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Tightest budget year ever?
A News Journal article - this one is on City Council funding the arts and culture - opens with In one of the tightest budget years on record for Pensacola's city government, at least three nonprofits today will ask the city for a total of $775,000 to help fund cultural arts, a festival and a [...]
Incorporate to get sidewalk
The daily newspaper reports that Santa Rosa County is paying for a turn lane and sidewalk for Navarre High School. Cost $65,000. (Navarre student traffic gets break) This is another example of the county performing a city function. Sidewalks should be provided by city government as they are in [...]
Another international symposium coming 2008
2008 Instrumentation Symposium in Pensacola Beach The event is sponsored by the Aerospace, Process Measurement and Control, and Test Measurement divisions of ISA. The event will also include social events, an exhibit, and a technical tour of the area. Industry experts will present papers [...]
Republican HQ for a day
Press Release Escambia County Republican Party Chairman Clay Ingram released the following statement today regarding the Republican Party of Florida holding its Headquarters for a Day in Pensacola: "We welcome the Republican Party of Florida to Pensacola today and are excited to have a chance [...]
Gannett blog
Over the weekend, I ran across this blog on the owner of the Pensacola News Journal, Gannett - gannettblog.blogspot.com. Its editor says in his profile that he is "not in management. Not a union member. No ax to grind. And Gannett Blog has no formal affiliation with Gannett Co. Inc." Of course, [...]
Are we in a recession?
The Herald Tribune - Sarasota dares to ask this question. It was their teaser on the story that got my attention: It is a tale of two economies: Anything connected to housing is down, while anything connected to tourism is up. Their analysis is on the Southwest Florida market, but some of [...]
Landfill missing revenues
The daily newspaper reports today that Allied Waste may owe the county over $1 million in tipping fees. And the county has known about it for over a year. The estimates are $508,000 for 2005; $580,000 for 2006; and the audit hasn't been completed for 2007. Had the county collected the money or [...]
Top Florida Blogs
Florida's Most Influential Political blogs (per Blognetnews.com) Rank 1 Blast Off! 2 ricksblog.biz 3 Florida Progressive Coalition 4 Pushing Rope 5 Talk To Me 6 The Buzz 7 Central [...]
Gun shots before/after PHS game
Both the daily newspaper and WEAR TV have missed this story: There several "shots fired" incidents before and after the PHS-Escambia High game around the Pensacola High School campus. One occurred at E and Maxwell about 10 minutes after the game ended. The area is about 100 yards away from the [...]
Huckabee had ethics problems
I interviewed Max Brantley, editor of the Arkansas Times, on IN Your Head Radio yesterday. He has the most influential political blog in Arkansas. In fact, I wrote about him in July 2006 when we launched this blog - Blog, Blog, Blog. Brantley's blog was a particular thorn in the side of [...]
Fred Thompson coming to Pensacola
Mark your calendars. The Buzz is Fred Thompson will hold a campaign rally in Pensacola next Friday, November 16. It will be in Seville Square around 11:30 a.m. All the GOP muckity mucks will be there with checkbooks. Remember you read it here first. Be sure to bring your Die Hard II DVD to be [...]
Top 10 War Movies
Just in time for Veterans' Day. Here are my picks for a Veterans' Day movie marathon: 1. Saving Private Ryan - the opening stays with you for days. 2. The Great Escape - Steve MacQueen is cool. 3. Patton - The opening speech is one of the top movie moments of all time. 4. The Dirty Dozen - [...]