Reason for the Pause, Part II

An analysis of requested information should clear up any questions raised by allegations that were brought to my attention Wednesday evening which led to my move to pull a funding item from last night's agenda....

In part I of this series I described the rationale for taking a pause on an agenda item from yesterday's meeting.

I asked my aide, Debbie Kenney, to make some inquiries of Visit Pensacola and Pensacola Sports Association so that I can run some other allegations to ground before we move ahead with the vote for an additional $2.3 Million to Visit Pensacola next month.

As I said to channel three and in the PNJ--I am just following up on information that was given to me.  Just allegations.  Hopefully, there is no substance to these allegations.....

I reiterated this position in a Friday interview on Pensacola's top-rated morning radio show, "Good Morning Pensacola" on 1370 WCOA.

Here's the Deal:   if I do not follow up on serious allegations from credible sources, then I am not doing my job, so I follow up on credible reports when I get them, and I get to the bottom of issues that are real.  Look no further than Newpoint schools and what happened there........ 

The below request was made today by my aide.  When I receive the information back, I'll hopefully have a better idea, before the next vote in April, about whether or not some things I have been told about these allocations of TDC monies are true or untrue.