Month: April 2008
Arby’s buying Wendy’s
From AP Wire: Triarc Cos. Inc., operator of Arby’s roast beef restaurants, is buying Wendy’s International Inc. in a stock deal pegged at $2.34 billion….
ECSO more expensive than Mobile County
From April 24 Outtakes: What McNesby doesn’t say is the budget for just the sheriff’s department, $47,952,633, is more than double the budget of Mobile…
City pensions soar 417 percent
That isn’t a typo. City pensions and retirements have jumped from $2.479 million in 2001 to $12.814 million in 2007!!!!! Read Feed The Beast And…
Oops, Santa Rosa Sheriff releases wrong inmate
According to the Daily News, Scott Earl Menefee, 36 of Pace, is being sought by local law enforcement after he was mistakenly released from the…
Radio : Alan Keyes
Last Tuesday, former Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes announced that he has left the GOP and is considering joining the Constitution Party. I will talk…
Two great interviews
From 4.22.08 IN Your Head Radio show: Cameron Smith – Leadership Pensacola Class of 2008 – on recycling – Listen. Aldon Hynes – Power of…
Is Alan Scott dropping out?
The buzz tonight is that Alan Scott has dropped out of the Escambia County School Superintendent race. If so, then Malcolm Thomas would be the…
Wyche in trouble
We are hearing that John Wyche is in trouble with the parent organization, White Hat Management, for his LifeSkills Center charter school. They are apparently…
Radio: Aldon Hynes
 It is Earth Day and I will be talking to Cameron Smith of Leadership Pensacola, Class of 2008, on recycling. He is Project Leader for…
Note: City Committees 4.21.08
April 21 Committee of the Whole meeting notes: Divisions over east versus west side Pensacola projects surfaced again Monday during a discussion about Penny for…
Abusive workplaces
I hate bullies. Over the past few weeks in my travels around town, I’ve heard more and more young people tell me about abusive bosses…
House dumper still free
In September, 2006, Otis English dumped a house on a vacant lot on West Lee Street. Nineteen months later, it still sits on that lot…
Radio: Inside Democratic race
Arkansas Times editor Max Brantley shared his thoughts on the Democratic presidential race on IN Your Head Radio: Listen here.
Radio: Max Brantley
The Editor of the Arkansas Times, Max Brantley, will be on IN Your Head radio to discuss the latest on the Democratic presidential race. Listen…
Minority Faculty at UWF
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has an investigative report on the lack of minority faculty members at state universities – Faculty diversity lagging at South Florida…
ECUA figures out recycling
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority board will vote Thursday on whether to offer curbside recycling to its 62,500 residential customers in its garbage pickup area. Two…
School Budget – it’s a mystery
Today, Escambia County school board meets today on its 2008-09 budget. They and the administration are the only ones who know how the school is…
Mark Bell
I came across this great story on Pensacolian Mark Bell, who is teaching at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. Read Concord Monitor
Blog has busiest day ever
We had 11,171 visitors yesterday to this blog – our busiest day ever. Most Popular Topics: Erin Markes, Suter Elementary, Escambia County Commission and Community…
Ford raises nearly $60K – mostly local
State Rep. Clay Ford has accumulated a huge war chest ($59,270) – a good bit is from locals. He has PAC money, too. Pensacola: $18,430…
