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- First day on the job, the new editor of Jezebel talked about her constipation. Of course, that attracted a dude with a fetish. So she interviewed him [Strange]
- Photoshop this focused flow [Photoshop]
- Next time your school's booster club is having a sale of donated items, be sure to go through the stuff and remove the porn, pirated DVDs and Aryan Nation publications [PSA]
- Miami residents can now go online to report municipal problems like trash littering the street. Service to be online in time for Jersey Shore cast to arrive [Interesting]
More FCAT analysis
The FCAT statistics indicate that the test scores vary from class to class as the students move through the Escambia County Public School District. Teachers don't have the same impact year to [...]
Beach Traffic study doesn’t match master plan
As part of the Beach Master Plan process Tindale-Oliver was hired to do a traffic study, which was completed Oct. 14, 2009. Recommendations: Bob Sikes Bridge Toll Booths: Short-term: Maintain [...]
FCAT Tomfoolery
Dark chocolate supposedly boosts a person's mood. Teachers are putting dark chocolate Kisses on students desks. Also some students are allowed to chew gum while taking the test because it will [...]
Story appointed to State Education Board
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Gulf Power CEO/President Susan Story has been appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to the state Board of Education. Read more.
FCAT prep- is it working? No
We know that many of our public schools are spending hours of class time preparing for the FCAT tests. In the schools that have the lowest scores, they have replaced most reading, math and science [...]
GB UFOs military research?
In November 1987 contractor Ed Walters allegedly snapped a Polaroid picture of a UFO craft that he claimed was hovering over a road near a shoreline at Gulf Breeze. For the next five years, Walters [...]
Crime at A and Jackson St.
Calls received with dispositions in 2009 in the four block area that includes A & Jackson streets. There were 933 calls - which breaks down to an average of 78 per month; 18 per week and 2.5 per [...]
Nominees for CMPA board
Mr. J. Terryl Bechtol, Sr - Nominated by Mr. Baker Mr. Joe Boyles - Nominated by Mrs. White Mr. Tom Owens - Nominated by Mrs. White Mr. Jim Reeves - Nominated by Councilwoman Pratt and Mr. [...]
Viewpoint on Pensacola Beach Master Plan
My Fellow Pensacola Citizens, As a lifelong resident of Pensacola and Pensacola Beach, I have always been a proponent of improving the quality of life in our beautiful city. We have sat by [...]
Can Pensacola reduce reserves to avoid tax increase?
City Finance Director Richard Barker has argued that it's the best practice of the Government Finance Officer Association (GFOA) to have no less than two months of regular general fund operating [...]
Report on Friday’s SRIA meeting
. by IN reporter Sean Boone More than 125 people turned out on March 5 for a public meeting regarding the Santa Rosa Island Authority’s plan for $46 million in improvements for [...]
Lister may have stolen up to $1.2 million
The Escambia County Sheriff's Office is reporting that former finance employee Cathy Lister may have stolen as much as $1.2 million from the ECSO over the past 10 years. The ECSO is still the lead [...]
Buzz: Moratorium tied to ECUA
The Pensacola City Council will consider today a ban of industrial land uses inside the CRA. What I'm hearing is that this has to do with ECUA's possible uses for the Main Street Treatment plant site [...]
Improving use of minority vendors
The Pensacola City Council's Finance Commitee will discuss today the recommendations made by the Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Ad Hoc Committee on MGT of America SBE Report. The MGT report has [...]
Pensacola Promise keeps rolling
Councilwoman Maren DeWeese and her committee continue to work on Pensacola Promise Plan. They expect to complete their work by the end of the month and will make a full presentation in April to the [...]
Are you fatter than a fifth grader?
Press Release: Health department releases student obesity statistics PENSACOLA – The Escambia County Health Department today released student Body Mass Index data showing a 1% decrease in the [...]
Too much FCAT prep?
I'm hearing that schools are mandating that teachers do nothing in their reading, math and science classes but prep their students for the FCAT, which is next week. What are you hearing and seeing? [...]
Gang Forum
Press Release: Sacred Heart Trauma Center, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office to Present Forum on Gangs in Our Community PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Sacred Heart Trauma Center and the Escambia County [...]
Perdido Bay Tribe heads to capitol
Press Release: PERDIDO BAY TRIBE TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL NATIVE HIV/AIDS AWARENESS EVENT AT FLORIDA CAPITOL MARCH 19TH Chief Bobby Johns Bearheart will present declaration during special [...]
Bare launches mayoral campaign
Press release Charles L. Bare Launches Campaign for Mayor of Pensacola and Calls on all Candidates to Sign “Transparency Pledge” PENSACOLA, FL - Today, Charles L. Bare officially launched [...]
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