06-10
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE?
(The first in a series) For the past few days, I’ve been on vacation and traveling between Auburn, Massachusetts and East Lyme, Connecticut where my daughters Susan and Margaret live. It’s been great seeing two of our kids and their families. We also got to talk to a lot of people in both places and [...]
POTPURRI-FROM DOGGIE BEACH TO CODE ENFORCEMENT!
Big Dog gets around town and attends a ton of meetings in order to keep this blog going. Every once in a while a backlog of smaller issues and opportunities uncovered in his travels clogs his brain. This piece is a bunch of relatively random items and ideas that once written will, hopefully, unclog the [...]
MY VACATION IN OUR NATION!
Bright 12 year old kids when they get excited about something have a way of giving off a special energy that ignites the imagination of everyone with whom he or she comes in contact. So, when Elizabeth Brown-Worthington told me about the great adventure on which she was about to embark I became almost as [...]
COUNCIL SHOULD SHARE POWER WITH PLANNING AND ZONING
We Gulfporters expect an awful lot from our Mayor, (salary, $900 per month), and our four City Council Members, (salaries, $600 per month). Obviously, the folks who run for a City Council seat aren’t doing it for the money. When one considers the number of meetings they attend and the hours involved, they are probably [...]
2010-2011 BUDGET $1.2 MILLION SHORT, (AGAIN)!
Preliminary figures and forecasts submitted to the City Council by City Manager O’Reilly and Administration Director Dan Carpenter indicate that operations costs for 2010-2011, (based on this year), will be around $10 million and projected revenues from all sources will be about $8.8 million. This year’s revenue shortfall is primarily due to a projected 10-12% [...]
WATCHDOGS INVITED: GULFPORT! MAGAZINE LAUNCH PARTY
We are throwing a party to launch the first issue of Gulfport! Magazine and YOU are all invited! Saturday, June 5th, 2010 from 6:00 to 10:00 pm at the Gulfport Casino. Admission is FREE, food will be catered by Stella’s Deli and Gelato, Tampa Bay blues bands Thunderbolt Brown and the Robbie Robertson Band will [...]