Consolidation ended with a big loud thud in early 2010. Twenty or thirty years ago, the heavy-handed, backroom politics used by some of the proponents for consolidating the governments of Escambia County,…
Month: December 2010
2010 Top Political Stories: Behind the scenes of BP disaster
The BP disaster, the largest man-made environmental disaster in U.S. history, maybe even world history, heads most mediaâs list of top news stories, but the behind scenes political maneuvers of the crisis…
2010 Top Political Stories: Election of Ashton Hayward
Note: Over the next few days, I will analyze what I see as this area’s top political stories for 2010. Election of Ashton Hayward By far this is the top political story…
Economist: Scott’s team misread his report
The problem with unemployment is not overly generous benefits, but the lack of jobs, according to Princeton University Prof. Alan Krueger. Gov-elect Rick Scott’s transition team misused and misinterpreted Kruegar’s studies to…
Did you notice PNJ changed top story list?
In November, the Pensacola News Journal’s business monthly paper, Pensacola Business Journal, published its list of top 10 business stories for 2010 (Read). Yesterday, the PNJ reordered the list, publishing only the…
Christmas Wish: Feed hungry children
I got word yesterday that Oakcrest Elementary has 15 more children that they want to add to the Backpack Club, which is gives the kids backpacks on Fridays with enough food to…
Nodine Trial: Jurors speak out
Three female jurors held out that former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine was not guilty of killing his girlfriend Angel Downs. One them tells Mobile Press Register why. Here is how the…
The Daily Beast 2010 Political Awards
From the tears of John Boehner and the resurrection of Harry Reid; Virginia Thomas’ voicemail and Eric Massa’s tickling, 2010 was a long, strange trip. Read more.
FRS one of the best state pensions
Gov.-elect Rick Scott attacked his opponent Florida CEO Alex Sink for mismanagement of the state pension fund, citing how it, like nearly all state pensions, had lost value during the 2007 market…
Tar balls in the Pensacola Pass
No, the BP oil hasn’t gone away. Friends are calling to report that near Fort Pickens you can see tar balls everywhere. Maybe if we ignore them, they will magically disappear—-I mean…
How to prevent robberies of taxi drivers
The Department of Justice has a guide with recommendations on how to deal with robberies of taxi drivers. Several involve the taxi cab companies spending more money to protect their drivers. 1….
Remembering the Poot Index
The Main Street Sewage Treatment plant is no longer flowing and we’re no longer greeted daily with its odors drifting through downtown Pensacola. On the old IN Your Head Radio, we actually…