We are hearing that John Fleming -former City Attorney, Robert Payne-former asst. City Manager, and Don Caton-another former City Attorney- are forming a political action committee to fight the proposed city charter….
Tag: Charter Review Commission
New council, same problems
Today the Pensacola City Council has a workshop on the proposed new city charter. The word is the council will do nothing. They will do as their predecessors have done–vote to study…
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…
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: Charter review 4.16.08
April 16 Charter Review Commission meeting notes: Near the beginning of the meeting, chairperson Crystal Spencer talked about the budget the CRC now has, after herself and consultant William Haraway were in…
Notes: Council Committee of the Whole
March 24 Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole notes: In the end, the Committee of the Whole approved the budget for the Charter Review Commission, but earlier in the afternoon the…
More on Charter Review
We also received this email report on the meeting: “Sharon Barnett from the League of Women Voters made a very good point that I think should be shared. She charged the review…
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,…