A month of ago, City Administrator Eric Olson placed Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of undefined issues (Read more). The…
Category: Politics
Buzz: Evers for AG Commissioner
State Sen. Greg Evers is being mentioned in Tallahassee as a possible candidate for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture in 2018. Adam Putnam, the current commissioner, is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination…
Traders predict Trump to win big on Super Tuesday
PredictIt traders are projecting that Donald Trump will win 10 of 11 states in the GOP Super Tuesday markets. Trump’s largest margins are in Alabama, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Vermont, where he outpaces…
Can anyone stop BP funds going elsewhere?
As I reported over the weekend, $300 million of BP settlement funds intended for the Panhandle counties that were impacted the worst by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are at risk. Much…
Scott requests President Obama to issue Emergency Declaration
On Feb. 29, Governor Rick Scott requested that President Barack Obama issue an emergency declaration, after touring damage in the Panhandle last week caused by severe storms. The declaration would provide federal…
Pensacola Speaks: Lt. Governor today
On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” I will talk with Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera who has been urging the Florida Legislature to take action on a controversial practice known as…
Sunshine Law training set to begin online March 1
Exceptions to Florida’s Sunshine Law have increased from 250 to more than 1,000 and it has Barbara Peterson upset. The Florida Legislature makes its own rules and Gov. Rick Scott blatantly disregards…
Pensacola Fire and Pensacola Energy knew of tornado damage
Residents on Lansing Drive are saying that both Pensacola Fire and Pensacola Energy were in their neighborhood within an hour after the tornado passed on Tuesday night. “Trees were down, the residents…
Manatee homebuilder enters U.S. Senate race
Manatee businessman Carlos Beruff formally announced today that he is running for the United States Senate as a Republican. At Miami mainstay Vickyâs Bakery, close to where he grew up after his…
Escambia County Tornado Assessment and Update
Century Tornado Damage Assessment Update Friday, February 26, 2016 – 2:30pm Damage Assessments Destroyed Single Family Home: 28 Mobile Homes: 21 Commercial: 3 Major Single Family Home: 48 Mobile Homes: 10 Commercial:…
Tanyards hold community clean-up tomorrow
The Tanyards residents have started a neighborhood association to try to improve their area. Their neighborhood is west of downtown Pensacola. Its boundaries are roughly: North – Garden Street South – Main…
North Hill continues to press for public records from ECUA
Melanie Nichols, president of the North Hill Preservation Association passed along this public record request that she sent to ECUA Executive Director Steve Sorrells this morning. She said yesterday’s ECUA board meeting…