Author: Rick Outzen
Elton John coming to Pcola
Elton John and his band will appear live at Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola, FL on Friday March 14, 2008. The concert is part of…
Zieman to wed King of Spin
Gulf Breeze native Sarah Zieman – who works with the Florida Association of Realtors in Tallahassee – is set to marry Albert Martinez. Who? From…
Bay County is getting a new library, too
Their new library will open this April. Does anyone know if the Pensacola City Council even has a plan for renovating or rebuilding its downtown…
Stop the Midway madness
Today’s PNJ has gloom and doom viewpoint on the Midway Fire District ( Midway voters, what have you done?) This is ridiculous. Amendment 1 won’t…
Outzen votes keep coming
My vote total is now 51! I’m starting to suspect there is home-cooking going on with the vote count in Arizona. Why has it taken…
Fear of clown therapy
I’m not sure this video will help you battle your fear of clowns, but give it a try.
Virgins for Barack
According to Politico.com: Virgin Islands has voted for Obama. With all of the votes in, the preliminary count is: Obama: 1772 votes (89.9%) Clinton: 149…
Apply now for Mobile steel plant jobs
If you’d like a production job at ThyssenKrupp Steel Plant outside of Mobile, the application deadline to be in the first wave of production workers…
Hispanics leaving NW Florida
Santa Rosa Sheriff Wendall Hall’s campaign to arrest undocumented workers may be a little like trying to closing the barn doors after the cows have…
I pick up one more vote
Apparently the Arizona Sec. of State Jan Brewer looked under her desk and found one more vote for me. I now have one more vote…
It is what I have been writing
A friend called me yesterday to rib me about the Florida TaxWatch report. He laughed that TaxWatch is getting paid $100K for I have been…
Rising Stars
Last night we hosted at party and awards ceremony for the 2008 Rising Stars. Over 130 people attended the event held at 600 South. The…
Gannett revenue down 31 percent
AP & CNN report: Gannett Co. (NYSE:GCI), the largest newspaper publisher in the United States, said Friday that falling revenue from broadcast and newspaper ad…
Diabetes study halted
Diabetes in Escambia County is widespread, particularly in the African-American community. The Comprehensive Assessment for Tracking Health 2005 study revealed the county has 6.64 cases…
Check out local hospitals
Want to see how our hospitals rate? Check out FloridaHealthFinder.gov. There are always explanations behind the individual statistics, but getting the information out is important.
New bill: Slots for dog tracks
A Florida Senate Senate Regulated Industries Committee approved, 8-1, Wednesday a bill that would allow slot machines at every racetrack and jai-alai fronton in Florida,…
Outzen surpasses Az vote goal
The Outzen for President campaign now has 48 votes, according to latest reports from the Arizona Sec. of State. Over 98% of the votes have…
Outzen campaign waits for final votes
It’s 3:54 a.m. The Arizona Secretary of State reports 94 percent of the votes have been counted. I’m sitting with 44 votes – one shy…
NBC names McCain AZ GOP winner
I refuse to concede until every vote is counted. And like the Midway Fire District, I will ask for a recount regardless of the margin.
Early AZ votes
With 21 pecent of the votes counted, I have 28 votes. I’m well on my way to reaching my goal of 45 votes. Unfortunately, Ron…


