The big votes on Reimagine Palafox happen this week. On Monday, Nov. 10, the Community Redevelopment Agency will vote on whether CRA funds can be used for the project. The Pensacola City Council will vote on the construction contract on Thursday, Nov. 13.
Three articles on the project drew readers:
- Five Questions About Reimagine Palafox Construction
- Mayor Asks Palafox Property Owners To Do 2 Things
- Pensacola City Council Debates Reimagine Palafox
The State Board of Governors appointed two new members to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees. The appointees names were not listed on the board’s agenda, and the Board of Governors issued no press release after the meeting.
Breaking: Gilley appointed to UWF Board of Trustees
Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal and most of FLorida’s daily newspapers, will rebrand as USA TODAY, but that is what attracted readers. According to its Oct. 1 circulation report, the PNJ only averaged 2,183 paid print subscriptions for the past year. In 2012, the Gannett-owned newspaper’s paid distribution was 38,653.
PNJ Owners Rebrands as USA Today Company – Rick’s Blog
Other posts were heavily read and shared:
Joe Patti’s Seafood Responds to City Lawsuit – Rick’s Blog
Florida AG Wants City Council to Cancel Drag Show
The Story I Wish I Had Done:
PNJ: Donor: UWF refuses to award scholarship with ‘diversity’ in its name —John Smykla, chair of UWF’s then Criminal Justice and Legal Studies department from 2005 to 2014, and his wife, Evelyn Ortiz Smykla, established the Evelyn Ortiz and John Ortiz Smykla Criminal Justice Scholarship in Diversity in December 2011. However, according to the Smyklas, the scholarship has not been given out in two years. Read more.
WEAR-TV: Patronis criticizes ‘sniper’ speeding tickets after traffic stop …
Don’t Miss
AG Wants to Pit Christians Against Pensacola City Hall – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier insinuates that the drag show scheduled at the Saenger Theatre is somehow religious persecution and religious discrimination in his letter to the Pensacola City Council. He doesn’t cite a single case where a court found that allowing offensive speech about religion constituted actionable religious discrimination. That’s because no such case exists. This is legal theory invention designed to intimidate.
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