It appears Marty Donovan and Jack Nobles are pursing their petition drive against the maritime park. Anne B. Bennett just dropped off a letter in support of Donovan and Nobles’ effort. In…
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Donovan/Nobles petition, where is it?
Has anyone been asked to sign the Marty Donovan/Jack Nobles petition to rescind the Design-Build contract? Has anyone knocked on your door? Has a tent been set up at the Summit Blvd….
CMP 101
The blog has grown beyond Northwest Florida. We are approaching a million page views a month. Some of the new readers have been drawn here because of The Daily Beast and my…
PYP affirms support of maritime stadium
Press Release: Pensacola Young Professionals today affirmed a decision made in 2006 to support the Community Maritime Park. Kristine Karsten, President of Pensacola Young Professionals, met with vice-presidents, team chairs and members…
Buzz: Is Donovan lying about signatures?
He’s baaaaaaaaack. Former City Councilman Marty Donovan is trying yet another petition drive against the Community Maritime Park. This time he’s brought with Jack Nobles, Byron Kessler, Todd Synder, Dorothy Rowe, Jackie…
Original draft of C.C. Elebash viewpoint
We received the original draft of C.C. Elebash’s viewpoint that ran in Friday’s daily newspaper. “I hate the maritime park. I hate the baseball park. I hate the maritime park. I hate…
Stadium adds income to CMP
All profits from the Pensacola Pelicans will go to the operations and maintenance of the Community Maritime Park. There is no such agreement anywhere in minor or major league baseball. The closest…
Judge Lacey Collier speaks out on Davison
The daily newspaper has an in-depth interview with Judge Lacey Collier on his three-year tenure as the chairman of the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. Judge Collier doesn’t mince words—not…
MPDP Hoars out construction
Yesterday was the moment of truth for Scott Davison and his employer Maritime Park Development Partners. Could they deliver a letter of intent for a performance bond for the project? The answer…
Quotes of the day from the PNJ
“On a personal note, I can see why good people don’t run for office.” –Commissioner Gene Valentino, who is facing a grand jury over alleged improper solicitation of contributions for his re-election…
Mayor Wiggins wants plan for CMP to be public works project
Just got off the phone with Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins. He has sent a letter to City Manager Al Coby requesting that the city manager put together a plan for the City…
Questions over MPDP financials
The daily is reporting on the war of words over releasing the financial data of Rick Rodriguez, the primary money backer of Maritime Park Development Partners. Two questions are going unasked: 1)…
MPDP responds…somewhat
Maritime Park Development Partners has given the CMPA a new schedule: Construction Contract Approval by CMPA–April 23, 2010 Construction Contract Approval by City Council– May 6, 2010 Earthwork Begins –May 14, 2010…
MPDP responds
Maritime Park Development Partners, Inc. states in a letter to Ed Spears, executive director for Community Maritime Park, that the financial statements of MPDP, Rick Rodriguez, MAGI Realty Inc. and Brass Real…
Disbursements to MPDP
The Community Maritime Park Associates has disbursed to the master developer, Maritime Park Development Partners, $303,273.10 of their development fee (budget $1,386,077). The checks cover the $35,000 advance due when the contract…
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…
Buzz: MPDP may be dropped as general contractor
There is persistent buzz that a motion will be made at today’s special meeting of the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees to drop Maritime Park Development Partners as the general…
Martime Park Disbursement Schedule
As per public record request: Civil Engineering & Permitting: Baskerville-Donovan: $267,000 – Budget Balance: $642,052 Architectural Design & Permitting: Spencer Maxwell Bullock: $40,175 – Budget Balance: $731,217 Misc. Professional Fees GeoTech: Larry…
CMP master developer responds to memo
Jeff Galt, president of Maritime Park Development Partners has responded to the memo from CMPA chair Judge Lacey Collier. He does think that the Chairman’s memo quoted a portion of the Development…
