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{{Portal:Current events/DateHeader2|2007|08}}
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*[[August 20]] - The [[Pensacola City Council]] agrees to review a proposal for a "[[strong mayor]]" government, while the [[Enterprise Operations Committee]] votes 3-2 not to grant an additional industrial lease at the [[Port of Pensacola]].
*[[August 20]] - [[Escambia County School District]] classes begin for the first time since the completion of the [[2006 school closure and consolidation plan|reorganization plan]] that closed [[Woodham High School]] and four other middle schools.
*[[August 18]] - [[Lee Shortt]] dies from apparent [[Wikipedia:decompression sickness|decompression sickness]] while diving at the [[USS Oriskany]] artificial reef.
*[[August 17]] - Disbarred attorney [[Vince Whibbs, Jr.]] is sentenced to four years in state prison for stealing from clients' trust accounts to fund his private investments.
*[[August 17]] - Equipment used in the construction on the [[Interstate 10 bridge]] falls, injuring five [[Tidewater Skanska Flatiron]] workers.
