May 11

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• Ask Marty this question

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  If someone knocks on your door asking you to sign the Donovan petition, ask them what is their bond plan? The City is obligated by contract to provide $40 million for the Community Maritime Park. What type of bonds does Mr. Donovan want to have issued, instead of the issuance approved by the City Council on October 8? ...
  3 days ago

• Revoking petition signatures

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  I spoke with Supervisor of Elections David Stafford about how a voter can take their name off a Donovan petition if they no longer want to be a part of it. Stafford said that there is no procedure under state law or the city charter that allows a voter to revocate their signature. He suggested the best alternate is ...
  3 days ago

• Dishonest petition

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  If Marty Donovan truly wanted to stop the Community Maritime Park, then he should have had a petition drive in April or May. At the April 23 regular meeting of the Pensacola City Council, the Council unanimously approved the Development Agreement and Sub-Lease Agreement between CMPA and Maritime Park Development ...
  3 days ago

• Uh, oh, petition signers are upset

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  We are hearing that people who signed the Marty Donovan petition are upset because they were told the petition was a vote to stop the park. They now realize it’s only the bond financing that they are voting on and the city council will simply approve another plan, if the first plan is rescinded. Talk about a real ...
  3 days ago

• Local Grammy nominee

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Press Release Pensacola musician Dr. Michael Brant DeMaria is a GRAMMY Nominee! Nominations were announced last night by The Recording Academy, and DeMaria’s soundtrack “SIYOTANKA” is nominated for Best Native American Music Album. DeMaria composed and performed the music for Pensacola Little Theatre’s 2008 ...
  3 days ago

• No Boss Marty

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  If Martin Donovan is able to get enough signatures, then the name of the Political Action Committee that battles him should be No Boss Marty . His petition drive really isn’t about the bond financing. It’s about his personal vendetta with Quint Studer and Mort O’Sullivan and his willingness to use this City to ...
  3 days ago

• Northrup dropping out of tanker bid?

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  It may be a bluff to force the Pentagon to rewrite the bid specs, but Wes Bush, president and chief operating officer of Northrop, said in a letter delivered to Under Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter that the company “cannot proceed to submit a bid.” Read this
  5 days ago

• City ready to sale CMP bonds Dec. 9

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  City Manager Al Coby has notified the Pensacola City Council in a memo dated today the Redevelopment Revenue Bonds, Series 2009 A & B will be marketed through December 8 with the sale to occur on or about December 9, 2009 and closing on December 21, 2009. The bonds are $45,335,000 – $10.24 million Redevelopment ...
  5 days ago

• America’s Most Stylish Blogger

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Trang Huyen of the Behind the Seams in Pensacola, Fla. has been selected America’s Most Stylish Blogger by stylelist.com. I was pulling for Derek Cosson.
  5 days ago

• Homeless prevention funds update

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Press Release: Catholic Charities and Families Count, the agencies responsible for administering Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing funding, have issued the following clarification regarding eligibility criteria for individuals and families wishing to access Homeless Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing (HPRP) ...
  6 days ago

• City Pension solution

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  If Consolidation is recommended by the commission and that plan includes merging Energy Services of Pensacola into a utility authority, then ESP shouldn’t be given. Instead, it should be sold to the new authority. All proceeds go to fund the unfunded pension balances for the city general, police and fire pension ...
  6 days ago

• Tick, tick, tick – Consolidation deadline looms

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  The Escambia County Consolidation Commission is less that 45 days away from its Jan. 15, 2010 deadline to report to the Northwest Florida legislative delegation. Prior to that meeting, if consolidation is to be proposed, it must also present its final report to the Pensacola City Council, Escambia County Commission ...
  6 days ago

• Johnson pre-files

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Press Release: City Councilman Larry B. Johnson pre-filed today to run for re-election to the Pensacola City Council, District 4. Johnson, whose district includes parts of East Hill, Cordova, and East Pensacola Heights, said he was proud of the work of the current City Council, and hoped to serve another term and ...
  6 days ago

• Crist to speak at Lincoln Dinner

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Press release: The Escambia County Republican Party welcomes Governor Charlie Crist as a featured guest at its 2009 Lincoln Day Dinner scheduled for this Thursday evening, December 3, 2009 from 6-9pm at The Courtyard in North Hill at 25 West Avery Street in Pensacola. A limited number of tickets remain for the event ...
  1 week ago

• Billboard snafu for WPMI

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  A digital billboard “snafu” in Mobile has caused quite a stir at WPMI. Newport Television, the owners of WPMI, have suspended General Manager Shea Grandquest and News Director Wes Finley for one week, without pay. The picture below has circulated the Internet, after being posted Wednesday afternoon on Twitter by a ...
  1 week ago

• By District

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Sam Hall’s District 2 canceled out Ron Townsend’s District 7: +84 vs. -79 PC Wu’s District 1 canceled out John Jerralds’ District 5: +241 vs. -225 This referendum was on the east side of Pensacola. PC WU: Y: 1264 N: 1023… Difference +241 Sam Hall: Y:869 N: 782…Difference +87 Maren DeWeese: Y:1715 ...
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• More Election stats

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  10 City Precincts had more No votes than Yes votes: Sam Hall – District 2 #51 Ferry Pass Y:6 N:8 #106 Grace Lutheran Y:187 N:194 #108 Holy Cross Y:112 N:128 #110 PCC Y:14 N:22 John Jerralds – District 5 #98 Macedonia Y:302 N: 605 #41 Bayview Park Y:179 N: 228 Jewel Cannada-Wynn – District 6 #90 St. John ...
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• The transition to new city government begins Jan 1

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  City Attorney Rusty Wells issued today a memo to Mayor Mike Wiggins on the new charter, which I have received a copy of. It’s a preview to the full presentation Wells plans to give to the City Council at its Committee of the Whole meeting on Dec. 14. The new charter goes into effect January 1 and the current ...
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• Poker coming to dogtrack

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  Mobile Press Register is reporting: “Officials at Pensacola Greyhound Track in western Escambia County expect the track’s poker room to open “around the end of January,” general manager Nick Schlikin said in a Pensacola News Journal report. Construction has yet to begin on the poker room, which is expected to ...
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• Voter Breakdown by Council District

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  District Yes % Wu: 55% Hall: 53% DeWeese: 62% Johnson: 61% Jerralds: 43% Cannada-Wynn: 54% Townsend: 47% Sam Hall, Maren DeWeese, Larry Johnson and Diane Mack came out big for the charter. Their influence and impact on the voters is evident, especially DeWeese and Johnson. On the other hand, P.C. Wu is in ...
  1 week ago

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