Races for two three local positions, local judges, and the State Governor primary wrapped up this Tuesday with landslides in many. In the primary for Florida House District 36, currently held by Amanda Murphy, Jim Mathieu was handily defeated by Republican Chris Gregg in the primary. Gregg took 59% of the vote to Mathieu’s 41%. Mike […]
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New Port Richey’s Mayor Marlowe weighs in on issues in the community in his weekly blog. This week: Special Events and the Downtown.
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A recent feature in Ecology Florida News reported on an offer from ten climate-change specialists to meet with Governor Rick Scott to explain to him the basics of climate change and the impact global warming is having and will have on the state of Florida.
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Ecology Florida in an editorial looking into the response of Florida’s leading scholars to Governor Scott’s comments on climate change.
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Gerrymandering Trial Awaits Judgment This article is a follow up to a previous OP-ED on NewsPortRichey. Courtesy of Ecology Florida Summary The Gerrymandering trial is over, and it is now up to Circuit Judge Terry Lewis to render a judgment in the case. Whatever his ruling, the impact of the actions prompting this trial have […]
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Things are heating up in the discussion of the renovation of the Hacienda Hotel. On Monday, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the 2014 budget which includes $1 million for the Hacienda’s renovation. It is not clear what strings that will attach to the Hacienda project, but that didn’t stop City Council from voting to rank […]
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The Biggest Trial in Florida That Few Are Following Courtesy of Ecology Florida Summary One of the most important trials in recent Florida history is currently occurring in Tallahassee. Most Floridians are not following it very closely – if at all. The trial grows out of a suit contending that the design of Florida’s congressional […]
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Abraham “Avi” Rosner, owner of Florida Hotel Inc., has offered $2 million in investment to the City of New Port Richey for the expected contract award for redevelopment of the Hacienda Hotel. He has also specified a date of interest that extends until June 20, 2014. Mr. Rosner previously purchased and renovated a Days Inn […]
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Read Mayor Rob Marlowe’s blog about the upcoming work session for Tuesday Night.
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New Port Richey’s staff and City council would like your help in contacting Governor Rick Scott regarding the Hacienda Budget Line item: (850) 488-7146 or http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/email-the-governor/ Please remember that emails and email addresses become public record. If you feel comfortable doing so, please contact Governor Rick Scott’s office and let him know that the City […]
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“One dead in New Port Richey house fire”–“New Port Richey man accused of counterfeiting money”–“New Port Richey man dead after shootout with deputies.” These are three headlines taken from the Pasco Times for one day last Thursday. What do they all have in common? Not a single one of them happened in New Port Richey. […]
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OP-ED: Let’s ignore the loudmouths and listen to sensible talk An old adage states, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” It seems the louder the outcry, the more the attention. Whether the issue is health care, education, taxes, abortion; the media focus on noise. That’s unfortunate, because a lot of wise, unassuming folks get lost in […]
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JAH Architects, the firm hired by New Port Richey to develop plans for upgrades to the City’s central Sims Park, unveiled rough visualizations for the project at Tuesday’s council meeting. Council members committed $1.8 million tot he first phase of the project, including moving the playground to the north end of a larger overall Sims […]
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Pasco County Administrator Michele Baker fired her newly hired assistant administrator after only four days on the job.
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Many of Florida’s public school teachers see little value in the value-added-model (VAM) teacher evaluation process that’s being used this year. Also labeled “value added analysis” or “value added assessment,” the evaluation tool is tied to student testing results. VAM assesses how one student’s scores compare to others and tracks how each student is performing […]
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T. Rowe Price ended speculation about its plans to move to Pasco County where officials had secured more than $30 million in incentives, leaving County Commissioners and Pasco Economic Development Council President John Hagen in the lurch.
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Last night was the second workshop in a series being pushed by New Port Richey’s newly elected Mayor Rob Marlowe. The topic for the workshop last night was “Penny for Pasco” and Council members looked to discuss a number of ways in which those funds can be utilized. City Financial Director Peter Altman began the […]
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Because Florida Republican officials are refusing federal Medicaid dollars, about 1.3 million low-income Florida residents will not get health care coverage. Before Obamacare, 4.1 million Floridians lacked health insurance. Despite Gov. Rick Scott and other Florida legislative efforts to block Medicaid expansion and enrollment, the number of Florida’s uninsured has been reduced to 3.4 million. […]
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Because Florida Republican officials are refusing federal Medicaid dollars, about 1.3 million low-income Florida residents will not get health-care coverage. Obamacare pays the full cost of expanding Medicaid for the first three years. After that, the federal government pays 90 percent of the cost. A family of four could qualify for Medicaid earning up to […]
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Here’s the link to the article referenced above from the Tampa Bay Times. PEDC President John Hagen presented to County commissioners last week on a project which would spend the County’s allotted $45 million in Penny for Pasco funds sooner rather than later. It essentially would mean borrowing against the promised revenue to spend the […]
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New Port Richey City Council selected a new City Manager this morning after a long and arduous search. Council members have been busy interviewing candidates in multiple workshops and meeting one on one with the candidates to discuss needs. In the end, they selected Ms. Debbie Manns in a unanimous 5-0 vote. “I am very […]
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A bill, HB209 has passed the Florida House of Representatives with a vote of 80-36. The bill would allow for citizens in “lawful possession of guns” to carry weapons during evacuations prior to and during natural disasters in the State of Florida and does not necessarily require a registered weapon permit or a concealed weapons […]
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Tuesday was election day in a number of municipalities in Pasco County. In New Port Richey, Rob Marlowe defeated Bob Langford with a margin of 55% (465 votes) to 45% (381 votes) for Mayor. Both Marlowe and Langford have served terms as New Port Richey City Council members, Langford for three years and Marlowe for […]
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