Is the Visit Pensacola ad too expensive?
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Lots of national ads cost $270,000 or more to make. This ad should not have been one of them.
ACLU’s Susan Watson leaving for Alabama
Watson, a community activist who helped revive the ACLU's Panhandle chapter, has been named the new executive director of the ACLU of Alabama.
Waiting for good dough: the YMCA and property taxes
Quint Studer has received considerable pushback on his offer to help the YMCA build a new (and revenue-producing) facility at the Maritime Park. Do people in other cities have such...
The Zimmerman invoices: where did the money go?
What was included in Zimmerman's $39,500/month retainer fee? Not a lot, apparently.
This is why we can’t have nice things
Gálvez bust is only the latest example of vandalism. Dear idiots: please stop screwing it up for the rest of us.
Big changes ahead for library system
The library system may get a dedicated funding source — one that taxes city and county residents equally — but it will leave city control as a result.
Time heals all wounds: Touart brought back by Valentino
Commissioner Gene Valentino made the motion to hire Touart, so we can assume he's forgiven the whole "you tried to bribe me then ran against me" thing.
Whose line-item: defining the mayor’s veto and purchasing powers
The city council will challenge Mayor Hayward's veto, but even if certain funds aren't reallocated to marketing, what's to stop them from being spent that way?
Try, try again: city wants public input on East Government reopening
WFRPC is hosting several public involvement meetings about reopening East Government Street and "restoring the grid" in historic Seville.
Observation wheel offers “360 degrees of paradise”
The 360° Pensacola Beach observation wheel officially opened for business Tuesday as an unmissable addition to the island's skyline.
In defense of local advertising talent
A trio of high-profile local marketing projects have gone to out-of-town firms, most recently the area's tourism contract. Here's an (admittedly biased) counterpoint.
