Author: Rick Outzen
Quote of the Day
NY Times published today an article on the decline of the Tea Party since the 2012 General Election. Florida Senate President Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) had…
Pensacola violence escalates. When will it get its own mayoral press conference?
Probably not the greatest photo op for the mayor. These types of press releases from Pensacola Police Department have become commonplace: Christmas Night Shooting Pensacola…
Foxes in charge at DEP hen house
Gov. Rick Scott has put those once regulated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in key positions at the agency. Those who have fought…
Mobile, Ala. tornado described like a bomb going off (photos)
A Mobile Press Register reporter gives a firsthand account of the tornado that touched down yesterday in Mobile, Ala. Read more. – Posted using BlogPress…
Only 42 percent of Escambia County high school graduates plan to attend a college. State average is two-thirds
Every time a new statistic comes out on education I find myself looking harder at what is happening in the Escambia County public school district….
High School grades are in. Escambia maintains. State touts successes elsewhere
All the high schools in the Escambia Public School District maintained their school grades for the 2011-12 school year, except for Northview that dropped from…
A Home for the Holidays
In an effort to draw more attention to the need for supportive housing for Veteran Families, the owners of the Howard Johnson/Day’s Inn have agreed…
Buybacks and a Floating Holiday
The Escambia County Commission paved the way this morning for county employees to buyback accrued leave time and also approved a “floating holiday,†which this…
Sticky fingers caught with $18 million of maple syrup. Mrs. Buttersworth?
New York Times reports that Quebec police have arrested three men in connection with the theft of $18-million worth of maple syrup from a warehouse….
Pensacola, Milton Wal-Marts sold out of semi-automatic rifles
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. has suspended sales of rifles similar to the one used at Sandy Hook school at its more than 500 stores. Wal-Mart…
Wooden Ships
Columbus has landed. Or, at least replicas of his ‘Pinta’ and ‘Nina,’ are docked at the end of Palafox Place. The wooden ships arrived around…
County Looks for Lorax
Escambia County needs someone to represent environmental concerns on an advisory committee being formed to prioritize uses for the expected RESTORE Act money. The county…
Simplest response to Sandy Hook: More School Resource Officers
Rather than arming every school teacher, the simplest response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary is for Escambia and Santa Rosa school districts to…
The Discussion Will Not Be Televised
The Escambia County Commission is holding a special meeting Thursday to discuss the specifics of the employee-leave buyout voted on last week, as well as…
Dead body indentified. It is a homicide
Escambia County Investigators have identified Alfred L. Watson, 28, of Pensacola found this morning as the victim of a homicide. Today about 8:50 am deputies…
Merger helps Gulf Winds Federal expand to Tallahassee
Press Release: Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union announces their merger with SCORE Federal Credit Union (SCORE FCU) in Tallahassee, Fla. The merger has been approved…
Libertarian Party answer to Sandy Hook: More guns, of course
Press Release: Libertarian Party: Halt the Massacre of Innocent Children by Ending Prohibition on Self-Defense in Schools Families throughout the nation mourn the horrific deaths…
Schieffer: Too afraid to make world safer for kids? (video)
Bob Schieffer asks if legislators have become too afraid of powerful lobbies to explore ways to make world safer for children. Source: CBS
Dead body found
Press Release: Escambia County deputies are investigating a body which was located in the woods near Wentworth St and Maxwell St about 08:50 a.m. this…
More gunshots in west Pensacola
Gunshots rang out in the early hours of Sunday morning on Cervantes at the Travel Inn, a block west of Tom Ann Buddy’s. According to…
