Deal reached on Brownsville Middle

At a special meeting this morning, the Escambia County School District, the School Board, and Friendship Missionary Baptist Church came to an agreement regarding the purchase of the former Brownsville Middle School property.

Friendship will purchase the property for just over $1 million. It plans to renovate the deteriorating building into a community centre to service the Brownsville community.

For more, see the Pensacola News Journal report.

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School District should cut deal on Brownsville property

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and its pastor LuTimothy May have been negotiating with the Escambia County School District to purchase the disused Brownsville Middle School property. The church, which has about 600 members, wants to renovate the building into a community centre to serve one of Pensacola’s most depressed and crime-ridden areas.

Sounds great, right? The School District gets some quick cash for a building that would otherwise sit unused, and the Brownsville community…

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Political goings-on, 10 October 2008

I’ve been so busy with stuff for this cycle that I missed some early filers for races in 2010:

Scott Gauvin has filed to run with no party affiliation (NPA) for the District 2 seat on the Escambia County Commission. The seat is currently held by Gene Valentino, a Republican. Valentino has neither filed [...]

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Who do the realtors want in office?

This year, the Realtors PAC of Florida has given $7,000 to candidates for local office, comprised of $500 donations to 14 different candidates. Who do they like? Who likes their money?

Joe Buehler
for Pensacola City Council, At-Large 8
Megan Benson Pratt
for Pensacola City Council, At-Large 9
Malcolm Thomas
for Escambia Superintendent of Schools
LuTimothy May
for Escambia County School [...]

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Political goings-on, 9 June 2008

Ellison Bennett and LuTimothy May filed today to run for the Escambia County School Board District 3 seat being vacated by Claudia Brown-Curry.  Nice to see LuTimothy join his brother Lumon in running for public office.  We need more folks with their dedication and work ethic.  I wonder if Lawrence Powell will still jump into [...]

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