The current Pensacola City Council will hold the city government hostage for 20 more days. Jack Nobles, Mike DeSorbo and Marty Donovan will ram as much as possible down our throats as…
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Varona closes
This morning Robert DeVarona met with the employees of Varona’s and told them that Varona’s Restaurant had closed as of Saturday, December 6. Mr. DeVarona expressed his thanks for the community for…
Tale of public records request from airport
From: Rick Outzen [mailto:rick@inweekly.net] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 9:41 AM To: Frank Miller; Al Coby Cc: Sean Boone Subject: Public information request Mr. Miller and Mr. Coby: I am writing to…
It’s late
Have spent much of my afternoon and night pouring over emails on the airport hotel lease. Frank Miller and his staff wanted a hotel on the airport property. That is very clear….
Tale of Airport Appraisals
as told by emails: The day before the Pensacola City Council approves the Exclusivity Agreement with Innisfree Development (Dec. 12, 2007), Dan Flynn, Manager of Properties and Development at the airport, sends…
How the exclusivity agreement came about
Spent three hours today reviewing internal staff emails and other correspondence regarding the Airport Ground Lease with Sandspur Development. It cost the Independent News over $200 for the privilege of seeing the…
Mack delivers the smack
Councilman-elect Diane Mack is upset with the political appraisal given by an Innisfree director on the chances of passing the airport lease. Mr. Richard Chism Director of Development Innisfree Hotels Baybridge Professional…
Fogg bets on SEC championship
The Mobile Press Register reports that Mayor John Fogg has a bet with Mobile Mayor Sam Jones on Saturday’s Alabama-Florida game. If Alabama wins, Fogg has to donate $150 in cash or…
Former editor blasts Gannett
As announced on this blog yesterday, Gannett has mandated further cuts at the News Journal. This is a real shame because it will impact this community – both in jobs lost and…
CMP could begin Feb. 2009
The summary of the Master Developer Agreement has a timeline for the various phases. It shows that Land Capital plans to start moving dirt on the site in February 2009. Stadium will…
Free our CMP
I read the daily newspaper’s article on yesterday’s Community Maritime Park Associates Board meeting. It’s titled “Maritime Park plan in flux.” Folks, we have to get rid of this notion that the…
Severe buy-out clause in Port lease
City staff is presenting on Dec. 8 to the city council’s Enterprise Committee a lease amendment for Pate Cold Storage that will extend the lease through 2022 and take away the city’s…