City Finance budget jumped 29 percent in five years

It’s difficult to ask city departments to be frugal and fiscally conservative when the Chief Financial Officer’s budget has grown more than $1.4 million since…

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Pensacola TaxWatch Group needed

In 2007, business leaders and citizens formed Escambia TaxWatch to review county expenditures and propose cuts to reduce ad valorem taxes. The county budget from…

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City of Pensacola Budgeting Voodoo

One of the most objective measurements of how a company or government entity is performing is analyzing how actual expenditures compare with its budget. The…

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Fleming to retire

Pensacola City Attorney John Fleming is retiring effective July 18 after working for the city 28 years. The City Council is considering candidates by either…

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