Author: Rick Outzen
Magaha has budget shortfall
The lack of real estate sales has impacted the Escambia County Clerk of Courts office, according to NorthEscambia.com Clerk of the Court Ernie Lee Magaha…
Panama City has gangs
News Herald reports on the gang known as “Crazy White Boys.” The group’s activities came to the attention of authorities while investigating the June 2004…
Orlando Sentinel critic interviews Katy Mixon
Roger Moore, the movie critic for the Orlando Sentinel, interviewed Pensacola native Katy Mixon. Katy is one of the very talented Mixon family and yet…
St. Pete Times on Ray Sansom
Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom isn’t getting off easy when it comes to new VP job at Northwest Florida State College. The St. Petersburg Times…
Mobile Chamber gets five stars
Mobile Chamber has achieved the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s top five-star ranking for the second time in five years. Why? – $4.5 billion ThyssenKrupp steel…
Shop Local
It’s time to think about something other than your shrinking stock portfolio, Sarah Palin’s glasses, the Obama family’s new dog and who is trying to…
Thanksgiving donations
Project for the day: Coastal Moving & Storage, an Agent for Mayflower Transit, and Manna invite you to help fill the Mayflower this holiday season….
More on Art Rocker
Art Rocker and his wife Angel made a fortune off creating schools that ran primarily on state voucher money, McKay Scholarship voucher program. They ran…
Test model of Century car unveiled
For $2.4 million, the county gets to pick the color
Econ Dev 101
The Patels should pay off their tax bills before the Escambia County does any more with them. No incentives until they start building. No front-end…
Johnson wins, Marty gone
Larry B. Johnson took an early lead in the City Council District 4 run-off and never looked back. He beat incumbent Marty Donovan, 1296-819. Donovan…
Patels make big campaign contributions
Jay and Nash Patel and their wives made big campaign contributions to State Rep. Clay Ford ($1,000), State Rep. Dave Murzin ($2000) and Escambia County…
Morgan starts to assemble team
Escambia Sheriff-elect David Morgan has named Lt. Bill Chavers as his Chief Deputy, a position last held by Larry Smith under McNesby. Chavers started with…
McNesby donates campaign surplus
After paying all his campaign bills, out-going Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby donated his remaining $69,539.78 to charity: Emerald Coast Honor Flight $10,000 The Village…
Car plant spokesman has tax problems, too
The News Journal reports today that the backers of the proposed electric car plant in Century have tax problems. Jay and Nash Patel’s LHS Pensacola…
Halcorp gives Townsend $750, too
Councilman Ronald Townsend also got $750 from Halcorp and its officers during this last campaign reporting period. Interestingly, fellow Councilman Marty Donovan gave him $150….
Johnson raises $10,983.02
Larry B. Johnson, who is facing Councilman Marty Donovan in a run-off tomorrow, reported a whopping $10,983.02 in contributions for this last report. Here’s the…
Halcorp gives Donovan $750 before council vote
Councilman Marty Donovan got another $750 from Halcorp and its officers prior to the Nov. 20 vote to extend their lease at the Port of…
May have missed this
Two Escambia High School students were in a gun battle off campus on Friday. One was shot, after he couldn’t get his gun out in…
More jobs cut
NorthEscambia.com reports West Fraser Timber Co is cutting 69 jobs at its facility in Citronelle, Alabama. The announcement comes just weeks after it shutdown its…
