Month: July 2007

Pensacola News Journal continues its series on the Last Navy Officers Candidates Recruits. Also catches up on the Copeland’s papers story that WEAR reported Friday. …

Pensacola may lose The Zoo. The Gulf Breeze Zoological Society needs to raise $3M by year-end to keep it open. Hurricanes and years of running…

The NY Times (Graphic: Candidates on Health Care ) has a great table on the positions of the various presidential candidates on healthcare: Republicans: Sam…

The alt-weekly in Burlington, VT reports that its local Gannett-owned daily newspaper, Burlington Free Press, has initiated more cost cutting measures: eliminating free parking for…

IN cover boy, Joe Scarborough, Congressman Jeff Miller and Collier Merrill entertained potential GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson last night at The Fish House. He…

FridayDaily Dose Pensacola daily tells its readers to leave their trailers during hurricanes, but says nothing about the car on blocks in the front yard….

There are people around that remember beyond just last week. The Century-law enforcement-drugs issue has been around longer than the daily newspaper’s articles last week….

Firefighting in Escambia County is in shambles. You can spin it a dozen different ways. You can pit the paid firefighters union against the volunteers….

The July 5th issue has a candid interview with Joe Scarborough, former Congressman and host of “Scarborough Country” and “Morning Joe” at MSNBC. Here are…

Local TV station reported July 4 on the audit. Pensacola News Journal remains silent – not even a news brief or “Newsy Neighbors” segment on…

ThursDaily Dose Freedom rule with the key syllable being “free” as an estimated 100,000 view free fireworks. Splenda and Sugar are battling in court in…

Taking the day off from the blog. Celebrate our independence and have a safe holiday!

Northwest Florida Daily News has an article on the possible incorporation of Navarre being put on hold because of the super homestead exemption referendum on…

Don’t play word games with me………….. “found no evidence” does not conclusively prove WMD did not exist nor highly likely…… transported  elsewhere. Do you really…

My Outtakes in the June 28 issue – UNLEASH THE HOUNDS on Bill O’Reilly, Fox News and political views in newspapers has stirred up a…

Remember when our county commissioners back off a proposal by Comm. Gene Valentino to allow a poker room at the Pensacola Greyhound Track? Well the…

Likes Scooter Libby’s commutation – Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle: OK. I’M GLAD President Bush commuted the 30-month prison sentence of Scooter Libby, the former…

TuesDaily Dose >Pensacola News Journal writes about new laws on meth labs, temporary tags and black infant mortality. Completely misses fire stipend audit (VFD Audit…

Larry Scapecchi, a 25 year law enforcement veteran, has filed to run for Escambia County Sheriff. He will be running as a Democrat. Scapecchi retired…

From the report by the Escambia Clerk of Courts: We believe the volunteer fire departments are misinterpreting the Firefighter I exemptions granted by the State,…