We are hearing that Tim Eagan has now rescinded his agreement with the city. Don’t know if this means that he will go ahead with his petition drive against the bond vote…
Tag: Pensacola
Oops, Eagan has a Santa Rosa Co. case
Case 572008CF000463XXAXMX is still open. His court date is 11/03/2009. 1 STATUTE: 489.127.1f… CONTRACTING WITHOUT A LICENSE DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY Filed 3/24/2008 2 STATUTE: 817.034.4a1…ORGANIZED FRAUD ($50,000 OR MORE) filed 04/08/2008…
Threats work in city government
It’s unbelievable that the Pensacola City Council has reduced itself to being held “hostage” by the threat of a convicted felon starting a petition drive. I can somewhat forgive Sam Hall because…
Influenza Vaccination Week
Press Release: Mayor Mike Wiggins Declares Oct. 11 – 17 Influenza Vaccination Week Pensacola/Escambia County Public Health, Education Officials Join Mayor Mike Wiggins to Help Increase Escambia County Seasonal Flu Immunization Rates…
United Airlines connects Pensacola with D.C.
This afternoon United Airlines and Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport announced twice-daily, non-stop service between Pensacola and Washington Dulles International Airport, beginning Feb. 11, 2010. The United Express service will be operated…
Voter deadline for city referendum
Press Release OCTOBER 26TH IS VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR PENSACOLA CITY CHARTER REFERENDUM SAMPLE BALLOT AND ELECTION INFORMATION POSTED ONLINE Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford today announced that Monday,…
Port dreamer admits to crack usage
We got a copy of Tim Eagan’s arrest report. In January 2008, he tried to convince a Tom Thumb clerk that he had bought two cans of fix-a-flat at the store and…
Felon threatens to halt CMP bond issuance
Convicted criminal, Tim Eagan, tried to force the Pensacola City Council to listen to his grand plans for the Port of Pensacola by threatening a petition drive to rescind the council’s vote…
More City data for you
Pensacola population is actually less today than it was in 1980 (57,794) per the city’s bondholder’s report. Escambia County is up 35 percent for the same period. Update: I did a little…
Ten years of City Government
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) have a wealth of information on the current Pensacola government. Pensacola has lost population over the past ten years. Pensacola had 60,994 people in 1999. By…
Power of the Pensacola voter
Under the present charter, Pensacola voters have very little power. A voter can not impact the direction, programs or initiatives of Pensacola government, without the consent of the city manager and his…
Don Caton replaced his father as city attorney
The insider of control of the Pensacola City Attorney position goes back further than I realized. Don Caton replaced his father, Dave Caton, as the city attorney. Dave Caton was City Attorney…
Fairchild speaks
Charles Fairchild also addressed the Pensacola City Council to announce the formation of his latest Political Action Committee – “No Boss Mayor.” He tells the council that under the new charter that…
City Council fails to open hire, for 39 years
The current council-manager system isn’t working. It has become a weak mayor-weak council system. The Pensacola City Council, under the current charter, has two hires, city manager and city administrator. The Council…
Tallahassee Charter is longer
Opponents to the proposed charter appear to be upset that the new city charter is 21 pages….actually it’s 18 if don’t count the cover page and index, but the naysayers never let…
Important points about Tallahassee City Council
Tallahassee only has five council members, if you include the mayor. Pensacola has ten, including the mayor. The Tallahassee city council members are at-large, meaning the entire city votes on the positions….
What was the charter commission charged to do?
Charles Fairchild has a new pet phrase to fight the charter: “Review, not redo.” The insinuation is that the Charter Review Commission overstepped its charge from the city council. Others have already…
Caton video
Here is the video of former City Attorney Don Caton addressing the Pensacola City Council on the charter proposal during open forum. … The Tallahassee charter review that Caton mentions took place…
What is in the proposed charter? Article III
I will try to breakdown the various parts of the proposed charter. Article III – Elected Positions Sec. 3.01 Form of Government * Separates the Mayor from the City Council, reducing the…
PAC man wisdom
This quote is from another Viewpoint by Charlie Fairchild: “City Hall usually undertakes studies to provide the verification and justification of some heavily biased, expensive and usually unrealistic staff proposal. Generally taxpayers…