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'''Samuel Thornton Hall''' was president of the [[Pensacola City Council]]. He was elected to serve as the representative for District 2 in November [[2006]]. In 2010, Hall changed to the At Large District B seat and ran unopposed.
Hall is most notorious for clashing with Father Nathan Monk and other homeless advocates in 2011. He limited the speech of those who spoke out against him and other council members. Hall has since been condemned for these actions by many city leaders who followed him.
Hall is retired from the United States Coast Guard. He co-authored ''Threats and Challenges to Maritime Security 2020''. He served as an Intelligence Anaylst (Eco-terrorism, Organized Crime) and Intelligence Watch Officer. He was a founding member of the Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center (PAC). He also worked as an Operations Chief in Alien Interdiction and Counter-narcotics.
Hall and his wife Diana have two sons, James and Sam graduated with , a daughter, Becca, a Bachelors daughter-in Science from Murray State University in 1986. He pursued grduate studies at the [[University of West Florida]] -law, Beth (married to James) a grandson Byron, and Joint Military Intelligence Collegea granddaughter Lily.
Hall has preis Chair of the Neighborhood Services Committee (police, fire, parks, roads, sanitation) and serves on the Finance Committee, Enterprise Operations Committee (port, airport, Saenger Theater, Osceola Municipal Golf Course, Library, Energy Services of Pensacola), Community Redevelopment Agency, and the Florida-filed for re-electionAlabama Transportation Planning Organization.
==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]], [[2008]]===
''This election was held [[November 4]], [[2008]]. Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.''
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Sam Hall'''
|'''2,257'''
|'''68.04%'''
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|[[Peter Saccomanno]]
|1,060
|31.96%
|}
===[[Pensacola City Council]], [[2006]] (Run-off)===
''This election was held [[November 28]], [[2006]]. Pensacola City Council races are non-partisan.''
{| class="wikitable"
==External links==
*[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/livecouncil/pages.asp?action=dir&dirID=4412 hall City of Pensacola Councilmember site]
*[http://pensacolad2.blogspot.com/ Councilman Hall's blog]
*[http://www.pensacolad2.com/ Campaign site]
*[http://www.myspace.com/pensacolalive365 Councilman Hall's MySpace]
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[[Category:Pensacola City Council members|Hall, Sam]] [[Category:Bloggers|Hall, Sam]]