The King and Queen of Spain will visit Pensacola next week. We know they will be staying on Pensacola Beach. We know that will land at NAS Pensacola. But who will greet…
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DeWeese questions Barker’s analysis
Pensacola City Council member Maren DeWeese is questioning the CMP financing analysis done by city finance director Dick Barker. She has four bullet points: * The change in growth rate of CRA…
City staff obligated to finance CMP
People and the news media are starting to question the proposal that Dick Barker, city’s finance director, quickly presented to the Pensacola City Council at its workshop meeting last week. As I…
NY Times: Pensacola case in U.S. Supreme Court
In 1989, someone raped a 72-year-old woman in Pensacola. Joe Sullivan was 13 at the time, and he admitted that he and two older friends had burglarized the woman’s home earlier that…
Rumors hurt restaurants
During the Christmas holidays, there was a sort of “dead pool” being done as people tried to predict which restaurants would close by Dec. 31, 2008. Three restaurants often mentioned, but still…
Sam Hall wanted to opt out last year
Of Florida Retirement System, that is – start at the bottom and read up ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Cheryl Jackson Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:42 AM Subject: RE: City…
Mack opts out, too
Council member Diane Mack has also opted out of the Florida Retirement System.
No decision on CMP master developer
By IN reporter Sean Boone To be, or not to be. That is the question for the current plan for the Community Maritime Park, which City Council members, alongside the Community Maritime…
Council member opts out of pension
On the most surprising discovery last year when the IN was reviewing the City of Pensacola pension and retirement system was that the Pensacola City Council were included in the city’s retirement…
Baylen opens to two-way traffic today
Baylen Street from Garden Street to Government is now open for two-way traffic. The cones and signs have been placed.
Hockey may return to Pensacola
Jim Combs, commissioner of the Southern Professional Hockey League, says his league will expand next season. The Knoxville News reported that Combs has met with groups representing Augusta, Ga., and Pensacola, Fla….
Public works projects create jobs
Bay County is building a new area that it plans to open in May 2010. There are currently 293 workers at the site, including 150 from Bay County, or about 51 percent….
Coby recommends against Land Capital agreement
City Manager Al Coby is recommending that the Pensacola City Council not approve the master developer agreement with Land Capital Group (now called Maritime Park Development Partners) for the construction of the…
Pensacola – Bottle Club & Bingo Capital of Florida
The Pensacola City Council showed that is serious about creating jobs at its first regular meeting by voting to allow bingo parlors within the city limits. “In this economic time, any commercial…
Buzz: New bar coming to downtown
We’re hearing that the Hopjacks crew is opening another bar on Palafox. We’ve got call into Corey, Joe and Melissa to find out where and when. They are opening a new bar…
Bingo Parlors may come to Pensacola
Innerlight Surf Shop owner J.B. Schluter wants to put in a Bingo Parlor on his property on Ninth Avenue. A public hearing by the city council will be held tonight to determine…
BTW: Studers pay city taxes, too
The Studers own several properties in the City – both downtown and in Belmont area. Their total property tax bill for these properties is $14,276.83.
Oops, Saenger opening delayed
Four days after a spokesperson for the Saenger Theatre told the IN that the completion of its new performance hall is still scheduled for February, City Manager (former interim) Al Coby admits…
Elebash strikes again, same tune as 2006
Fear reigns in C.C. Elebash’s opinion in the PNJ (Cancel the baseball stadium). The viewpoint is filled with coulds, maybes and unsubstantiated conclusions – very similar to the Save Our City campaign…
City fails disparity test
The draft of the MGT Study of the City of Pensacola’s Procurement and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program is close to being released. We received a copy of the draft and the…