How does Pensacola Fire Department staffing compare with Port Orange: Fire Chief: Port Orange 1 – Pensacola 1 Division Chief: Port Orange 4 – Pensacola 0 Deputy Fire Chief: Port Orange 0…
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Pensacola Fire Expensive
According to US Census, Pensacola has a population, as of July 2006, of 53,248. Port Orange has 54,851. Margate has 55,974. Sarasota has 52,942. Pensacola has 138 employees in its fire department…
New Fire salaries boost upper ranks the most
The proposed collective bargaining agreement between the City of Pensacola and the Firefighters Union is online . The new agreement, which will be voted on by the city council today, substantially raises…
Moby misses the mark
PNJ columnist Mark “Moby” O’Brien in his column today (Fire fee fallout: Property tax cut would hurt waterfront plans) misses the mark. I’m not sure why O’Brien has taken the position that…
O’Brien: City needs another committee
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien is pushing the idea of another citizens committee that will review City of Pensacola finances. So far city staff and the city council have been lukewarm on the…
Bay County is getting a new library, too
Their new library will open this April. Does anyone know if the Pensacola City Council even has a plan for renovating or rebuilding its downtown library? Meet Bay County library director: Library…
Marty, give us a solution
Pensacola City Councilman Marty Donovan spoke to the PNJ on Sunday about the red clays discharges into Pensacola Bay during and after heavy rain storms. From the PNJ: “The Florida Department of…
Selling wrong building
After reading the daily newspaper’s story on the Ice Pilots offering to buy the Pensacola Civic Center, I think we are selling the wrong facility. We should sell the new $20-million+ Escambia…
Game on!
The City Council races are starting. Both Ronald Townsend and Mike DeSorbo have prefiled to run again. There have been rumors that both were retiring from public office. DeSorbo served from 1986-1993,…
Bingo Hall bought
Not sure why this is big news, but Fox News reports Littlefield Corporation Announces Completion of Florida Acquisition. Littlefield Corporation (OTCBB:LTFD) today announced it has completed the acquisition of a bingo hall…
Panama City may get port tenant
Panama City has an Intermodal Distribution Center to go with its port. It’s an industrial park near Hwy 231 for companies who agree to use its port. The News Herald reports that…
Springdale ballpark to open April 2008
In Springdale, Ark., a referendum passed on July 11, 2006 to build a baseball park by extending a 1% sales tax. The vote was close – passing by only 15 votes, 2,408…
Springfest and PLT crap out
The Pensacola City Council wasn’t in the holiday spirit at its Committee of the Whole meeting yesterday. SpringFest board president Bobby Marcus was eager for the committee to reach a decision about…
HarborTown?
The Downtown Improvement Board revealed a 138-page retail strategy yesterday. I missed the press conference and hoped the PNJ would have something about it on its website this morning. No, I see…
Class act: Sharon Barnett
One of the people that wasn’t chosen for the Pensacola Charter Review committee was attorney and former League of Women Voters chairman Sharon Barnett. On my earlier post about the committee finalist,…
Pensacola Charter Review Committee set
Proposed members: Floyd Armstrong Mark Crutcher Larry Hicks Bob Holmes Sam Horton Megan Benson Pratt Natalie Prim Ed Ranelli Dee Dee Ritchie Crystal Spencer Alternates Rita Jones JD Smith
Surprise, city council delays another action
There are no surprises with the Pensacola City Council. Last night, the board known for its inaction voted to delay loaning the Community Maritime Park Associates until the Florida Supreme Court decides…
Did a grudge play a role in bottle club vote?
The buzz around town is that Pensacola City Councilman Jack Nobles may have changed his position on the closing time for bottle clubs because Brian and Crystal Spencer were in favor of…
Pensacola – underground railroad
Pensacola got mentioned in a column in The Sheboygan Press on abolitionist Jonathan Walker. It was in the autumn of 1843 that Jonathan Walker found himself back in Harwich, Mass., where he…
Does budget process matter?
The SRIA asking for $10 million from the Escambia County Commission begs an even larger question. Why wasn’t the beach parking in the 2007-08 budget for the county or SRIA? We are…