Remember the stand-up Bird scooters that Mayor Grover Robinson used for his scooter pilot program. The New York Times reports that the company has filed for bankruptcy. The Miami-based Bird warned investors…
Author: Rick Outzen
Breaking: Cannon chosen Trust executive director
The Escambia Children’s Trust Board voted 6-3 for Children’s Home Society’s Lindsey Cannon to be its new executive director. Lumon May, David Peaden, and David Williams voted for DIB Executive Director Walker…
Stafford explains how, why and what’s next
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford called Inweekly to say that he was taking a new job with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
Studers Impact
Quint Studer served as our cohost, and we discussed several of the projects he and his wife, Rishy, have been involved with over the past two decades. We talked with Scott Remington…
Trust interviews two finalists
The board rejected my idea of having a spelling contest. Instead, each candidate will be given 15 minutes to present to the board, followed by 45 minutes of Q&A. Public Forum will…
Daily Outtakes: Stafford, Cyber, Next up
Yesterday, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford called to say that he was taking a new job with Homeland Security and had sent his resignation letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis. David…
Real News: Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023
Pensacola International Airport director Matt Coughlin discusses parking spaces added for the holidays and his efforts to get more flights heading west. Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves talks about where the City will…
UWF faculty, undergrads tackle Alzheimer detection
University of West Florida faculty and undergraduate students recently developed Pulsed Medical LED goggles for the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease. Teamwork: The product was researched and designed through a partnership between…
Red Light cameras coming
At his weekly presser this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced the intersections that will have red cameras installed by this summer. After a study conducted by the Novaglobal firm, cameras that will…
Daily Outtakes: Lost Pizza Found
Downtown Pensacola now has a Lost Pizza location, located near the Barrancas Avenue and Garden Street intersection at the former site for Will’s Marine. Facebook post: Just in time for the holidays…
Real News: Monday 12/18/23
Ballard Partners’ Dan McFaul recaps the past year in Congress. Dan serves as chief of staff for Joe Scarborough, Jeff Miller, and Matt Gaetz. He manage s Ballard’s D.C. office. Councilman Delarian…
Covid deaths continue to climb
A reported 92,553 Florida resident deaths have been linked to COVID-19 since the pandemic started in 2020, including 8,070 this year, according to data posted Friday on the Florida Department of Health…