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Donovan/Nobles petition push still 1,000 short?
The daily newspaper reports that Marty Donovan and Jack Nobles were still about 1,000 signatures short of meeting the minimum threshold of 3,850 petitions for their petition to rescind the council's [...]
Buzz: Pensacola Beach fish kill
I just got a phone call that BP workers are cleaning up a fish kill on Pensacola Beach near Ft. Pickens. Will have photos soon.
Too Early To Turn Back On Spill
The Huffington Post has a nice piece today that highlights the recent downplay of the BP oil disaster. Article
Wiggins Fines Wells
During tonight's City Council meeting, Mayor Mike Wiggins recommended a motion to discipline City Attorney Rusty Wells by fining him three days pay for inappropriate e-mails he sent to a city [...]
Wells brings IN into email debacle
I got this email from Mr. Wells: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: SPAM-LOW: DeWeese Communication Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:31:29 -0500 From: Rusty Wells To: Diane Mack , [...]
Battle over Rusty Wells emails
Yesterday, Councilwoman Maren DeWeese provided her fellow council members this pdf on City Attorney Rusty Wells: Maren DeWeese letter Today, Wells sent this to the city council and the media -- [...]
Early Voting Set To Surpass ’08
Supervisor of Elections David Stafford tells IN that his office expects early voter turnout to surpass all of 2008 early voting for the primary by the end of the day. As of the end of Wednesday, [...]
Perdido Key Hosting Beer Fest
Seville Quarter isn't the only spot for beer this fall. The Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce just announced that it is hosting "Oktoberfest" on Oct. 2. PERDIDO KEY CHAMBER ANNOUNCES 2010 [...]
Valentino Officially Cleared
The State Attorney's Office announced today that they would not appeal last week's court ruling that dismissed charges against Commissioner Gene Valentino. Press Release: "State Attorney Bill [...]
O’Brien responds to Beast article
My article on what fishermen are saying about their experiences in the Vessels of Opportunity program has blown up on the web (Huffington Post). Both O'Brien's Response Management and BP have [...]
Hero Babies will fight Terror Babies
Jon Stewart has the solution to fighting the "terror babies"----how pregnant women from other countries are birthing U.S. citizens and then training them as terrorists, only to return in 10-20 years [...]
PNJ: “Wells has to go”
The News Journal has done its research and weighed in on the Wells' email issue. "No doubt some will say it's too harsh to fire Wells for something many other people are guilty of. But it is his [...]
BP will take no more new claims
BP is pulling out of the claims process early according to a company press release. BP will stop accepting new claims into its system at the end of Wednesday, August 18. From August 19 - 22, [...]
BP Oil Spill cover up story gets traction, MSNBC 2:30 CDT
ABC writes about the article without mentioning me: Oil Spill: Were BP and the Government Too Quick to Declare Success? MSNBC is interviewing me today at 2:30 CDT. AOL News picked it up has a [...]
New Study Shows Oil On Seafloor
A study conducted by researchers at the University of South Florida shows that the dispersants are creating oil plumes that are settling on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. There's been speculation [...]
Official Pensacola Employee Manual
What does the employee manual say about computer usage, emails and internet ( page 23): Computer Usage City owned computers are used throughout the organization for the express purpose of [...]
What a second, Mayor Wiggins
This morning one odd thing about the City Council and the Wells Debacle hit me. Why didn't Mayor Wiggins know about the emails prior to the Committee of the Whole? Councilwoman Maren DeWeese met with [...]
Oil Spill Cover Up
I've been working on an investigation into the once-heralded Vessels of Opportunity for The Daily Beast. While officials claim most of the oil from America's worst-ever spill has disappeared, [...]
Maren DeWeese is a bad politician
She may be the worst politician ever to serve on the Pensacola City Council. No politician has ever taken on the City Attorney and won. DeWeese has no future in politics. Maren DeWeese is a bad [...]
Early Voting Numbers Higher Than ’08
As of the end of the day on Aug. 15, 2,964 had voted in the primaries. In 2008, 1,949 voted in the first week. Here are the voting numbers broken down: —1,928 Republicans, 881 Democrats, and [...]
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