Jewel beat Jeff Humbles. Looks like Jewel donated fish for the We Vote Fish Fry which gets the Fish Fry total cost up to $2,444.54. Humble spent $623.95 on his gas, meal…
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District 3 campaign expenses
Let’s contrast District 7 with District 3. Maren DeWeese beat incumbent Mike DeSorbo, 2,541 to 2,220. DeSorbo spent in more in mailouts than DeWeese did in total. Heck, his advertising budget was…
Committee also approves Halcorp lease
By 3-1 vote, Mayor-elect Mike Wiggins was the sole vote against it. Sean Boone was at the meeting. We will post more later today.
Enterprise Committee approves airport hotel deal
By IN reporter Sean Boone After nearly two hours of discussion over the potential lease agreement between the airport and Sandspur Development on Monday, the City Council Enterprise Committee ultimately decided to…
Halcorp donates to Movement for Change PAC
By IN reporter Sean Boone It’s not a shocker that Halcorp–a liquid asphalt company that has had a 20-year contract with the city to do work out of the port–wants an extension…
Council may reject Endry/Caldwell bid for ESP bldg
City Manager Al Coby and Community Development Director Thaddeus Cohen are commending the Economic and Community Development Committee of the city council reject a bid by Palafox 16, LLC (Tosh Belsinger, Joe…
Donovan Mythology: Part Three
Councilman Marty Donovan states in his campaign literature that he will continue “to develop and implement an aggressive economic development strategy.” The truth is Donovan has opposed the building of the Community…
Donovan Mythology: Part Two
Pensacola City Councilman Marty Donovan also states his campaign literature that he “spearheaded the city’s efforts to build 26 major stormwater treatment projects.” The truth is the Pensacola City Council approved a…
Donovan Mythology: Part One
In his campaign literature, Councilman Marty Donovan takes credit for being “Instrumental in getting CSX to remove hundreds of creosote-coated wooden pilings from Bayou Texar at the CSX 17th Avenue railroad crossing.”…
Halcorp invests $5,500 in council
Today the Pensacola City Council’s Enterprise Committee will decide whether to renew the lease of the Houston-based asphalt company Halcorp at the Port of Pensacola. Considering the 2007 Council Goals & Priorities…
CMPA sets timeline for Master Developer contract
At today’s Board meeting, the Trustees approved the following timeline for the consideration of the Master Developer Agreement: 12/1/08 – 1 p.m. Special CMPA meeting. Draft Agreement with Master Developer received from…
Downtown library has been budgeted since 1999
I’ve reviewed the City of Pensacola Capital Improvement Plan. The city’s website has budgets only as far back as 2003-04. Then plan shows the city had $4 million budgeted for a new…
City districts unequal also
The proposed city charter may address this, but District 2 and 7 are too small. PENSACOLA: 38,505 CITY DISTRICT 1: 5,879 CITY DISTRICT 2: 4,983 CITY DISTRICT 3: 6,123 CITY DISTRICT 4:…
City runoff voting history
I don’t think the City of Pensacola has ever had a runoff for an At-Large seat or Mayor, but history shows it doesn’t take many votes to win the single member districts….
Charter review votes for strong mayor
Last night, the Pensacola Charter Review Commission voted overwhelmingly to include a provision for a strong mayor in their proposed charter. Council member Jewel Cannada-Wynn was there in the audience. In the…
Cost of Pensacola Council runoff
David Stafford, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections, says, “I asked staff to estimate and they came up with a very rough figure of $40,000. Again, just an estimate.” Who pays for it?…
City precincts in other races
P.C. Wu (Dist. 1), Sam Hall (Dist. 2) and Jewel Cannada-Wynn (Dist. 6) won all their precincts handily. Maren DeWeese (Dist. 3) won her race in Pct. 3 East Hill Baptist –…
Precincts on City-wide races
J.D. Smith did beat Megan Pratt in one precinct (110 – Pensacola Christian) 32-30. C.J. Lewis and Eric Schmitz outpolled Mayor-elect Mike Wiggins at Pct. 47 – West Pensacola VFD, 10-9-8. New…
Timetable for Consolidation
Escambia All For One has released this timetable for consolidation, assuming the city councils and the county commission stay on board with the concept: November 2008  Meet with Pensacola City Council/ Century City Council/ County Commission   December 2008  Legislative Delegation Meeting  January 2009  Legislative Delegation files bill to create Constitutional Commission  February 2009  Engage Community through Focus Groups & Town Halls …
Anderson endorses neither candidate
Rhette Anderson has endorsed neither Larry Johnson or Marty Donovan for Pensacola City Council, Dist. 4. runoff. Email from Anderson to the candidates – with a riddle: The campaign is over, and…