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'''Charles Fairchild''' is a former partner in the CPA firm [[Fairchild & Baniakas]] (now [[Baniakas & Associates]]) and community activist most noted for opposing two different plans to develop the [[City of Pensacola|City]]-owned [[Trillium property]]: the [[Festival Park]], which his groups [[Citizens Against Trillium]] and the [[8574 Citizens Alliance]] successfully defeated in [[2003]], and the [[Community Maritime Park]], which was approved in a [[2006]] [[Community Maritime Park referendum|special referendum]] despite the efforts of his group [[Save Our City]].
He also organizes the wrapping of [[Palafox Place]] tree trunks with holiday lights from 2000-2003. He was co-chair of [[Citizens Against Trillium]] and chairman of the [[8574 Citizens Alliance]] (during the [[Festival Park]] debate) and chairman of [[Save Our City]] (leading up to the [[Community Maritime Park referendum]]).
In [[2004]] he made an unsuccessful bid for [[Pensacola City Council]], running for the district 6 seat vacated by [[hugh Hugh King]], but was defeated in a runoff by [[Jewel Cannada-Wynn]].<ref>"2 incumbents, newcomer win." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 24, 2004.</ref> ==Electoral history=====[[Pensacola City Council]], [[2004]]===''This election was held [[November 2]], [[2004]]. Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.'' {| class="wikitable"|-|'''[[Jewel Cannada-Wynn]]'''|'''1,277'''|'''41.97%'''|-|[[Charles Fairchild]]|1,002|32.93%|-|[[Tracy Richardson]]|491|16.14%|-|[[Tommy White]]|273|8.97%|}
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