Tag: Port of Pensacola
Boone Report: Pate is back
News: Pate Goes Back To Council On Thursday by Sean Boone Last month City Council voted down a staff recommended lease amendment for the Pate…
Open letter to Pensacola City Council
January 2, 2009 Dear Council Members: At its meeting on December 11th the City Council failed to approve the Pate Stevedore Company (“PATE”) Lease Amendment…
PNJ writes Hall editorial, nine days later
The daily newspaper takes on Sam Hall for leaving a council meeting early to avoid a vote and possibly lying about a trip to Atlanta….
Council will have to approve any Pate renewal
Check out this series of emails regarding the current lease at the Port of Pensacola with Pate Stevedore for Warehouse No. 5: ——– Original Message…
Oops, Pate released from surety bond
According to its February 2004 lease agreement for Warehouse No. 5, Pate Stevedore Company was required to post an annual security deposit, either in cash…
Frozen chicken deal is more than amendment
Spent part of my weekend rereading the so-called amendment to the Pate Cold Storage contract. Let’s get real this isn’t an amendment. It is brand…
Stalking Sam Hall
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien tells today the story of how Pate Cold Storage owner Mike Pate sent his son, Jeremy, and his girlfriend..described by Pate…
Boone report: Odd vote at city council
by IN reporter Sean Boone Sometimes politics beats logic. For Jack Nobles and the rest of City Council, they proved just that on Monday night…
Port lessee, CEMEX, had bad day
Shares of Mexican cement and building materials maker Cemex fell 19% Thursday as dismal results from a debt exchange spurred investors to take profits following…
Port staff rallies support for frozen chicken
From an email blast being sent around town—Once again City Staff is campaigning against the wishes of the Pensacola City Council. Who works for who?…
Frozen chicken better for lessee, than City
One of the arguments for expansion of the frozen chicken operation at the Port is that the warehouses are away from the northern end of…
Northwest Florida Cold Storage a front for who?
The amendment to the Pate Cold Storage—which is really a new contract with a new entity—is not dead. Enterprise Operations Committee chairman Jack Nobles can…
