The First District Court of Appeal (First DCA) has rejected six challenges brought by the Escambia County Property Appraiser and Tax Collector to recent appellate victories for Pensacola Beach taxpayers. The denials…
Tag: Ed Fleming
Fleming: Mayor cannot veto Council hiring a budget analyst
Pensacola attorney Ed Fleming reviewed Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the Pensacola City Council hiring a budget analyst. His client shared that opinion with Inweekly. According to Fleming, Mayor Hayward did not…
Another rehearing denied, this involves beach tax case
The First District Court of Appeals released a ruling Wednesday rejecting an attempt by the Escambia County Property Appraiser Chris Jones and Tax Collector Janet Holley to rehear a case holding that…
Pensacola Speaks: Matt Gaetz discusses the Congressional race
On “Pensacola Speaks” today, State Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach) will discuss his campaign to be our next Congressman. We will join us at 5:10 p.m. In the second half hour,…
Fleming appointed by governor
Ed Fleming has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 1st District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. Fleming, of Pensacola, is a partner of McDonald Fleming Moorhead. The governor also…
Missing Halcyon letter two months after RFQ deadline
Below is the letter from Michael Buckley, Halcyon LTD. The the first page of the letter is a commitment to visit site on June 14, 2007 arriving in Pensacola at 8 a.m….
MPDP battles EBO complaint
Promises: kept or broken? — Part 2 The man who drafted the Equal Business Opportunity agreement between Community Maritime Park Associates and Maritime Park Development Partners says that Scott Davison has never…
Daily misses point
The News Journal is fixated on the financials of Maritime Park Development Partners and its shareholders. Their financials and net worths aren’t the issue. It’s the performance bond–an insurance policy that guarantees…
CMPA Report: March 30 meeting
No motion was made to remove Maritime Park Development Partners as the general contractor. Scott Davison of MPDP bristled at comments by CMPA attorney Ed Fleming that the letter from the bonding…
Consolidation Commission killed itself early
In an article on NorthEscambia.com, State Rep. Clay Ford says the Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission chairman Ken Bell disbanded the commission, which was actually formed by the Florida Legislature, early when…
Page has phone records
Jamie Page has a solid investigative piece in Sunday’s daily paper. Through public records requests, Page got the cell phone records and message logs from the Escambia Commissioners. There are four troubling…
CMPA attorney comments on Bell ruling
Ed Fleming, who represented the Community Maritime Park Associates, has issued this statement on Judge Frank Bell’s ruled in favor of the CMPA: Judge Bell did precisely what a judge’s oath requires…