Here is a letter dated August 2, 2007 to Santa Rosa Island Authority board members. Read No red clay
Tag: Pensacola Beach
BDI adamant about red clay
From IN editor Duwayne Escobedo: RED CLAY DEBATE There are a few issues on Pensacola Beach that will always start a melee, like condos, taxes, beach safety and RED CLAY. Right now,…
Conflicting info on beach red clay
Not to beat a dead horse… but my source from the county says that the red clay on Pensacola Beach was trucked out there from property owned by Roads, Inc. in the…
Red clay follow up
from IN editor Duwayne Escobedo: Red clay is not allowed to be used for the base in road construction on Pensacola Beach because of fear it’ll spoil the unique sugar white sands…
Red clay used on the beach
Contractors are not allowed to use red clay on Pensacola Beach. However, the road contractor Roads, Inc. appears to have been given special dispensation and has been allowed to use it. Stay…
NAS does what ECUA should have done
The Monday edition of the News Journal has an article on how NAS Pensacola decided to forego building a new wastewater treatment plant on the base after Hurricane Ivan. They realized how…
Hotels become condos, sort of
After two delays and nearly three months of backroom meetings between developers, beach residents, county staff & county commissioners and the firing of one SRIA board member, the Escambia County Commission approved…
Beach parking garage plan
The Pensacola daily had an article on a proposed parking garage for Pensacola Beach. Here is a drawing of the garage’s location from Baskerville Donovan Engineers. This is just one location being…
Why? Why? Why?
The Santa Rosa Island Authority avoided any decision on redefining hotels and condos on Pensacola Beach tonight. Why? The word I got was the board members were informed by the Escambia County…
Gayest peninsula on Earth
The Atlanta-based Southern Voice magazine has declared Florida – particularly Pensacola and Orlando – the gayest peninsula on earth. Estimates 40,000-50,000 will visit here Memorial Day Weekend – which could help local…
Grover speaks out on hotel-condo idea
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson (version 4.0) has issued a position paper on the hotel-condo issue. He is recommending the maximum stay be cut from the proposed 16 weeks to 12 weeks. …
SRIA will decide what’s a hotel
SRIA chairman Vernon Prather is drafting an ordinance to define what is a hotel room. The broad will discuss and vote on it at its May 8th meeting. What’s at stake: Pensacola…
SRIA pays for drowning
In 2001, the Santa Rosa Island Authority resisted pressure to increase lifeguard protection on Pensacola Beach. Less than a half mile of Pensacola Beach’s 8.5 miles of shoreline was guarded that year…
MOBy misses the point
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien (MOBy) misses the point on the county commission’s debate over hotels vs. condos on Pensacola Beach in his column today (Less government,’ some say, until meddling suits their…
New Poster for SRIA
It just needs the right caption
Who really owns the sand on the beach?
 SRIA GM Buck Lee wants leaseholders to return the sand that’s blown on their property to the SRIA – SRIA takes up coarse issue. This brings up some interesting questions: If…
RB Buzz: Lee wants county job
There are consistent rumblings from Pensacola Beach that Santa Rosa Island Authority Buck Lee has been lobbying Escambia County Commissioners to abolish the SRIA and his job. Lee believes that he would…
PNJ advocates shutting down SRIA
The new editorial board of the PNJ has come out swinging. First, they ask the city council to delay any referendum on the expansion on the DIB. Today, they’re for Abolishing Island…
