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Charter Government looks better now

Escambia County has repeatedly rejected charter government which has led to individual feafdoms in county government. The county commission and the citizens have no say…

What did Sam Hall actually report on July 24?

On July 24, his vehicle was parked on Alcaniz St. north of Bayfront Pkwy. When he got into his car around 2 pm, a city…

Cowper leaving

Confirmed. Kevin Cowper has resigned as the City of Pensacola’s Community Development Director. He is leaving Pensacola to take the Assistant City Manager position in…

PNJ layoffs

The word is the daily has laid off 13 people including some upper management…. happened Thursday afternoon at the end of the work day. Included…

What can a strong mayor do? LEAD

I posted last week how the strong mayors of Orlando and Orange County (yes, they have a county mayor) pushed through votes for a $1…

PNJ editor “discovers” area’s bitter side

Pensacola News Journal Executive Editor Richard Schneider asked the daily newspaper’s readers to send him “two words that describe your hope for Pensacola, and an…

NAS does what ECUA should have done

The Monday edition of the News Journal has an article on how NAS Pensacola decided to forego building a new wastewater treatment plant on the…

Bomb threat at Whiting

Bomb detection dogs and emergency vehicles were poised and ready when a suspicious package was found in the mailroom early Friday morning at NAS Whiting…

More Sam Hall support

This letter is in support of Sam Hall and his continuing effort to better our city and community. Although Sam and I might not agree…

Orlando spends $1.1 billion on its downtown

Orlando, Florida has no Save Our City organization apparently. Yesterday Orange County leaders approved a $1.1 billion plan for a new arena, performing-arts center and…

Deputy gets mistrial

Late Thursday night, mistrial was declared in the trial of a former Escambia Sheriff’s Deputy accused of beating a teenager. The jury in the trial…

Dirty kilowatts

Electricity plants owned by Alabama Power Co. ranked prominently in a report by the Environmental Integrity Projec which lists the 50 dirtiest in the nation….

$300,000 choices

According to Mark O’Brien’s column, ECAT needs $300,000 to stay in operation two more months. That figure – $300K – has popped up a lot…

Baby payola

Our beloved daily newspaper has found a new way to raise money – charge people to vote for their baby’s photo to be in the…

Escambia County socialism

Here’s an email that like the July 26th Outtakes ( Give It All You Got ): You are the man. Finally a journalist that is…

Another letter supporting Hall

Dear Sam: In light of recent events, some will encourage you to back off, quiet down, rejoin the ranks, etc. Please don’t. The community cannot…

What does “Will Call” mean?

There’s a lot of CYA going on in the death of Leonard Black in the county jail. In follow-up story in the News Journal, the…

Support for Hall

I sincerely hope a less inflammatory and factually based follow-up article hits the old fashioned news racks as well as online editions soon. The important…