County approves 4¢ gas tax
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Lame duck commission channels Oprah: "You get a dedicated funding source! And you get a dedicated funding source! And everyone gets a raise!"
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.
A few notes about the library feud
The county is threatening (again) to cut funding to the library system, this time because of a perceived inequity between city and county branches. Is it "extortion"?
Civic Center renamed “Pensacola Bay Center”
The Civic Center may have 99 problems, but the name wasn't one. Here's why the "Bay" addition is about a decade too late.
LOST cause: Escambia’s budget without libraries
If county commissioners think the library's $3.7 million is a big shortfall, just wait till they lose $35 million a year in LOST funds.
Library board hopes a new MSTU will save budget
The WFPL trustees want county commissioners to pass a 0.35-mill tax on unincorporated properties to make up the $3.7M in pulled funding.
County pulling support for libraries?
County Administrator Randy Oliver has notified the City of Pensacola that it may withdraw its funding of the library system.
Voters approve EDATE extension, Midway fire funding
Gingrich won the Panhandle but lost the state; EDATE gets ten more years; and the Midway Fire District funding increase was approved.
SRIA wants your input on Pensacola Beach master plan
Santa Rosa Island Authority board members decided to hold off on a $25 million recommendation until a Feb. 8 meeting.
