Al Coby appears to be the early favorite to be named the interim Pensacola city manager. Robert Payne doesn’t seem to be part of the mix…yet.
Tag: Pensacola
Bonfield to leave for Durham
The Durham News Observer reports: Tom Bonfield, the city manager of Pensacola, Fla., will be named Durham’s new city manager Tuesday. Read Bonfield to be named Durham city manager
CMP can be built
We do not have to wait for Florida Supreme Court. Read: Park Financing Back On Track
Notes: City Committees 5.19
May 19 City Committees meeting notes: Mayor John Fogg and Councilmen Mike DeSorbo and Ronald Townsend said Monday night they make no apologies for unexpectedly voting to name Rusty Wells the new…
How City works
Remember the tree ordinance that finally was agreed on by the developers and the environmentalists. Guess when it will be finally approved – July 3 –nearly two months after it was agreed…
Fogg will give Rusty everything
The Pensacola City Council voted yesterday to have Mayor John Fogg negotiate with Rusty “Jackpot” Wells on his new contract with the city for the city attorney position. This should be fun!…
Give up garbage
A year ago, the Pensacola City Council could have handed over its garbage collection to ECUA and saved the residents money. Now they are fighting another rate increase and looking at how…
PNJ finally reports on Wells
You’ve got to love our daily newspaper. Ten days after Rusty Wells named by the Pensacola City Council by 6-3 to be the new City Attorney, the News Journal reports on the…
Tree ordinance finally approved
Pensacola Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve revisions to city tree and landscape regulations after Emerald Coastkeepers and developers finally agreed on the size that defines a heritage tree— 34-inch tree…
From mom with kids at the park
I am the mother of the girl who was photographed last week at the fountain on South Palafox (Plaza Deluna). I would like to address some left out issues. Rick, I appreciate…
More on city parks
The latest on the soccer mom who was upset about a creepy man taking photos of her children at Pensacola’s Plaza DeLuna on the end of Palafox Street (Pedophiles at city parks…
Notes: Council 5.08.08
May 8 City Council meeting notes: Wow. Thursday night’s City Council meeting included a three-hour and ten-minute-long discussion of a building in North Hill, a seemingly impromptu (not) appointment of a new…
Notes: Charter Review 5.05.08
Monday afternoon’s Charter Review Commission meeting included quite a debate between its members and City Manager Tom Bonfield. Much of the legal-like questioning centered around leadership in the city and opportunities for…
What is happening in District 3
The IN focuses on the poorest neighborhoods of Pensacola and Escambia County. The areas are represented by State Rep. Clay Ford, Commissioner Marie Young, and City Councilmen Ronald Townsend, John Jerralds, and…
BTW: Wells retired
Rusty Wells who is currently an assistant City Attorney and part-time attorney ($60K) for the Escambia County Sheriff’s office retired in August 2004 and is in the DROP program. He is considered…
Notes: City Committees 5.05.08
The Pensacola City Council Standing Committees 5 May 2008, 3:15 p.m. Hagler/Mason Conference Room, 2nd Floor of City Hall The meeting was called to order at 3:18 p.m. Finance Committee John Jerralds,…
Pedophiles at city parks
This email is circulating around the soccer moms in Pensacola. This isn’t an urban myth, but an email from a concerned and frightened mother. “Hey everybody, I think I am doing the…
City attorney candidates
Gerry Clark 1371 N. Crossing Drive, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329 Michael Hunt 125 North Champions Way #323 St. Augustine FL 32092 Richard Lott 25 W. Cedar Street, Suite 500 Pensacola FL 32502…
Petition to build CMP
It’s time we let the Pensacola City Council know that this community is frustrated that they have not found alternative funding sources for the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park. Other cities…
Notes: City Council 4.24.08
April 24 City Council meeting notes: Deputy Mayor John Jerralds wants his $2.5 million Woodland Heights Community Center – and soon, but Councilman Marty Donovan wants $3.1 million allocated for police vehicles…