Tag: 2007-08 county budget
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,…
ACORN responds
ACORN Response to Senator McCain’s Smear Ad ACORN President Maude Hurd released the following statement today in response to the McCain campaign’s new ad claiming…
Pensacola and John McCain
“McCain reported to Pensacola in August 1958, having graduated 894th in a class of 899. He was raffish and rebellious, more interested in history than…
Florida arrives in Denver
After all the brouhaha over the Florida primary, the Democratic National Committee voted to seat the entire 211-person delegate at its national convention in Denver….
Panel needs to study ECSO budget
Okay, it’s time we quit ignoring the pink elephant in the room. The biggest sinkhole in the Escambia County budget is the Escambia County Sheriff’s…
Notes: BCC 5.22 Budget
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BUDGET WORKSHOP BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Escambia County Government Complex 221 Palafox Place May 22, 2008. 9 a.m. Call to Order…
Leader press sheriff to cut budget
Unfortunately, it is not in Escambia County, but Broward. There County Commissioners are pressing the Sheriff Al Lambert to cut more from his budget his…
Government Budgeting for Dummies
In July 2007, we published our Ballsy Plan IV – Government Budgeting for Dummies I reviewed the article this morning and found we weren’t too…
Cutting jobs easier elsewhere
The Pensacola City Council and the Escambia County Commission are dragging their feet on cutting any government jobs. Other governments don’t problems announcing cuts. Mobile…
Notes: BCC 3.20
Commissioner salaries were still on the agenda: Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting 20 March 2008 1. Call to order at 5:32 p.m. 2. Invocation…
Notes: Budget workshop 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Public Hearings Preliminary Budget Workshop Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Countywide Budget, Continued 20 March 2008 Call to order at 10:40 a.m. All…
Taxes for cars, not economy
People have asked me why can’t Escambia County follow the lead of Sarasota County and fast-track its Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) budget to jumpstart…
Notes: Commission budget workshop Mar. 19
Board of County Commissioners Public Hearings Preliminary Budget Workshop Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Countywide Budget 19 March 2008 Call to order at 8:35 a.m. Grover Robinson…
County code enforcement
The 2007-08 budget for code enforcement is $2,454,000. It’s funded by fines and fees ($1,654,000), General Fund ($300,000) and Solid Waste ($500,000). Two years ago…
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…
Vote No on Amendment 1
We should not have a constitutional amendment that restricts the funding of counties and cities. I am upset as nearly everyone is about the huge…
McCain momentum
The NY Times reports that John McCain has picked up the endorsements of three major newspapers: The Des Moines Register, The Manchester Union Leader and…
County commission studies justice system
At last, the Escambia County commissioners recognize that there just may be a problem with the local criminal justice system. Usually I hate studies (this…
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…
Word of the week: Trust
With big Escambia County commission meeting on Thursday, the word of the week will be “trust.” How do the commissioners rebuild public trust in county…
