Author: Rick Outzen
County and city governments take another hit on revenues
Florida voters passed three amendments that will expand property tax exemptions. The estimated cost to Escambia County alone is about $1 million next year: These…
All judges retained, Florida Chamber and GOP lose effort to remove
The retention of the Florida Supreme Court justices was a political football. The Florida GOP party wanted to this group replaced after they overturned votes…
Six lessons to take from Nov. 6 election
1. Negative campaigns still don’t work in local races. Hugh King and his handlers did everything they could to discredit Lumon May, including creating a…
Waiting It Out on the Dividing Line
With Florida split down the middle in the presidential race, Republicans and Democrats in Pensacola gathered at their respective Election Day bashes. Both camps were…
No results from Santa Rosa County
It is the black hole of election results. Both Escambia and Okaloosa are posting results online.
Wingate beats Jerralds by 45 votes
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds didn’t believe he had to campaign for re-election. His hubris was his downfall. Gerald Wingate, with all the precincts counted,…
Wingate takes lead over Jerralds
With one precinct left to be reported, Gerald Wingate has a slight lead over incumbent John Jerralds – 1182 to 1168. This will be close.
Jerralds has slight lead over Wingate, less than 100 votes
For Pensacola City Council, incumbent John Jeralds has a slight lead in the early voting over Gerald Wingate: John Jerralds 942 to Gerald C. Wingate…
Looks like May, Robertson and Barry will be elected to Escambia County Commission
The leads that Wilson Robertson, Lumon May and Steve Barry have are nearly insurmountable, according to Commissioner Grover Robinson who is at Supervisor David Stafford’s…
Lumon May has huge margin out of early voting
Lumon May 9.272; Tiffany Washington 2573; Hugh King 858; and Dooley Johnson 203
Doing political commentary on WCOA tonight
In the WCOA studio with Don Parker and Brian Newkirk, we will start broadcasting election coverage at 7 p.m. We will have ABC coverage on…
DIB on MURAC Report
The Downtown Improvement Board is embarking on a search for a new permanent executive director. When the board began discussing the recently released report from…
Reports From the Polls
Standing outside Precinct 34 earlier today, Phil Hall, an observer with Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), said everything was going well. There had been an issue…
Councilman Pays for Party
Gallery Night will run until midnight. At least this month. During this morning’s Downtown Improvement Board meeting, Pensacola City Councilman Brian Spencer ponied up $2,500…
State Education Board votes to keep A.A. Dixon open
At today’s State Board of Education meeting in Boca Raton, the board unanimously voted to grant the appeal of termination by A. A. Dixon Charter…
Poll worker almost keeps wife of candidate from voting
Early today, a poll worker at Precinct 56, Escambia County Environmental/Health offices by Legion Field, was aggressively questioning the signatures of African-American voters. The wife…
Is Romney GOTV more high tech than Obama
A reader called to say that the Romney Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort in Escambia County is more sophisticated than what observers are seeing…
John Jerralds uses megaphone to get votes for Hugh King and himself
City Councilman John Jeralds has parked his jeep at Macedonia Baptist Church and is using a megaphone to shout at voters. He is soliciting votes…
Gulf Breeze, Fla voting disaster
The Santa Rosa County precinct 22 in the Gulf Breeze Recreation Center is a voting disaster. We have a reporter that the precinct did not…
UWF Downtown Lecture looks at security and transparency in digital age
By Shelby Smithey… Jocelyn Evans, chair of the University of West Florida Department of Government, will discuss how technological advances and terrorist attacks have affected…
