Petition to build CMP

It’s time we let the Pensacola City Council know that this community is frustrated that they have not found alternative funding sources for the Vince…

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Note: City Committees 4.21.08

April 21 Committee of the Whole meeting notes: Divisions over east versus west side Pensacola projects surfaced again Monday during a discussion about Penny for…

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Notes: City budget workshop, Part 2

April 14 City budget workshop – Part 2: Keep in mind, city officials’ talking points include “rightsizing” the budget to “maintain core and priority services.”…

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Notes: City budget workshop 4.14.08 – Part 1

April 14 Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole budget workshop notes: The mood was somber and tense, at times, as city department heads methodically…

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Notes: Pensacola City Council 4.10.08

April 10 City Council meeting notes: Thursday night’s City Council meeting didn’t last 20 minutes, partly because four committees, such as Neighborhood Services and Enterprise…

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Springdale opens baseball park

Six weeks before Pensacola voters approved the Community Maritime Park, Springdale, Ark. passed a referendum for a baseball park. They played their first game in…

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How sad

The News Journal lets groups post articles to its website. There is one from Friends of the Community Maritime Park entitled “Promise made, promise kept:…

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Notes: Council Committee meetings 4.07

April 7 Committee of the Whole meeting notes: In talks about the Penny for Progress capital projects list, and the creation and possible closure of…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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