Editing Marty Donovan

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| subject_name   =Marty Donovan
| image_name     =MartyDonovan.jpg
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| date_of_birth  =[[November 30]], [[1950]]
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| occupation     =Real estate broker, politician
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| spouse         =Helene Donovan
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| children       =Ryan, Anna
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'''Martin Jude Donovan''' is a former member of the [[Pensacola City Council]] for District 4. He served from [[2001]]-[[2009]].

Donovan, broker and owner of [[Donovan Realty]], is a graduate of [[Sacred Heart School]], [[Pensacola Catholic High School]] and Auburn University. A Pensacola resident since 1956, he is Co-Chairman of the [[Bayou Texar Foundation]] and a director of the [[Escambia Bay Marine Institute]], a school program for troubled teens. Involved with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Marty was the 1996 Big Brother of the Year.

Donovan has also served on the City of Pensacola Citizens’ Committee for Bayou Texar/Carpenters Creek Storm Water Assessment, the Escambia County Citizens’ Task Force on Urban Storm Water Runoff, the City’s Code Enforcement Board and the [[Escambia County Zoning Board of Adjustment]].

Donovan was the sole dissenting Council member to vote against the [[Community Maritime Park]] project and became active in the group [[Save Our City]], which attempted to overturn the Council's decision by referendum.

He was defeated by [[Larry B. Johnson]] in a [[2008 runoff election]].

Married 30 years to, and recently separated from, Helene, they have a son, Ryan, and a daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Rick Johnson.


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[[Category:Pensacola City Council members|Donovan, Marty]] [[Category:Community Maritime Park|Donovan, Marty]]