Getting ahead of today’s Morning with the Mayor, Hayward has sent out this statement on food truck regulation: To: City Council Members From: Mayor Ashton Hayward Date: January 21, 2014 Re: Food…
State says schools will now follow Florida Standards
By Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida State education officials are pushing forward with a plan to rebrand the standards for what students are expected to learn in Florida schools, hoping…
State Capitol briefs
MEDICAL MARIJUANA SIGNATURES TOP 540K With a surge of petitions before a Feb. 1 deadline, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana had submitted 542,211 valid signatures to…
Police Police release crime stats that show decrease in crime for 2013
The Pensacola Police Department’s annual crime report has been submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and it shows an overall 14 percent reduction of the city’s crime rate compared with…
Cordova Park and surrounding neighborhoods have no plans to give up Dollar General fight
Greg Retting has been one of the leaders of the grassroots effort to block rezoning land on Spanish Trial from residential to commercial. In this email to the Pensacola City Council, he…
City Environmental Advisory meets, no mention of hatchery on the agenda
The City of Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board meets on Wednesday, Jan. 22, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the Vince Whibbs, Sr. Conference Room, 1st floor of City Hall, 222 West Main Street….
IN Your Head Radio Jan. 21 guests talk about Education Reform, GOP politics, Rick Scott, Charlie Crist
Sabrina Stevens A teacher-turned-writer and activist who has worked with students in struggling communities in Philadelphia and Denver. After an eye-opening experience teaching in a so-called ‘failing’ school in Denver, Sabrina left…
Two articles on airport food, two different takes
The issue on the Pensacola City Council agenda is the airport food concessions: Chick-Fil-A vs. The Fish House, Corona Beach House vs. Pensacola Bay Brewery, Einstein Bros. Bagels vs. Bagelheads, Surf City…
Japanese New Year Celebration to be held Jan. 25
The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida will usher in the “Year of the Horse” with its 21st annual Japanese New Year Celebration on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the Bayview Community Center…
Important BP meeting for people with disabilities and other underrepresented persons
The Center for Independent Living Disability Resource Center invites people with disabilities and other underrepresented persons or groups to a discussion on how they can fully participate in the process that will…
Board of Governors establishes performance standards for universities that will impact funding
The Florida Board of Governors has developed a performance funding model that will reward university excellence and improvement and maximize the return on investment for Florida students, according to press release from…
IN Your Head Radio: Dollar General, Jeb Bush, Charlotte’s Web and Charter Schools
We will be open to callers to talk on any of the issues listed above. We will Peyton Moseley, who had on the show two weeks ago. His daughter suffers from nearly…