Tag: Pensacola City Council
Real issues vs. false ones
The concern of Councilman Marty Donovan over city hall security is another distraction from real issues. It also proves my theory that government always finds…
Why Jewel gave EWB zero
Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn said Friday she expected more from E.W. Bullock Associates officials in their presentation for the Energy Services of Pensacola contract,…
Cannada-Wynn gave EW Bullock zero
At last week’s Pensacola City Council meeting, Leroy Boyd of Movement for Change and others made a big deal about E.W. Bullock being awarded the…
More on Charter Review
We also received this email report on the meeting: “Sharon Barnett from the League of Women Voters made a very good point that I think…
Notes: Council Meeting Mar. 13
March 13 City Council meeting notes: Wow. Thursday night’s council meeting drew fierce debate over how the city awards its contracts and allegations of racism…
City council now on state retirement
I’ve been reviewing the City of Pensacola’s 2008 approved budget. The Mayor and City Council have added this fiscal year for the first time $23,100…
More from Feb. 28 council meeting
From the council’s follow-up paperwork: Council authorized the City Manager to enter into a ten-year lease with Robert A. Cole d/b/a Bob Cole Imports for…
Notes: City Council meeting
COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL CHAMBERS FEBRUARY 28, 2008, 7 P.M. All members were present at Thursday evening’s City Council Meeting. The following issues were discusses in…
Notes: Pensacola Committee of the Whole
Yesterday the Pensacola City Council met as the Committee of the Whole and its individual committees. Here are our notes on the meeting: All city…
Wiggins pre-files for city council
Well, it looks like Pensacola citizens will have an opportunity to keep things running the same. Another incumbent city councilman has pre-filed – Mike Wiggins….
Panama City may get port tenant
Panama City has an Intermodal Distribution Center to go with its port. It’s an industrial park near Hwy 231 for companies who agree to use…
Springdale ballpark to open April 2008
In Springdale, Ark., a referendum passed on July 11, 2006 to build a baseball park by extending a 1% sales tax. The vote was close…
Council moves ahead on CMP, sort of
Notes on the Pensacola city council’s discussion on the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park at its committee of the whole meeting: The Vince Whibbs…
Springfest and PLT crap out
The Pensacola City Council wasn’t in the holiday spirit at its Committee of the Whole meeting yesterday. SpringFest board president Bobby Marcus was eager for…
Did a grudge play a role in bottle club vote?
The buzz around town is that Pensacola City Councilman Jack Nobles may have changed his position on the closing time for bottle clubs because Brian…
Does budget process matter?
The SRIA asking for $10 million from the Escambia County Commission begs an even larger question. Why wasn’t the beach parking in the 2007-08 budget…
Tampa lays off city workers
The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio announced he was laying off 100 more city workers. He also outlined a three-year plan…
Tightest budget year ever?
A News Journal article – this one is on City Council funding the arts and culture – opens with In one of the tightest budget…
Who do CMP delays hurt
Today’s article on the Vince Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park in the daily newspaper ( Park backers: Plan still delivers) has me wondering why the…
BTW: Strong mayor is dead
Watch the Pensacola City Council’s Committee of the Whole video and you will realize that the council has no intent of making any meaningful changes…
