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Dems didn’t get much done in 2007
The McClatchy Newspapers did a review of the 2007 Congressional year, and find the Democrats really didn't accomplish much. Democrats won control of both houses of Congress in a stunning 2006 election victory by vowing to wind down the Iraq war, marginalize President Bush, enact their agenda [...]
Does the Iowa Caucus matter?
In 2004, Democratic Senator John Kerry got 124 more votes than John Edwards. Kerry went on to win the Democratic presidential nomination and get his butt kicked in the general election by GW Bush. The Caucuses killed the Howard Dean presidential chances when he came in a distant third. Dean was the [...]
Elebash has history against Studer, Park
Retired UWF professor C.C. Elebash, who wrote a viewpoint yesterday calling for the City to not build the baseball park, has a long history of opposing the multi-use stadium and Pensacola Pelican owner and Studer Group CEO Quint Studer. In 2006, we requested Pensacola City Councilman Marty [...]
Fink to start political newspaper
We've heard that the son of ECUA board member Logan Fink may start political newspaper. Greg Fink is a political consultant and one-time reporter for the Pensacola Voice. He was elected to the Escambia Soil & Water Board in 2006. Fink led the effort to defeat the referendum for a 1/2 cent tax to [...]
Sorrell may leave ECUA
Stephen Sorrell, executive director of the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, is a finalist to manage the nation's largest desalination plant. The plant recently has passed a final round of testing and is now officially part of Tampa Bay Water's regional water supply system. There has been [...]
Iowa Caucus on INYHR
I will be interviewing reporter Jason Hancock on the latest developments on the presidential races. Get the inside scoop on IN Your Head Radio from 1 to 2 p.m. on News Radio 1620 AM. Listen from your computer: Link
Save Our City lives
C.C. Elebash, retired UWF professor and the economic guru for the group formerly known as Save Our City, hasn't given up his fight to stop a baseball park being built at the Community Maritime Park. During the months leading up to the Sept 2006 referendum vote, the Independent News and this blog [...]
Galtin: I’ve been robbed
Sprinter Justin Gatlin - and Pensacola native - told the Washington Post that he has been robbed by the track governing board. "I'm a fighter and I've been a fighter from the very beginning and I'm going to continue to fight," Gatlin said by phone yesterday from his home in Pensacola, Fla. "I [...]
How to keep major business in town?
Work with the state to offer them funds to help build a $7 million headquarters. That's what Orlando did to convince AirTran Airways, the only major airline based in Florida, to keep its corporate headquarters in Orlando. The state of Florida and the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority will split [...]
Census: Florida losing its attraction
The economic boom for the state appears to be over, and Pensacola missed it. Wait a minute. Do adding WalMarts, Walgreens and Starbucks count? Maybe adding more bottle clubs with longer hours really is the answer. The St. Pete Times reports Couple that with road congestion, low wages and the [...]
Historic Day for PNJ
For the first time in recent memory, the Pensacola News Journal gives credit to WEAR TV 3 for breaking a story. They even link to the WEAR TV story on pnj.com. In the past, most radio and tv stations lead their newscasts with "as reported in the Pensacola News Journal today." Rarely, if ever, did [...]