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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Bringing Back the Bayous

Escambia County Extension Service is hosting two public discussions on water quality issues. The discussions will focus on water quality in area bayous and what…

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Bus Stop Blues

With the temperature in the 40s and Leonard Cohen crooning over the PA system, employees with Escambia County Area Transit began this morning with a…

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Commissioner May and Ministers to Reach Out Montclair Community

Press Release: Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May, District 3, will join a group of local ministers in the Montclair neighborhood Friday, February 15. This free…

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Firefighters: Retirement of FL Public Employees in Jeopardy

By Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A proposal to change the retirement benefits of public employees, such as teachers and firefighters,…

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The Vision (2015)

The Greater Pensacola Chamber, along with its regional partners, unveiled Vision 2015 this afternoon. The five-year economic development strategy was described as a roadmap to…

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Escambia Considers Chickens

Last year, the city of Pensacola passed an ordinance to accommodate the raising of chickens on residential properties inside the city limits. Now, Escambia County…

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CMPA agenda has YMCA and ‘Maritime Park Financial Report’ as discussion items

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING Wednesday, Feb.13, 2013 – 1:30 p.m. AGENDA I. Call to Order – Chairman’s Comments II. Approval of the Minutes III. Open…

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Wait, there’s more on The Zimmerman Agency. A second binder?

Another email: Rick, Bill Reynolds asked me to relay to you that we are currently in the process of compiling all Zimmerman records into a…

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City disputes post that mayor pulled Oliver from CMPA

Rick, Not sure where you are getting your information. Mayor Hayward did not ask that anything be pulled from the agenda for today’s CMPA meeting….

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City on ECAT: ‘No Decisions Have Been Made’

Pensacola City Council members this week spoke out against Mayor Ashton Hayward’s apparent intention—relayed via a public statement from Escambia County Commission Chairman Gene Valentino—to…

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What does TZA ‘binder’ really tells us?

Yesterday, Mayor Ashton Hayward and his City Administrator Bill Reynolds released the ‘binder’ that Reynolds says documents the city’s troubles with the ad agency that…

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Mayor Hayward asks to pull Oliver report from CMPA meeting

The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees will not hear a presentation from former County Administrator Randy Oliver at its meeting today. Mayor Ashton…

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Environmental Lecture Tonight

Sustainable Gulf Coast and 350 Pensacola are hosting a talk this evening by Samantha Sexton, Florida Representative of the Gulf of Mexico Fish Conservation Campaign….

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State wants further audit of Okaloosa County finances

The state’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee ordered yesterday a countywide audit of all Okaloosa County finances as well as an audit of the Clerk of…

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