Pensacola drops millage

On Monday, the City of Pensacola Finance Committee approved the City Manager’s recommended 2008 millage of 4.598 mills, down from 4.95. This will be voted…

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Panama City makes tax cut

On Tuesday Panama City voted to drop its property tax rates from 4.1722 mills to 3.761 for fiscal year 2007-08, which begins Oct. 1. Panama…

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Strong Mayor idea delayed til Aug. 20

John Peacock and his group have been put off by the Pensacola City Council until the August 20th Committee of the Whole meeting before they…

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Pensacola #4 in population loss

The Orlando Sentinel has a special report on population shifts according to the latest U.S. Census estimates. Pensacola ranks #4 for cities with the most…

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Pensacola: Next Savannah?

The New York Times has a travel article on Savannah, GA (36 Hours in Savannah, Ga. ). Savannah has many of the same challenges that…

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People leave Pensacola in droves

—couldn’t resist the headline PENSACOLA, Fla., June 15 /PRNewswire/ — Pensacola Regional Airport (PNS) is pleased to announce that in May of 2007, an all-time…

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Pensacola surrenders

For the 57th time, Pensacola surrendered to Don Tristan Deluna. For one week, we have a strong mayor. Let’s see if we can get the…

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Can Pensacola Be Complaint Free?

Rev. Jamie Sanders of Unity of Pensacola is asking the impossible – for Pensacola to go 21 days without complaining. Can you imagine it? The…

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City/county employees stats

Creative Loafing recently did a story about number of employees per 100,000 people in several Southern cities. It got me wondering how does Pensacola stack…

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MOBy advises high school grads

PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien has advice for area high grads…which I find a little funny since I doubt more than a handful high school students…

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Better Osceola idea

Mark O’brien makes a strong argument against the Osceola Golf Course – General Fund has paid $260K over last three years to operate it. For…

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Pensacola Airport Expansion

Friday, Frank Miller, Pensacola Regional Airport Director, made a presentation to the chamber’s Committee of 100 on the $104,983,000 expansion of the area. It will…

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City sanitation question

In today’s issue of the daily, Mayor John Fogg says “the rising cost of fuel, which the city did not plan for, was a big…

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Pay question

The average pay for a department head or director in both Escambia County and the City of Pensacola is over $90,000. Question: How many department…

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Buzz: City Sanitation

Heard through the grapevine yesterday that the rate increase for City of Pensacola’s sanitation department and the fuel surcharge are only stop gap measures. There…

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A bunch of garbage

The Pensacola City Council will vote on Thursday to raise its garbage pick-up fees. The monthly rate will increase $2.35 from $19.85 to $22.20 and…

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City Department Head salaries – ranked

Thanks to a public records request by the daily: City Mgr Tom Bonfield+bonus $156,800 City Atty John Fleming $125,435 Asst. City Mgr Robert Payne $120,161…

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Take Pride in Pensacola

  Press Release  A Beautiful Community Begins with Me! Just over a year ago when Take Pride in Pensacola was started by the LeaP class…

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Possible money solution for City

Dear Intended Associate, A Very Goodday To You! I am Dr.David Bryan Ellis, British National,the Chairman / CEO of DBE International Consortium based in Marbella,…

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City press release on shortfall

The Communication Services Tax is a tax on services such as any voice, data, audio, video or other information or signals, including cable services transmitted…

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