Archive for the ‘Gene Valentino’ Category

On McLaughlin and the $10,000 seminar

If you weren’t aware, the Escambia County Commission recently sent Escambia County Administrator Bob McLaughlin out to Colorado to attend a leadership program at the “Center for Creative Leadership”.  The cost of the seminar?  A cool $10,000.
Is that a waste of taxpayer money?  Of course it is.
I don’t think there’s anyone in the County aside [...]

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Happy birthday, Gene Valentino

Valentino, now my least favourite Commissioner after Whitehead’s fall from grace, is 55 today.  His birthday isn’t starting out too well, as his plan to remove building caps on Perdido Key is running into some roadblocks, according to the PNJ.  That can’t make Valentino too happy, as he wants giant wall-to-wall condos on Perdido Key [...]

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This week: August 4-10, 2008

A roundup of events for this week:
Monday, August 4

Independent News Birthday Party for Barack Obama
5:30-7:00 PM, Lili Marlene’s in Seville Quarter

Tuesday, August 5

Kevin White District 5 Town Hall Meeting
6:30 PM, Escambia County Extension, 3740 Stefani Road

Wednesday, August 6

Gene Valentino’s “Coffee with a Commissioner”
7:30-9:00 AM, Crema Coffee, 1124 West Garden Street
Pensacola Charter Review Commission Meeting
3:00 PM, [...]

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