Author: Rick Outzen
Newsweek spotlights Pensacola couple
From Newsweek.com: The Acevedos’ story begins in 2005 when Angie, a systems specialist, and her husband Raul, a Navy chief petty officer, purchased a home…
Radio: Bear Stearns collapse
Ritch Workman, president of the Florida Mortgage Brokers Association, will talk about the Bear Stearns collapse on IN Your Head Radio today. Listen online –…
Real issues vs. false ones
The concern of Councilman Marty Donovan over city hall security is another distraction from real issues. It also proves my theory that government always finds…
Cutting jobs easier elsewhere
The Pensacola City Council and the Escambia County Commission are dragging their feet on cutting any government jobs. Other governments don’t problems announcing cuts. Mobile…
Local company cleared for Canada
311 Travel Bag, Inc., a Pensacola-based developer of practical carry-on solutions for the modern traveler, today announced that the Clear Bag System is now accepted…
Notes: Council Committee of the Whole
March 24 Pensacola City Council Committee of the Whole notes: In the end, the Committee of the Whole approved the budget for the Charter Review…
Property values slashed $193M
In Escambia County, when property values doubled and tripled after Hurricane Ivan, property owners were told to grin and bear it. In Baldwin County, the…
Double dip reporter on radio
I will have Lucy Morgan, former Tallahassee bureau chief and political writer for the St. Petersburg Times on IN Your Head Radio today from 1-2…
Our Officer School opens in Newport
From the Newport paper: Newport welcomes return of Navy’s Officer Candidate School 01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, March 23, 2008 Now that it has returned…
Miller’s wish list
Congressman Jeff Miller lists his funding requests that he has submitted to the House Appropriations Committee on his website. Okaloosa County does very well –…
Local double dippers
The St. Pete Times has reported that a growing number of elected officials are quietly taking advantage of a loophole carved into the state retirement…
PNJ website navigation
I think I figured out how to find the local news on the new pnj.com. Try clicking on News in the top navigation bar, then…
IN keeps rolling
The IN is on an unprecedented roll right now. Ad revenues are still up 48% over last year – we will have the best first…
Why Jewel gave EWB zero
Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn said Friday she expected more from E.W. Bullock Associates officials in their presentation for the Energy Services of Pensacola contract,…
Faces of American War deaths
USA Today has statistical breakdown in the U.S. death toll in the five-year Iraq War. The total deaths is 3983 serviceman, plus eight Defense Department…
Widow on radio again
Today, I am on the road. At News Radio 1620, we will replay my interviews with Tania Julin, one of a group of widows who…
Feedback
How do you like our coverage of the city council and county commission meetings? We are going in a different direction than Gannett and the…
Notes: BCC 3.20
Commissioner salaries were still on the agenda: Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting 20 March 2008 1. Call to order at 5:32 p.m. 2. Invocation…
Notes: Agenda Review 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting Morning Agenda Review Called to order at 9:03 a.m. All County Commissioners were present except for Commissioner Marie Young….
Notes: Budget workshop 3.20
Board of County Commissioners Public Hearings Preliminary Budget Workshop Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Countywide Budget, Continued 20 March 2008 Call to order at 10:40 a.m. All…
