Today, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Executive Director Cissy Proctor joined Senate President Andy Gardiner, along with Florida businesses and advocates, to announce the launch of the Florida Unique Abilities Partner…
Workforce housing meeting cancelled
From Escambia County: Workforce Housing Community Meeting The upcoming community discussion on 20 potential developments of workforce housing properties under the Florida Housing Finance Corporation’s 9 percent Housing Tax Credit Program is…
Florida Lt. Governor on impact of early voting [podcast]
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera appeared yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks” to promote early voting. I asked him how early voting impacts an election. “One, a vote that’s already cast is a vote that…
Florida Election Supervisor keeps Zombie voters in check [podcast]
Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford discussed the reliability of the voting process in Escambia County and Florida. He agreed that since the 2000 presidential election with the “hanging chads,” Florida…
Child abuse cases continue to rise, DCF impotent
In August, an Escambia County grand jury indicted Alonzo Dewayne Thompkins, Jr., 26, for first-degree felony murder in the death of toddler Cornelius Savage. On Aug. 8, two-year-old Cornelius was found unresponsive…
Jean Wallace receives Florida Scenic Highway award
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Florida Scenic Highways Program (FSHP) honored Jean Wallace, Scenic Highway Foundation Vice President, with the Gary Balogh Inspiring Excellence Award This is the highest honor they can…
Is panhandling the next big problem for downtown Pensacola?
In a letter sent last Friday, Downtown Improvement Board chair John Peacock has asked Mayor Ashton Hayward and the Pensacola City Council to address “a significant alarming rate of increase in the…
Early voting and voting fears
On “Pensacola Speaks” today, I will have Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera will discuss early voting and the U.S. Senate race during the first half-hour. In the second half, Escambia County Supervisor of…
Criminalizing Kids: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Our Youth
Press Release: Celebrate National Youth Justice Action Month on Wednesday, October 26, and join us for a short documentary screening of “America Divided: The Class Divide,” and a panel discussion about mass…
Busting more voter fraud myths
Let’s bust a few more voter fraud myths: This meme has been circulated on Facebook and Twitter: Politifact has tackled all of these. Let’s start with 59 Philadelphia voter districts counting zero…
Zombies will not steal the election from Trump
Some in my “Pensacola Speaks” radio audience are convinced that dead people will be voting in this year’s presidential election, and all those votes will be for Hillary Clinton. Trump has repeatedly…
City set to borrow more money
At the Oct. 10 Agenda Review Conference, the head of Pensacola Energy told the Pensacola City Council that he will be bringing to the board a bond issue to fund the replacement…