Author: Rick Outzen
Boone Report: McNesby must disperse campaign funds by Nov. 24
By IN reporter Sean Boone According to current Escambia County Supervisor of Elections campaign finance records, Sheriff Ron McNesby has more than $90,000 in campaign…
County may repeal Wayne-Dalton exemption
The County Attorney is looking at whether the County Commission can repeal the 2008 tax exemption it gave Wayne-Dalton last March. If the County Attorney…
CMP Consultant’s Memo
M E M O R A N D U M TO: CMPA Board of Directors FROM: Owen M. Beitsch, PhD, AICP, CRE DATE: November 11,…
Dennis Miller replaces IN Your Head Radio
According to the NewsRadio 1620 website, Dennis Miller will replace IN Your Head Radio and Larry Butler’s Inside Pensacola. Miller will be on the air…
What’s wrong with America
We are becoming a nation that can’t or doesn’t read. We are an illiterate or semi-literate society. Over 42 million American adults can’t read –…
Gunther gets liquor license
Fred Gunther and Gunther Properties got the only quota liquor license issued by the Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco for Santa Rosa County….
Blog stats
We have 4,784 unique visitors a day. Each visitor checks on the blog an average of 2.8 times a day and views 4.1 pages per…
Ricksblog article on Wikipedia
Under West Florida Argonauts on Wikipedia, you will find a link to one of my blog articles. The Blog continues to spread its influence.
Boone report: Halcorp may get extension
by IN reporter Sean Boone Next week City Council will decide if the 20-year Halcorp contract for the Port of Pensacola–which expires this year–should be…
Downtown library has been budgeted since 1999
I’ve reviewed the City of Pensacola Capital Improvement Plan. The city’s website has budgets only as far back as 2003-04. Then plan shows the city…
Buzz: Century factory
Got this email: Someone close to Patel told me that what was really going to be produced are “EV Ports” that are going to be…
Lawsuit filed over fishing bridge
Pensacola Bay Fishing Bridge, Inc. has filed a suit against Escambia County over how the county handled the FEMA funds for rebuilding the fishing bridge…
County comptroller once handled ECSO finances
According Lisa Bernau, the chief deputy in the Escambia County Clerk/Comptroller’s office, their agency has handled the accounting/budget functions for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office…
Blog is talk of BOCC meeting
The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber officials attended yesterday’s Escambia County Commission meeting. Both Commissioners Kevin White and Grover Robinson wanted to know what the chamber…
Santra Rosa County warning system fails
The “Reverse 911” warning system is offline in Santa Rosa County and it put residents at risk in Navarre when a fire at the Aqua…
Pensacola deserves more from Jerralds
It’s ironic that on the day we publish a story about a new African-American leader who built a bipartisan campaign team (Lumon May), PNJ columnist…
Psst, PNJ is chasing after the Wayne Dalton story, too
I think we’re ahead of them on this one. Expect to see it in tomorrow’s paper. Do you think the blog will get credit for…
Wayne-Dalton has $244,500 in tax exemptions
In 2003, Escambia County Board of County Commissioners gave Wayne-Dalton a property tax exemption for creating 43 jobs – estimated tax exemption about $186,000 annually….
Boone report: Watch drinking on Gallery Night
By IN reporter Sean Boone Last month, the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco wrote up 17 downtown businesses during Gallery Night for not…
Oops, Donovan campaigner has criminal past
Yesterday, PNJ reporter Jamie Paige exposed Tim Eagan, a Pensacola decorative concrete worker, who created a $1 billion private development plan for the Port of…
