Author: Rick Outzen
Nagin – unifier or divider
I’ve watched with curiosity the reactions in the white community to having Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, speak in Pensacola at the Gulf…
Brownsville, Blackburn and gangs
Brownsville resident says in this David Morgan campaign ad that Brownsville is back to where it was before the ECSO ‘s Operation Brownsville. Homeowner Jerry…
Watch out for Ron Paul
The maverick GOP presidential candidate raised $4.07 million yesterday – one day. Yesterday – Nov. 5 – was Guy Fawkes Day which commemorates Guy Fawkes…
Rude clown fired at Northwest Florida Fair
According to the Northwest Florida Daily News, dunking booth clowns at the fair in Okaloosa County have gotten a little mouthy. Management claims to have…
Cancel Florida presidential primaries
With National Democratic Party saying it won’t count any of th e Florida votes at its national convention and with the Republicans only counting half…
Dailies do less with less
Fancast.com has an interview with David Simon, the creator of HBO’s “The Wire.” Simon wrote of the Baltimore Sun for 13 years. He was awarded…
Thompson has Panhandle team together
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has named his local campaign chairmen. They are called “grassroots leaders.” Escambia — Clay Ingram, chairman of the Escambia County…
Gore for Prez?
There is now a website pushing Al Gore to run for president – DraftGore.com. They are even running a 30-second TV spot in New Hampshire…
Campaigns read blogs
As we learned in the Community Maritime Park referendum, blogs can be an effective means of keeping the public informed of the day-to-day happenings on…
Local FDLE agent promoted
Richard Madden, the special agent in charge of the Pensacola office since July, is moving to Tampa to head the FDLE Tampa Bay Regional Operations…
7 Habits of a Bad Emailer
On his blog, Scott H Young has list The 7 Bad E-Mail Habits that Make People Want to Kill You: 1) Hanging Questions 2) Buried…
IN impacts United Way
From Kris Toma, Marketing and Communications Director, United Way of Escambia County: The weekly radio interviews (IN Your Head Radio – 1620AM 1-2 p.m.) have…
Hillary top fundraiser in area
Republicans have yet to get engaged in the 2008 presidential campaigns. Let’s face it. Northwest Florida loves a bandwagon and the frontrunners. Twenty five years…
Pssst, Cities are going green
The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that the latest trend for cities is for them to be green – more eco-friendly, walkable, workable and liveable (See…
Miami Herald slammed for web comments
The Pensacola News Journal isn’t the only daily newspaper being criticized for the comments it allows to be posted on its website. The Miami branch…
WEAR TV weekend news
Crime waves continues. WEAR TV reports on home invasion and car jackings. Home Invasion Escambia County deputies are looking for two armed men, who broke…
Local firms dropped by My Safe Florida Home
The two firms that have been doing the My Safe Florida home inspections in the area have been dropped by the state, according to a…
IN 2006: Incorporate Perdido Key
The daily newspaper writes on the possibility of Perdido Key area incorporating. We advocated Perdido Key incorporation in our Ballsy Plan III published in May…
Rick’s Blog nominated for Florida Netroots Best Blog
This is truly amazing. We have no publicity other than word of mouth. We are in a relatively small market. The irony is that I…
Inside Joe Francis Story – IN Your Head Radio
I will be interviewing News Herald reporter David Angier on Joe Francis (Girls Gone Wild founder) on Francis’ legal problems and his latest effort to…
