We have a few members of Council who have put in years of service, have reached that retirement age, but they just keep on going.
I can only assume they are workaholics and they need our help to retire.
Let’s help these Council members out:
Mike DeSorbo, District 3
Age: 71
Years of service on Council: 20
Ronald Townsend, District 7
Age: [...]
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Progressive Pensacola endorses Christopher “C. J.” Lewis for Mayor of Pensacola.
We could present a glowing piece about Lewis, his great common-sense ideas, his refreshingly strategic way of analysing our City’s problems; but, as is usually the case with Lewis, he does a better job of saying it himself. Go to his website. Seriously. Read it. [...]
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This year, more City candidates than ever have embraced the digital age and developed campaign websites. Here’s a listing of all the current candidate websites:
District 2
Sam Hall
Peter Saccomanno
District 4
Larry B. Johnson
District 8 (At-Large)
Diane Mack
Joe Buehler
District 9 (At-Large)
Megan Benson Pratt
Wendell Rich
Mayor of Pensacola
Mike Wiggins
C. J. Lewis
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The PNJ’s Mark O’Brien is on a roll lately with his weird attack blogs. Forget O’Brien’s party affiliation — he’s apparently just pro-incumbent, as in the past few weeks he’s written pieces maligning challengers to City incumbents Mike Wiggins, Jewel Cannada-Wynn, and Marty Donovan.
And then, sometimes, the wit that makes O’Brien occasionally entertaining to read [...]
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Mike Wiggins brought in $9,149 in the second quarter. Wondering who his friends are?
$600 from Miller Caldwell’s family
$500 from Greenhut Construction
$500 from Robert L. Fair, of the Board of Directors of Bank of Pensacola
$500 from Rodney Rich, of Rodney Rich & Co., and the man behind the recent “9 West DeSoto Street” fiasco
$250 from [...]
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Check out Rick Outzen’s post about Mike Whitehead, acting like a clown at a charity golf tournament. The thing I appreciate about Mike Whitehead is that he makes fun of himself – saves everyone else the work.
Also a nice viewpoint from Sam Hall concerning the Pensacola mayoralty race, and the lack of female leaders [...]
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J. D. Smith, former District 2 Councilman, has filed for the At-Large District 9 seat which Mike Wiggins will vacate to seek the mayoralty.
Smith is a clown who thought it was completely okay to represent District 2 while living in District 7. He was on Council for too many years the first time. [...]
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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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