Month: June 2012
Deal tying BP fines to bill closer
Times-Picayune reports today that Senate and House negotiators are nearing agreement on a two-year transportation bill that includes key components of legislation that would funnel…
The Dixon Decision
The proposed amendment to A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence’s contract with the Escambia County School District is bittersweet. While potentially sparing the charter of…
Hightower on A.A. Dixon
Escambia County School Board member Patty Hightower says she doesn’t know what will happen tonight regarding the future of A.A. Dixon charter school, but noted…
Admiral Mason Park Receives Award
The City of Pensacola’s Admiral Mason Park has received the Florida Stormwater Association (FSA) 2012 Project Excellence Award. The FSA presents the award annually to…
Fear in the school district
Since last week’s cover story (“Race & the Classroom“) and my Outtakes (“Lily White Leadership“), my phone and Inbox have been flooded with messages from…
How Chattanooga Partied to Way to a Better City
Walter Cronkite called Chattanooga, Tennessee, the “dirtiest city in America” in 1969. For 30 years, the city struggled with how to literally clean up its…
Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, 4.0 Elected as 2nd Vice President of Florida Association of Counties at Annual Conference
(Press Release) Commissioner Grover C. Robinson, IV was elected as the 2nd Vice President of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) Executive Committee at the…
State NAACP comes to Pensacola
State officials with NAACP are in town today to speak with local ministers, community leaders and area attorneys. The A.A. Dixon and Escambia County public…
Dixon: The End or Beginning?
Rev. LuTimothy May always seems happy to talk about A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence. After a disastrous first year, he jumped in last summer…
Park Receives Stormwater Award
The city of Pensacola’s Admiral Mason Park recently received the Florida Stormwater Association 2012 Project Excellence Award. The association presents the award annually to stormwater…
Hatler made shareholder
Another PYP advances! Press Release: The law firm of Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse is pleased to announce that Ryan Hatler has become…
Hayward expands city limits
Press Release: Council approves thirty annexation requests submitted by Hayward… The Pensacola City Council recently approved, by unanimous vote, thirty requests for voluntary annexation submitted…
Temporary rule will save Escambia school grades
Despite some of the lowest FCAT scores in recent memory, Escambia County schools will not see F’s and D’s when the state announces their school…
Sacred Heart to Offer Babysitting Class
As young adults look to make money during the summer, many turn to babysitting. Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart will offer a babysitting class on…
Escambia County Tropical Storm Debby Update – Warning Dropped
General Storm Information Escambia County no longer under a Tropical Storm Warning. The Flash Flood Warning has been dropped. Escambia County is expecting breezy conditions…
R.I.P.: Mobile-area NASCAR Track Sold
The proposed NASCAR track for Mobile is officially dead. In 2006, Dale Earnhardt Jr. flew into Mobile to announce a $640-million motorsports park which included…
Lonesome George Dead: Sub-species Extinct.
Galapagos giant tortoise Lonesome George has died, according to Ecuadorean officials. The tortoise, estimated to be about 100 years old, died on Sunday. He was…
Crescent Lake clean sweep stats
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Crescent Lake Neighborhood Watch, partner agencies and volunteers conducted an Operation Clean Sweep on Thursday in the…
Gulf’s Dead Zone – Ecological Time Bomb
Matt Rota, Director of Science and Water Policy at the Gulf Restoration Network, believes that states and the federal government aren’t doing enough to reduce…
