Archive for the ‘John Fogg’ Category

Happy Birthday, John Fogg

Our apologies to outgoing Mayor John Fogg for our belated birthday wishes.  Mayor Fogg celebrated his 64th birthday this past Tuesday, December 30.
Mr. Mayor, we can’t say that we’ll miss the extremely rude, openly contempuous attitude with which you treat citizens at Council meetings.  We can’t say we’ll miss your lack of proactivity concerning our [...]

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Will Terhaar money buy a seat on the ZBA?

As I mentioned last week, City Council will vote on appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment at their committee meetings this afternoon (3:15 PM, Hagler-Mason Room, Second Floor, City Hall). They will choose two of three candidates to fill the available seats. One of those candidates is Richard Terhaar, son of Tony [...]

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Sharon Barnett’s comments on CMPA issue

While I’m talking about last week’s City Council meeting, I thought I’d share attorney Sharon Barnett’s comments regarding the CMPA Sunshine violations issue:

My favourite part:
Mr. Mayor, this is a clear violation of the Sunshine law. This is a not-for-profit private entity that is acting for a public agency … It is covered by the [...]

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Council rudeness to citizens needs to stop

It’s gotten better over the last year or two but citizens who speak before the Pensacola City Council are still occasionally spoken down to, belittled, or berated, and that needs to stop.
Regardless of my respect for him otherwise, the chief (but not only) culprit is Mayor John Fogg. I’ve lost count of how many [...]

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Wiggins will seek mayoralty

Important day in City politics.  This morning, Pensacola mayor John Fogg announced he will not seek re-election, and a few hours later, At-Large councilman Mike Wiggins filed for the office.
Pensacola has a weak mayor system, and the mayor is essentially merely a third at-large council member.  However, there’s about a $9300 salary bump and the [...]

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