Dogs, Chickens and Guns
The Escambia County Commission enjoyed a marathon session last night. The packed agenda included dogs, chickens and guns. After previously delaying the approval of two…
Barry’s Town Hall
Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry will be holding an open forum town hall meeting Monday. The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Molino…
Santa Rosa teachers to get a little more in their paychecks
The Santa Rosa County School Board has agreed to a step pay increase this year rather than go into arbitration with Santa Rosa Professional Educators….
Buzz: Pensacola Firefighters reject city agreement
My sources are telling me that the Pensacola Firefighters’ Union has rejected the last offer from Mayor Hayward for closing its pension plan. One fireman…
The Chicken Whisperer
The Chicken Whisperer is coming. Here’s the press release: The Chicken Whisperer® is coming to Pensacola!

Pensacola, FL (February 19, 2013) – The backyard chicken movement…
Wu Juggles Zimmerman, Gas Tax
It looks like the gas tax and Zimmerman Agency contract will be on the Pensacola City Council’s table next week. The topics didn’t make the…
Gun Love in Escambia
Tomorrow, Escambia County Commissioner Wilson Robertson will ask his fellow commissioners to adopt a resolution supporting the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. “I’m doing…
Schedule-Changes for County Meetings
Tomorrow’s meeting schedule of the Escambia County Commission will be a bit different than usual. The time change is being made to allow for commissioners…
More on City losses at Port of Pensacola
The daily newspaper followed up on my blog post regarding Northwest Florida Cold Storage and reported that the company is no longer in operation. Derek…
Looking for RESTORE Lobbyist
Escambia County may soon be getting a RESTORE lobbyist. The board of county commissioners will consider this week if it should employ the services of…
Zimmerman Wins Ad Awards
Mayor Ashton Hayward recently severed the city of Pensacola’s relationship with the Zimmerman Agency. The Tallahassee-based firm was brought on last year to handle the…
Biomass Bonds
The Escambia County Commission will consider this week issuing bonds for approximately $53 million to be used for the construction of a wood biomass pellet…
NWFL Cold Storage owes $220K, $167K over 120 days
We have received the Accounts Receivable Aging Summary As of 2/15/13 for the Port of Pensacola. The total receivables are $518,513.96—42 percent of that is…
Buzz: Northwest Florida Cold Storage shut down
Sources close to the Port of Pensacola have told the Independent News that Northwest Florida Cold Storage has shut down. We requested yesterday the port’s…
Irony: Gun Rally to be held a memorial site for a man killed by a gun
A Gun Rights Rally has been scheduled for the City of Pensacola’s MLK Plaza, which honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated on…
Scott gives area $665,000 for Defense Grants
The Greater Pensacola Chamber is getting $250,000 to establish a center of excellence for information dominance to stimulate science and technology research. The Andrews Institute…
And AirTran may be leaving Pensacola airport
PNJ’s Carlton Proctor reported yesterday that “well-placed local sources close to City Hall” have told him that Southwest is pulling its subsidiary AirTran from Pensacola…
EW Bullock better contract for Pensacola airport than Zimmerman
I finished my comparison of the marketing costs for the Pensacola Airport under The Zimmerman Agency and the prior ad agency, EW Bullock Associates The…
Fr. Jack Gray passes away
Nancy Fetterman sent me an email that Fr. Jack Gray, the retired pastor of St. Anne’s Catholic Church on Saufley Field Road and a chaplain…
City paid The Zimmerman Agency $430K, 84.9 percent of advertising bills
I’ve spent the past two days analyzing the paid The Zimmerman Agency invoices, which total $943,242.43 through Feb. 11. The invoices were received through a…
