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*[[June 21]] - The [[Escambia County Commission]] delays a vote on a [[Hotel definition debate|new definition of what constitutes a hotel]]. Commissioner [[Gene Valentino]] also announced [[Ed Guernsey]] as his new appointee to the [[Santa Rosa Island Authority]].
*[[June 21]] - Florida Governor [[Wikipedia:Charlie Crist|Charlie Crist]] signs [[property tax]] legislation into law. A constitutional amendment scheduled for the [[January 29]], [[2008]] ballot will determine the extent of reform.
*[[June 21]] - The [[Westside Branch Library]], which opened on [[April 23]], celebrates its official opening ceremony.
*[[June 20]] - [[Escambia County Commission]]er [[Gene Valentino]] fires his appointee to the [[Santa Rosa Island Authority]], [[Kelly G. Robertson]].
*[[June 20]] - [[Jeremiah Rodgers]] is again sentenced to death by Circuit Judge [[Paul Rasmussen]] for the [[May 7]], [[1988]] murder of [[Pace High School]] senior [[Jennifer Robinson]].
*[[June 19]] - [[ECSO]] deputies [[Nick Harris]], [[Matt Clark]], [[Steve Nesmith]] and retired detective [[Dan Henry]] cleared by a jury in a civil lawsuit alleging they illegally searched [[Jamareo Durr]]'s residence.
*[[June 18]] - Teenage vandals break into [[Ferry Pass Middle School]], causing damages estimated to cost tens of thousands of dollars.
*[[June 18]] - Dr. [[Claude Strickland]], owner of [[Airport Dental]], is arrested on charges he traded dental services for sex with members of the [[Florida Dream Girls]] escort service, including a 16-year-old.
*[[June 16]] - The [[Santa Rosa Island Authority]] renames a quarter-mile segment of [[Via de Luna]] after the late [[Allen Levin]]. Also, one of the [[Pelicans in Paradise]] sculptures designed by Levin's son [[Evan Levin|Evan]] was dedicated to him at the [[Portofino Island Resort]].
*[[June 16]] - [[Emerald Coast Ministries]] opens the [[Emerald Coast Women's Ministry Recovery Center]] on [[Palmetto Avenue]].
*[[June 16]] - The 2007 [[Sankofa Juneteenth Heritage Festival]] is held at the [[Fricker Center]].
*[[June 15]]-[[June 17|17]] - The 2007 [[Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival]] is held in [[Foley, Alabama]].
*[[June 15]] - Florida state regulators reject, for the fourth time, an application by [[Baptist Health Care]] to build a 96-bed acute care hospital on [[University Parkway]].
*[[June 14]] - [[Leandre Woods]] is sentenced to 15 years in state prison for the [[October 7]], [[2004]] killing of [[Tywann Grandison]].
*[[June 13]] - [[Shana Sanders]] and [[Amanda Pearl Davis]] are killed in an auto accident on [[U.S. 90]] in [[Pea Ridge]]. The driver of the other vehicle, 19-year-old [[Joshua Harris]], is charged with DUI.
*[[June 13]] - Former [[ECSO]] Deputy [[James Sullivan]] pleads no contest to a charge that he burned on a barbecue grill a videotape of himself allegedly using excessive force against a detained suspect, [[Jeremy Mann]].
*[[June 13]] - The [[Santa Rosa Island Authority]] approves a list of policies defining [[Pensacola Beach hotel Hotel definition debate|what qualifies as a hotel]] on [[Pensacola Beach]].
*[[June 12]] - [[Fred Allen, Sr.]], who stabbed his wife [[Patsy Allen|Patsy]] on [[May 4]], is deemed mentally unfit for trial and is committed to the [[Florida State Hospital]] in [[Chattahoochee]].
*[[June 11]] - [[Luke McCoy]] returns as host of [[WCOA]]'s call-in show "[[Pensacola Speaks]]" three weeks after stepping down.