Author: Rick Outzen
PNJ furloughs can be vacations
Missing your favorite daily newspaper reporter? Well, they could be furloughing. The Gannett Blog reports: Facing another furlough, Gannett Digital’s clever Laura Cochran joined employees…
Levin inducted into Hall of Fame
Pensacola attorney Frederic G. Levin has been inducted into the American Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. Levin was inducted in a five-member class along with…
ECSO proposes $4 million budget cut
Sheriff David Morgan has proposed a reduced budget for 2009-10 – $74,681,845. This is a $4.036 million budget cut, 5.1 percent reduction. Elimination of Helicopters…
Pinks slips sent to Santa Rosa teachers
Santa Rosa teachers were mailed pink slips last week as Santa Rosa County School District tries to cope with shrinking budget. The teachers without tenure…
PCB rethinks Spring Break
The Bay County Tourist Development Council is rethinking its partnership with mtvU’s, the gold standard for marketing to college students. The Panama City Beach City…
Gas prices rise
Gasoline prices jumped 9 cents last week. The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline in Florida was $2.09 on Sunday, compared with…
Elebash misstates facts in viewpoint
C.C. Elebash misstates the facts in his March 28 PNJ viewpoint, “Start slow with park infrastructure “: “The CRA would now have negative cash flow…
Elebash costs fire pension $3 million
I’m not serious, but that would be how Elebash, Fairchild and others would be spinning the losses of the City Fire Pension, if Quint Studer…
Elebash wants CMP, not stadium
Surprise, surprise. In his viewpoint in the PNJ today, C.C. Elebash wants the park infrastructure- roads, utilities, grading and environmental work-done, but nothing else on…
McLaughlin exacts revenge on ECSO?
The Escambia County is getting two Byrne Grants. The Byrne Grants give federal assistance to state and local law-enforcement agencies to fight crimes. The funds…
Council passes Curbside recycling
Last the Pensacola City Council approved curbside recycling. Congratulations to last year’s Leadership Pensacola class who took this on as a project. They have succeeded…
Anti-CMP experiment shows why P’cola moves slow
I thank my regular blog readers for indulging me in my week-long experiment with the anti-CMP cult. Since 2005, we have had a small group…
More Prostitution arrests (photos)
Prostitution Arrests in Brownsville Area On March 23rd into the early morning hours of March 24th, Escambia Deputies conducted another Prostitution sting in the area…
Mythbusted: Independent Baseball Thrives
Mythbusted: Independent Baseball Thrives Posted on March 24, 2009 The anti-CMP cult like to scoff at the Pensacola Pelicans because they aren’t affiliated with a…
Locals out of work, Birmingham firm recommended
A email received today: Thank you for your recent article. My husband, a local architect, is now out of work as one of the casualties…
Economic Development: who will be in charge
Politics may take over Economic Development in Escambia County. Some may argue that it already has, but now we have two options facing us. Mort…
Anderson post confirmed
The Pensacola News Journal confirmed my post about Cindy Anderson becoming the new assistant county administrator of Escambia County. Carlton Proctor reports that Escambia County…
Council meeting lasts eight hours
The Pensacola held its committee meetings from 3:15-11:00 p.m. yesterday. The city staff appears to be out to wear down, The curbside recycling presentation took…
Buzz: Cindy Anderson new Asst. County Administrator
We are hearing that Cindy Anderson, the executive director of TEAM Santa Rosa, will be named the new assistant county administrator for Escambia County. Part…
Sheriff Morgan disputes McLauglin’s statements
A letter from Sheriff David Morgan to Commission chair Marie Young: 20 March 09 Honorable Chairperson Marie Young Escambia County Board of County Commissioners 217…
