Month: July 2008

Daily News reports that The Zoo in Gulf Breeze needs more than fundraisers to stay open. Unless the government steps up, the facility will close….

Noon today is the deadline for qualifying to run for Pensacola city council or mayor. Two more people have filed, but have yet to complete…

Northrop Grumman tanker spokesperson Tim Payntor

Chicago Tribune has published its annual list of its 50 favorite magazines. Remarkably, Bella is not on the list. Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Esquire…

Pensacola has lost people too according to the U.S. Census estimates released today. This is not good. Both the county and its largest city are…

The U.S. Census estimates are in. Escambia County lost 214 people. Santa Rosa gained 2,475. Baldwin County, Ala. gained 3,536. The three counties together have…

Miami Herald reports: “Deportations in Florida jump by almost 50 percent, setting a pace that likely will surpass last year’s total and exceed a 10-year…

The U.S. Air Force will rebid the $35 billion contract to build new refueling tankers. The Defense Department will be making the decision by Dec….

Today on In Your Head Radio at 12:00 noon: Attorney General Bill McCollum  who last week filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial, one of the…

Read this invitation: meeting.pdf

The City Council meeting started promptly at 3:15 p.m. on June 16 in the Haglar meeting room of City Hall. The approval of minutes (yawn)…

According to the Mobile Press Register, Defense Department has trouble with military managers and contractors failing to deliver new weapons on time at the agreed-upon…

The Daily News reports that District Attorney Harvey Dent from the Batman comic strip and movies has campaign signs popping up in Fort Walton Beach….

Yesterday, Escambia County Comm. Gene Valentino went before the Santa Rosa County Commission asking that they join a regional transportation authority that would have the…

It’s Monday and you really don’t want to start work just yet…so explore these web sites instead. Wired has come up it’s Top 10 Music…

Former PNJ publisher Denise Ivey is leaving the The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. The alt-paper, LEO, has this take on what it calls the “Friday…

St. Petersburg Times reports that of the top 55 George W. Bush donors only 20 have made big contributions to Sen. John McCain’s campaign. Is…

Tampa Tribune reports that the Democratic party believes it can wage competitive races for at least five U.S. House seats now held by Florida Republicans….

Sen. John McCain went to church again on Sunday – his time with his wife. Expect more news coverage of McCain’s church attendance. He has…

We are starting to get more and more phone calls from neighbors upset about the lack of protection from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Many…