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| + | *[[September 19]] - The [[Pensacola City Council]] votes 9-1 to provide $300,000 in additional funding to the troubled [[ECAT]] transit system. | ||
| + | *[[September 18]] - [[Escambia County Commission]]ers vote 3-2 to deny former [[County Administrator]] [[George Touart]]'s request to amend his contract, which would have allowed him to retire and earn a pension. At the same meeting, they also voted to provide $2.4 million to the [[ECAT]] bus system, following an agreement of cuts by [[Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395]], and denied a $210,000 list of concessions requested by the [[Pensacola Ice Pilots]]. | ||
| + | *[[September 18]] - [[Leonard Allen Schenk]] pleads guilty to 21 counts of stealing military equipment from [[Hurlburt Field]] and selling it on eBay. | ||
| + | *[[September 16]] - Assistant [[U.S. District Court]] Attorney [[Roy Atchison]] is arrested in an Internet sex sting operation after traveling to Detroit, allegedly to have sex with what he believed was a 5-year-old girl. | ||
| + | *[[September 14]] - Two piers on the eastbound section of the old [[I-10]] bridge over [[Escambia Bay]], damaged in [[Hurricane Ivan]], are demolished by a blasting crew. | ||
| + | *[[September 13]] - [[Reginald Holmes]] dies of unknown causes at the [[Escambia County Jail]]. | ||
*[[September 10]] - The [[Pensacola City Council]]'s Committee of the Whole approves an additional $6 million in funding to renovate the [[Saenger Theatre]]. | *[[September 10]] - The [[Pensacola City Council]]'s Committee of the Whole approves an additional $6 million in funding to renovate the [[Saenger Theatre]]. | ||
*[[September 6]] - [[Escambia County Administrator]] [[George Touart]] announces his retirement following increasing criticism of his personal dealings with entities that do business with [[Escambia County]]. | *[[September 6]] - [[Escambia County Administrator]] [[George Touart]] announces his retirement following increasing criticism of his personal dealings with entities that do business with [[Escambia County]]. | ||
*[[September 6]] - The Florida Supreme Court strikes down [[Escambia County]] plans to create a tax-increment financing (TIF) district to fund $135 million in bonds for road improvements in [[Perdido Key]]. The ruling may impact projects funded by the [[Community Redevelopment Agency]], another TIF district. | *[[September 6]] - The Florida Supreme Court strikes down [[Escambia County]] plans to create a tax-increment financing (TIF) district to fund $135 million in bonds for road improvements in [[Perdido Key]]. The ruling may impact projects funded by the [[Community Redevelopment Agency]], another TIF district. | ||
*[[September 5]] - One of the [[beach ball water tower]]s on [[Pensacola Beach]] is disassembled. | *[[September 5]] - One of the [[beach ball water tower]]s on [[Pensacola Beach]] is disassembled. | ||
| + | *[[September 4]] - The [[Emerald Coast Utilities Authority]] receives approval of a major permit required to begin moving the [[Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant]]. | ||
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