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…

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Charles Fairchild, secret partner with Donovan & Nobles

I acquired these emails from Save Our City & No Boss Mayor co-founder Charlie Fairchild to an out-of-town web designer. Looks like Charlie, Marty and…

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Memories of Marty and Jack

Having studied area politics for the nearly 30 years I’ve lived here-the past 11 as publisher of the IN, I have two distinct memories of…

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CMP: Stop the pettiness and bullying

Pensacola had a head start over the rest of North America 451 years ago. When DeLuna founded Pensacola, there was no New York, Boston, Chicago,…

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BTW: NMTC tax credit payback is $19M

I’ve checked with city officials. The multi-use stadium is part of the NMTC contract that has been executed. The $12M has already been received. If…

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It’s time to end this nonsense

We have two has-beens–scions of old Pensacola–that are out to stop a project that will revitalize downtown Pensacola and, in the process, are trying to…

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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,…

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Contrast in concession speeches

Reading Marty Donovan’s comments in the daily newspaper on his failure to force his third referendum in six years I was reminded how differently M….

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Quote of the day

From Marty Donovan: “It’s a shame that people have become so apathetic, or they have just given up on local government.” In other words, if…

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Marty Donovan fails

The PNJ and WEAR TV are reporting that Marty Donovan failed to get the necessary valid signatures to force another referendum on the Community Maritime…

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Ask Marty this question

If someone knocks on your door asking you to sign the Donovan petition, ask them what is their bond plan? The City is obligated by…

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Revoking petition signatures

I spoke with Supervisor of Elections David Stafford about how a voter can take their name off a Donovan petition if they no longer want…

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