Yesterday morning, I interviewed Rev. Freddie Tellis, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church. This past Sunday, a Pensacola Police Officer, with her hand on her holstered pistol, interrupted the service at his…
Category: Politics
Matt Gaetz has competition of Senate seat
Bay County Commissioner George Gainer has opened a campaign account to run for the seat that will be vacated next year by state Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, setting up a Republican primary…
Political maneuver by Mayor Hayward could have put new bay bridge at risk
On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” State Senator Don Gaetz yesterday said that attempts to redesign the Pensacola side of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge by Mayor Ashton Hayward and his…
Escambia County issues statement on Sept. 1 jail death
Escambia County is releasing the identity of the inmate found unresponsive in his cell as 45-year-old Shawn Jordan (DOB: 11/4/1969). Jordan had been in jail since August 16, 2015 on $1,000 bond…
Move over Trump, make room for Pensacola’s Renaissance mayor
Sara Warner, publisher of California Courts Monitor, had a profile of Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward published today on the Huffington Post website. Hayward is praised for his pro-business stance and for overseeing…
How sacred are churches in Pensacola?
A sanctuary is a sacred place, a safe haven from the troubles of the world, somewhere that allows believers to worship and commune with God. For the faithful, a church sanctuary is…
Chief Alexander: ‘The officer properly did her job’
From PPD press release: Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander III has reviewed facts related to a video posted this afternoon on Facebook regarding a child custody incident that occurred today at a…
Pensacola police officer interrupts Sunday church service over custody issue (video) Update
A Pensacola Police officer interrupted the church service at Allen Chapel AME Pensacola this morning. As the congregation prepared for Holy Communion, she -with her hand on her pistol- tried to escort…
Buzz: Will Bob McLaughlin be a assistant city administrator?
Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese thinks so (Read post). Bob McLaughlin was Escambia County Administrator from 2007-early 2010. His contract was not renewed by the County Commission. He has been working…
Scott nemesis pops up in pot snafu
BY DARA KAM AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Steve Andrews, a perennial thorn-in-the-side of Gov. Rick Scott and his administration, popped up again recently in one of the Tallahassee…
Gas tax revenue allocation goes back to staff
Wisdom prevailed at the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meeting last night. Rather than negotiate the percentages of how the Local Option Gas Tax revenues will be distribution with the city…
Gas tax allocation may be tabled
After watching today’s discussion of what is a fair allocation of the local option gas tax revenues for the next 10 years, the commmissioners had more questions than answers. For the city…