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 to make 11 changes to make government…
Tag: Pensacola City Council
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 years on record for Pensacola’s city government,…
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 proposed change in plans that eliminates 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 to charter or the current power structure….
Strange business climate
A popular downtown bakery closes (Pitzmann Bakery to close its doors ) because it can’t find qualified bakers to help an ailing owner. Hate to see them close because of lack of…
Question of the day
When is a decision not a decision? When the “decision” is made by the Pensacola City Council. Case in point: The Pensacola City Council voted a couple years ago to bring mixed…
Battle of the bears
Yesterday’s meeting between the Pensacola City Council and the Escambia Board of County Commissioners was a battle of the bears – Commissioner Mike Whitehead and City Councilman Jack Nobles. Whitehead wanted the…
Hall has a myspace
Apparently freshman Pensacola city councilman Sam Hall was once a deejay. Check out www.myspace.com/pensacolalive365