Touart hired by 3-2 vote

I wish that I had been wrong. Five years of progress wiped out. How soon before the purge?

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Lunch at Waterfront Rescue Mission

Waterfront Rescue Mission has had a pretty eventful year. Opening a brand new, beautiful facility and then, when the flood came through leaving the building…

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City Council to Look at Libraries

The Pensacola City Council has scheduled a Special Committee of the Whole meeting. The subject of the meeting is the West Florida Public Library’s budget…

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On the County’s Plate

During its morning work session, the Escambia County Commission’s discussion ranged from boxing regulations to development regulations, from library funding to preparing to battle it…

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Buzz: Touart is still a possibility as county administrator

Commissioner Gene Valentino is still championing George Touart as the interim county administrator. Commissioner Kevin White appears to be in agreement. Commissioner Wilson Robertson? That…

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Democrat scramble

The Obama campaign is shuffling its speakers. Looks like Biden maybe replaced with Jesse Jackson. The sense I’m getting is the campaign is conceding Northwest…

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MURAC’s Final Plan

The Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee has been at work since February. Today it approved its final report, a document chock-full of recommendations concerning downtown…

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Now Biden visit is moving to Friday or Saturday

Democrats have been scrambling today. Now I’m hearing Biden will not be here tomorrow (the logistics were too tough for such a short notice). Maybe…

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Ghosts of Ole Miss airs on ESPN

ESPN aired “Ghosts of Ole Miss” last night, as part of its “30 for 30” sports-based documentary series. it explores James Meredith’s enrollment at Ole…

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Be a Santa to a Senior

Press Release: Please join volunteers and program sponsors for the official kick-off of this year’s Be a Santa to a Senior program. Home Instead Senior…

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Biden will here tomorrow

Vice President Joe Biden will in Pensacola tomorrow to campaign for Obama.

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Buzz: Biden coming to Pensacola

The Democrats have not given up on Florida. We just got a text from a friend in D.C. VP Joe Biden is coming to Pensacola….

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What is our strategic plan for our military bases? Task force has ideas

Gov.Rick Scott’s office release yesterday excerpts from the report produced by The Spectrum Group for the Florida Defense Support Task Force. The 991-page report cost…

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Treading Uncharted Waters

By Jeremy Morrison… Members of the Pensacola City Council have some questions following the local police union’s request to investigate Mayor Ashton Hayward following an…

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Final Urban Advisory Committee Meeting

The Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee will hold its final meeting tomorrow. Since February, the group has met in an effort to draw up a…

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Mayor’s Gallery Night Statement

The mayor issued the following statement today, following the local police union’s request last week that the Pensacola City Council investigate him for misuse of…

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Taco Bell’s Political Pressure?

Apparently, an area Taco Bell outlet may be weighing in on the current presidential election. An anonymous caller relayed an insertion she said employees of…

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Hayward pushes EDATE renewal

On Nov. 6, Pensacola voters will be asked to renew the Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption. Mayor Ashton Hayward has sent out this viewpoint…

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Life After Randy

With Randy Oliver gone, the Escambia County Commission must now decide who will take the reins as County Administrator. “I really can’t tell you for…

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HMS Bounty sunk by Sandy

The replica tall ship, HMS Bounty, was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy off the coast of North Caroling. The crew had to abandon the boat….

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