
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole told the Rscambia County Commission that His fellow commissioner, Jim Williamson, passed away this morning.
Varona hearing on temporary injunction today, 2 p.m.
Varona Enterprises of Florida will have its day in court today, that is unless the city can reach an agreement. As of last night, the…
Varona tells employees good bye and thank you
Note: Steve Barnes sends in articles occasionally for this blog. His focus has been sports, but he sent me this on Robert de Varona’s final…
Report Shines Light on Racial Disparities for FL Children
By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection In just four years, children of color are expected to outpace the number of white children in the…
Studers partner with Vigodskys on BLAB TV
Today BLAB TV and Studer Community Development announced a partnership to build on the 30-year history of BLAB TV and local programming. “Brenda and I…
Scott campaign is data driven
When Gov. Rick Scott met last month with his supporters at The Fish House, his deputy campaign manager, Tim Saler, said the governor’s re-election campaign…
Remembering the BP oil spill
CNN national correspondent David Mattingly recently visited Pensacola to talk about his reporting on 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill. He spent more time on the…
Varona attorney confirmed no deal
Jesse Rigby of Clark Partington Hart called to confirm there is no deal between his client, Robert de Varona, and the city of Pensacola. He…
Wait a second. Varona says there is no deal
Just got off the phone with Robert de Varona. There is no deal with the city. “There is no agreement at all,” said Varona. “This…
Hayward says deal struck with Varona
Statement from Mayor Ashton Hayward regarding airport concessions In order to ensure a smooth and orderly transition, the City has agreed to carefully store Varona’s…
UWF Downtown Lecture Series to present John Markowitz, April 2
The University of West Florida College of Arts & Sciences will host the UWF program director of art, John Markowitz, as guest speaker for the…
