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Hall has pre-filed for re-election.

==Accomplishments==

Hall is one of several community forces who pushed for comprehensive [[charter review]] for the City of Pensacola. The [[City Charter]] had not undergone comprehensive review since it was adopted in [[1931]] by an action of the City Council. It had never been adopted by the electorate in Pensacola, which was a concern of the [[Pensacola Bay Area League of Women Voters]] (PBALWV). Moreover, the League of Women Voters cited flaws with provisions for citizen-led referenda that allowed the [[Pensacola City Attorney]] to interpret the provision at his or her convenience. Hall failed to get a second the first two times he moved to adopt charter review, and on a third try received four votes in favor. After the PBALWV joined with a movement proposing a [[strong mayor]] form of government, all nine Council members voted with him to form a [[Charter Review Commission]].

==Blog==

Hall maintains a blog at [http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com/ http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com] which he uses to inform constituents of issues and comment on city business. Hall came under fire for a [[July 6]], [[2007]] post on his blog that said, "The joke around town is, 'what is white, shaded, and sleeps three?' ''Answer: A city truck.''"<ref>[http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-heard-from-three-parker-circle.html Government-by-Complaint]</ref> He was referring to an apparent discrepancy between complaints he had received about a lack of maintenance at a [[Parker Circle]] park, which [[City of Pensacola]] officials blamed on [[2007 City of Pensacola budget adjustment|budget cuts]], and reports from his constituents that City employees spend much of their time sitting inside the vehicle instead of working. Following the incident, however, the park received additional attention from the [[Parks & Recreation Department]], and the president of the Parker Circle Neighborhood Association wrote Hall to say that their park had been a tipping point, transforming the area from a "normal" neighborhood to an "envied" neighborhood.

==Electoral history==

===[[Pensacola City Council]], [[2006]] (Run-off)===

''This election was held [[November 28]], [[2006]]. Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.''

~~==Accomplishments==~~

Hall is one of several community forces who pushed for comprehensive charter review for the City of Pensacola. The City Charter had not undergone comprehensive review since it was adopted in 1931 by an action of the City Council. It had never been adopted by the electorate in Pensacola, which was a concern of the Pensacola Bay Area League of Women Voters (PBALWV). Moreover, the League of Women Voters cited flaws with provisions for citizen-led referenda that allowed the City of Pensacola's Attorney to interpret the provision at his or her convenience.

Hall failed to get a second the first two times he moved to adopt charter review but was successful the third time around getting not only a second but four votes total for charter review, which was two short of the required six. But, after the League joined with a movement proposing a strong mayor form of government to replace Pensacola's Council-Manager form, Hall was able to get all ten to vote with him to form a Charter Review Commission.

As noted above, Hall's blog got him into hot water with City employees over a joke he repeated in his weblog, but in the end it had quite a remarkable effect. Parker Circle's Neighborhood Association president wrote Hall to say that his neighborhood had been transformed from a "normal" neighborhood to an "envied" neighborhood, owing mostly to the attention paid to the neighborhood park by the City of Pensacola's Parks and Recreation Department. Ten homes went on the market and ten homes sold in Parker Cirle even in an extraordinarily slow housing market. The "tipping point" was the park.

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