Tag: Port of Pensacola
Port expands
The Herald Tribune reports that Port Manatee that is south of Tampa is preparing for the widening of the Panama Canal. The port is in…
Power of one bad decision
The overriding reason for Councilmen Jack Nobles and Marty Donovan to vote in favor of the Rinker/Cemex lease at the Port of Pensacola was that…
Third World Pensacola
Why is the environment such a low priority in Escambia County and Pensacola? We profess to love our waterways and call this place “paradise.” Yet…
Meet proposed port tenant
InDaily has posted a YouTube video on Cemex, the Mexican cement manufacturing giant, who owns Rinker Materials. What do you do when an international conglomerate…
New Port website
There is a new website on the port: TakeBackthePort.com. For decades after the “glory days†of exporting timber, turpentine, and red snapper, heavy industry has…
Port may get new tenant
The Enterprise Operations Committee of the Pensacola City Council meets on Monday, Aug. 20 at 3:15 p.m. in the Hagler-Mason Conference Room to consider a…
Why little cement dust at Port
In 2004, there was a big debate about a cement supplier coming to the Port of Pensacola. There were dire predictions of downtown being covered…
Elebash bashes port finances
Subject: Port finances Port of Pensacola – Six Months Financial Report The City Finance Director will present the mid-year City financial report to the Council…
They keep plugging away
The Stop Our City folks keep plugging away at Gulf1.com. They miss their Tuesday night meetings at the Bayview Community Center. Some are still trying…
