Yesterday, the Better Pensacola Forum has released its first Quality of Life survey that was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research of Washington, D.C. The managing trustee of the non-profit, Jerry Maygarden,…
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Quality of Life survey
Escambia County and Pensacola on the Right Track or Wrong Track: 54% Escambia say headed in wrong direction; 52% Pensacola say headed in wrong direction. Only 20% say we are headed in…
More on Better Pensacola Forum and survey
The Better Pensacola Forum has released its first annual attitude survey. The Quality of Life survey was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research of Washington, D.C. The company surveyed 800 registered Escambia…
Greatness slips away from Pcola again
Remember when Pensacola was to get a cruise ship. The City Council got so excited about it. The ship would dock at the Port. Visitors would tour downtown Pensacola….etc. We never got…
Mobile annexation
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones wants to annex more of the county. It’s much easier to do in Alabama than Florida. Last year, the City of Pensacola had an annexation plan that the…
Notes: City council 7.24.08
The City Council meeting held on July 24 started with councilmen bestowing the position of Mayor Emeritus to John Fogg, who has been part of the City Council since 1989. The motion…
Fisher withdraws
From Todd Fisher: To all my supporters, friends and potential voters: I just submitted the following letter (9:15 AM) to David Stafford and withdrew from the Pensacola City Council District 3 race….
Will PYP wake up for Charter review?
The Pensacola city council is looking to diversify its Charter review commission. Council members have been asked to nominate and eventually appoint a black male, a female, and a white male as…
Notes: City 7.10.08
A special committee of the whole meeting was held on July 10 at 6:15 to approve the contract of newly appointed city attorney Rusty Wells. After some discussion by council members, councilman…
Notes: Council committees 7.07.08
The City Council meeting started promptly at 3:15 p.m. on June 16 in the Haglar meeting room of City Hall. The approval of minutes (yawn) passed, and the Council members proceeded to…
Pensacola gets gang task force
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, is establishing seven task forces across the state to deal with gang activity. Pensacola will have one. Also: Tallahassee, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando, Fort Myers, and Miami. I…
More notes: Charter Review
June 18 Charter Review Commission—Part 2 CRC Chairwoman Crystal Spencer told Mayor John Fogg she is concerned that when she and consultant William Haraway go before the city council on July 1,…
Notes: Charter review 6.19.08
June 18 Charter Review Commission meeting notes: Mayor John Fogg told the Charter Review Commission Monday night that he announced when he did that he’s not seeking re-election so he could speak…
City has huge tree fund
Pensacola City Council will be considering a tree ordinance. The Home Builders Association of West Florida is questioning the proposed mitigation fees. Under the new system, the new Hancock Bank site at…
Marty pre-files
Marty Donovan prefiled to run again for his city council seat on Friday, June 13. So all the council crew, except for John Fogg, is gunning to come back for another fun…
City golf course
A favorite gripe of PNJ columnist Mark “Moby” O’Brien is the city-owned Osceola Golf Course – not the Port of Pensacola. Well, Fort Walton Beach is having similar issues with the budget…
DeeDee Ritchie for Mayor
There is a group trying to convince DeeDee Ritchie to run for mayor of Pensacola. The former state representative is seriously considering this re-entry into public service. Ritchie was the Florida teacher…
Notes: City manager meeting
June 11 City Council Special Meeting: City Manager Tom Bonfield didn’t say a word. But the city council and mayor sure did. They talked about learning—from the media—that Bonfield plans to leave…
Independent review of Wells employment
In light of the letter from Bert Oram that questions whether then asst. city attorney Rusty Wells did work for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office while also being paid by the City…
Wells relationship with ECSO questioned
Local attorney Bert Oram questions if new City Attorney Rusty Wells has accurately described his side work for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Wells has told councilmen and the media that he…