As it was revealed today, developer Jim Cronley and cohorts were right about the airport property being under-appraised. I’m not sure how or why this was kept under wraps, but City staff had two other appraisals valuing the airport property at $7 million and $7.1 million, substantially higher than the $6.4 million appraisal discussed at committee [...]
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Gracing the front page of my PNJ.com this morning was the ad you see to your right (I say my PNJ.com because it’s a rotating ad and you may or may not see it), a “thank you” to Escambia County from the recently-elected District 1 Commissioner. As you can tell from the disclaimer at the bottom [...]
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We have spoken about this deal several times over the past few days. Today, Mark O’Brien has his thoughts up over at the PNJ. After digesting the issue — particularly the comments at the City Council’s Enterprise Operations Committee on Monday — Progressive Pensacola supports this deal and urges the full Council to support it on [...]
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In addition to Superintendent Malcolm Thomas, three School Board members were sworn in last night:
Linda Moultrie (District 3), who defeated Rev. LuTimothy May in a special election triggered by the resignation of Claudia Brown-Curry. Moultrie will fill the remaining two years of Brown-Curry’s term, and the seat will be back up for election in 2010.
Patty [...]
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