Notes: City Council 6.19.08

June 19 City Council meeting notes: At Thursday night’s City Council meeting, members ultimately voted unanimously to send the controversial tree ordinance back to city…

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Bailey to head Belmont board

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SELECTED FOR BELMONT ARTS CENTER BOARD David Bailey announced as new president PENSACOLA, Fla. (June 18, 2008) – Officials of the Belmont Arts…

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More notes: Charter Review

June 18 Charter Review Commission—Part 2 CRC Chairwoman Crystal Spencer told Mayor John Fogg she is concerned that when she and consultant William Haraway go…

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Tax Watch report tomorrow

Florida TaxWatch to Releases Analysis, Recommendations on Improving Escambia County Government PENSACOLA – The Florida TaxWatch Center for Local Government Studies will release the results…

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Notes: Charter review 6.19.08

June 18 Charter Review Commission meeting notes: Mayor John Fogg told the Charter Review Commission Monday night part of the reason he announced when he…

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Reasons GAO upheld Boeing protests

Here are the reasons why the Government Accountability Office upheld the Boeing protest of the Air Force Tanker contract for Northrop-Grumman in Mobile: 1. The…

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Russert’s replacement

The New York Times lists Pensacola native Joe Scarborough as a possible replacement for Meet the Press host Tim Russert. Don’t count Joe out. He…

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Mobile wins again – $101 million

Mobile Press Register reports that the Mobile hotel industry is booming. Mobile has no beach. Yet a Press-Register analysis of city lodging tax records shows…

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Notes: CMPA meeting 6.13.08

June 13 Community Maritime Park Associates Board meeting notes: Much of Friday’s Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees was standing room only as the…

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IN Your Head Radio 6.13

We will talk to Dahlia Hashad, Domestic Human Rights Program Director for Amnesty International. Yesterday,  the Supreme Court ruled that the prisoners being held at Guantánamo…

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DeeDee Ritchie for Mayor

There is a group trying to convince DeeDee Ritchie to run for mayor of Pensacola. The former state representative is seriously considering this re-entry into…

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Notes: BCC 6.12.08

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WORKSHOP BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Escambia County Government Complex 221 Palafox Place June 12, 2008 Call to order at 9:06 a.m….

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