Editing Sam Hall

{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name   =Sam Hall
| image_name     =SamHall.jpg
| image_size     =175px
| image_caption  =
| date_of_birth  =[[August 14]], [[1957]]
| place_of_birth =Trigg County, Kentucky
| date_of_death  =
| place_of_death =
| occupation     =[[Pensacola City Council]]<br/>District 2 Councilman
| religion       =Anglican
| spouse         =Diana Hall
| parents        =Sam Franklin Hall and Jessie Marie Crabtree
| children       =James, Sam, Becca
}}
'''Samuel Thornton Hall''' was president of the [[Pensacola City Council]]. He was elected to serve as the representative for District 2 in November [[2006]]. In 2010, Hall changed to the At Large District B seat and ran unopposed. 

Hall is retired from the United States Coast Guard. He co-authored ''Threats and Challenges to Maritime Security 2020''. He served as an Intelligence Anaylst (Eco-terrorism, Organized Crime) and Intelligence Watch Officer. He was a founding member of the Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center (PAC). He also worked as an Operations Chief in Alien Interdiction and Counter-narcotics.

Sam graduated with a Bachelors in Science from Murray State University in 1986. He pursued graduate studies at the [[University of West Florida]] and Joint Military Intelligence College.

Hall and his wife Diana have two sons, James and Sam, a daughter, Becca, a daughter-in-law, Beth (married to James) a grandson Byron, and a granddaughter Lily.

==Accomplishments==
Hall is one of several community forces who pushed for comprehensive [[charter review]] for the City of Pensacola.  The [[City Charter]] had not undergone comprehensive review since it was adopted in [[1931]] by an action of the City Council.  It had never been adopted by the electorate in Pensacola, which was a concern of the [[Pensacola Bay Area League of Women Voters]] (PBALWV).  Moreover, the League of Women Voters cited flaws with provisions for citizen-led referenda that allowed the [[Pensacola City Attorney]] to interpret the provision at his or her convenience. Hall failed to get a second the first two times he moved to adopt charter review, and on a third try received four votes in favor.  After the PBALWV joined with a movement proposing a [[strong mayor]] form of government, all nine Council members voted with him to form a [[Charter Review Commission]].

Hall is Chair of the Neighborhood Services Committee (police, fire, parks, roads, sanitation) and serves on the Finance Committee, Enterprise Operations Committee (port, airport, Saenger Theater, Osceola Municipal Golf Course, Library, Energy Services of Pensacola), Community Redevelopment Agency, and the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization.

==Blog==
Hall maintains a blog at [http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com/ http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com] which he uses to inform constituents of issues and comment on city business. Hall came under fire for a [[July 6]], [[2007]] post on his blog that said, "The joke around town is, 'what is white, shaded, and sleeps three?' ''Answer: A city truck.''"<ref>[http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-heard-from-three-parker-circle.html Government-by-Complaint]</ref> He was referring to an apparent discrepancy between complaints he had received about a lack of maintenance at a [[Parker Circle]] park, which [[City of Pensacola]] officials blamed on [[2007 City of Pensacola budget adjustment|budget cuts]], and reports from his constituents that City employees spend much of their time sitting inside the vehicle instead of working. Following the incident, however, the park received additional attention from the [[Parks & Recreation Department]], and the president of the Parker Circle Neighborhood Association wrote Hall to say that their park had been a tipping point, transforming the area from a "normal" neighborhood to an "envied" neighborhood.

==Electoral history==
===[[Pensacola City Council]], [[2008]]===
''This election was held [[November 4]], [[2008]].  Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.''

{| class="wikitable"
|'''Sam Hall'''
|'''2,257'''
|'''68.04%'''
|-
|[[Peter Saccomanno]]
|1,060
|31.96%
|}

===[[Pensacola City Council]], [[2006]] (Run-off)===
''This election was held [[November 28]], [[2006]].  Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Sam Hall'''
|'''479'''
|'''61.7%'''
|-
|[[Paul Young]]
|297
|38.3%
|}

===[[Pensacola City Council]], [[2006]]===
''This election was held [[November 7]], [[2006]].  Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''[[Paul Young]]'''
|'''1,027'''
|'''46.4%'''
|-
|'''Sam Hall'''
|'''958'''
|'''43.3%'''
|-
|[[Stephen Kolokouris]]
|227
|10.3%
|}

As no candidates in this race garnered a majority of the vote, the top two candidates proceeded to a run-off election, held [[November 28]], [[2006]].

==External links==
*[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/council/hall City of Pensacola Councilmember site]
*[http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com/ Councilman Hall's blog]
*[http://www.pensacolad2.com/ Campaign site]
*[http://www.myspace.com/pensacolalive365 Councilman Hall's MySpace]

==References==
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