Tag: Perdido Key
Escambia tourism up 12 percent
Press Release: Tourism in Escambia County is presently setting all-time lodging revenue records for FY 2012-2013 to date, with lodging revenues generated in October and…
Commissioner says don’t believe BP
I returned to the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center for the first time in four weeks…and I got some memorable quotes and answers that reputed…
Grover: We will test waters
Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson called late yesterday afternoon to tell me the county will be testing the area waters regularly on Pensacola Beach and…
Perdido Key Chamber hosts weekly BP meetings
Press release (note the new chamber slogan at the end): As we continue to say, our beaches are beautiful, our water is clear and we…
Move EOC to Beach, Key or Downtown
BTW: I am boycotting the EOC – a facility set up miles away from our beaches, a facility that was built to be a bomb…
Valentino framed…or so it goes
Valentino supporters are alleging that the commissioner’s political opponent, George Touart, is behind the grand jury investigation of Gene Valentino’s campaign fundraising. They point to…
WCI is out of bankruptcy
The Miami Herald is reporting that WCI Communities has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has eliminated more than $2 billion in debt and…
Bingo parlor never came to planning board
On my earlier post, I wrote that the bingo parlor had been approved by the planning board. It was not. The plans never came before…
DCA says no, no, no to Perdido
The Florida Department of Community Affairs rejected the Escambia County Commission plan to raise the building caps on Perdido Key. Currently, a maximum 7,150 dwelling…
IN 2006: Incorporate Perdido Key
The daily newspaper writes on the possibility of Perdido Key area incorporating. We advocated Perdido Key incorporation in our Ballsy Plan III published in May…
Perdido Key Annual Whine Fest
For the past 20 years, every August or September – right before the county budget is finalized – the residents and business owners of Perdido…
Unlimited building for Perdido
The Escambia County commissioners voted last night to remove the residential building cap for Perdido Key. Currently, a maximum of 7,150 residential units are allowed….
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…
WCI Communties being raided
WCI Communities owns Lost Key on Perdido Key. Some wanted WCI to bid on the Trillium property as an alternative to Studer-Fetterman-Cavanaugh proposal. According to…
