Author: Rick Outzen

Florida Department of Education has released its report on the graduation and drop out rates for 2005-06. Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa are better than…

It’s official – just in case you might have thought the crowd you saw at WalMart was only an optical illusion – Americans are the…

According to Wired.com, top 25 passwords for Myspace are: password1, abc123, myspace1, password, blink182, qwerty1, fuckyou, 123abc, baseball1, football1, 123456, soccer, monkey1, liverpool1, princess1, jordan23,…

More the Killingsworth Pest Control case FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2006 CONTACT:John Fleming, 850-681-3200 STATEMENT REGARDING KILLINGSWORTH PEST CONTROL NEWS COVERAGE Regarding the recent…

We’re getting reports that Copper thieves are destroying the a/c units on unoccupied buildings to steal copper. An old Eckerds on Mobile Hwy had over…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Office of Communications, 202-588-6141 National Trust Accepting Nominations for 2007 America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places List Washington, D.C. (December 14,…

They won’t be asking Escambia County and the City of Pensacola to chip in either From GB Daily News: City considers raise in water, sewer…

Crist Names Secretaries for State and AHCA ~ Governor-Elect Crist Appoints Secretary of State and Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration ~ TALLAHASSEE…

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My role model for my future years, Peter Boyle – the papa on “Everybody Loves Raymond” – died yesterday. His line “Holy Crap” was one…

“Would you please pull up your top?” It may be the new question on Panama City soup lines. The multimillionaire founder of the “Girls Gone…

I’ve tried to stay silent on this issue that the County is considering, but since I’m known for speaking (writing?) my mind, I might as…

Participated in my first statewide telephone. Questions asked involved rating: Gov. Jeb Bush’s 8 years Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez The Florida Legislature President Bush…

From a reader: I agree wholeheartedly with your article (Outtakes 12.7 ) about the “lesser” player being given a chance to perform by the “greater”…

Let’s assume, as the daily newspaper has, that Escambia County and Pensacola have the reserves and/or revenue sources to pay a significant portion of the…

Today the daily newspaper weighed in on the funding on the relocation of the Main Street Sewage Treatment plant – (City and county should kick…

The Economist has named its picks for best political/current affairs books of 2006: Dangerous Nation: America’s Place in the World from its Earliest Days to…

Thank God for Live Science. Please feel free to email to your doctor. Beer quells heart disease and chocolate staves off cancer? Though often tagged…

Great blog post on the failures of the No Child Left Behind program. Even the orginal supporters of the program admit its falling apart. Good…