Author: Rick Outzen
Help for veterans
I received this email from Dave Glassman on a new initiative to help veterans: I’m pleased to inform you that the Center for Strategic Military…
Homeowners ask Bondi to change stance
Florida homeowners are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to reconsider her stance on litigation against mortgage companies, according to the Florida Tribune. A working group…
Did dispersants make BP disaster worse?
According to preliminary research by several Florida scientists, the combination of oil and Corexit, the chemical BP used to dissolve the slick, is more toxic…
No area companies make Florida Trend lists.
Florida Trend magazine will published in June its top 200 largest privately-held companies in the state. The St. Pete Times has revealed the top 50…
Cantonment Cow strangler on the loose
NorthEscambia.com has the exclusive story of a cow being strangled Monday in the Enon community, off Highway 97-A. The owner of the cow found the…
Cadillac Banks writes BOCC
Music promoter William “Cadillac” Banks has written the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners asking that the board either fund his two-day music festival that…
Gulf Coast Restoration meeting tomorrow
Press Release: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, which President Obama has directed by executive order to develop a restoration strategy for the Gulf…
Budget signing a private event
Current.com reports Gov. Rick Scott’s signing of the state budget at The Villages retirement community was not open to the public, despite being in a…
Gov. Scott called
Actually it was a robo call that the Republican Party of Florida paid for. Gov. Scott praised his “Jobs” budget and how it meets his…
Buzz: DIB tickets funeral
The buzz around downtown is the Downtown Improvement Board meter brigade actually ticketed a funeral procession. There is also talk of a possible lawsuit against…
Escambia Co. improves literacy by 5 pts, Santa Rosa 13 pts.
I am a numbers geek. Looking at the third grade FCAT scores that were released this week, I became curious as to how prepared these…
Top and Bottom Third Grade Classes, based on 2011 FCAT
Top 10 Third Grade Classes—Three Charter Schools are in the top 10: MATH READING PENSACOLA BEACH CHARTER SCHOOL 100 100 200 BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC….
Escambia FCAT – Third Grade Math
Three highest performing third grades were at Pensacola Beach Charter (100 percent scoring 3 or above), Byrneville Charter (96 percent) and A.K. Suter (95 percent). …
Escambia FCAT – Third Grade Reading
The Byrneville and Pensacola Beach charter schools have the highest percentage of student scoring 3 or above. The three most improved schools were Spencer Bibbs…
FCAT overview – not bad
I’m working out of the office this morning. Looked at the test results for the area school districts. Escambia County matched the state average for…
Scientists seek truth on BP impact on Gulf
The St. Pete Times covered a meeting at the University of Central Florida on how scientists across the Gulf region are trying to determine the…
Buzz: Hayward delivers hot water
Yesterday Mayor Ashton Hayward ordered that the hot water be turned on at Pensacola City Hall. Apparently some time ago, former City Manager Al Coby…
Hacker hacks Escambia County School District’s websites
Last night, hacker “N3td3v!l” replaced several of the Escambia County School District’s websites with a page that stated “We Love Iran” and images of a…
Education insanity, no home rule
The Okaloosa County School system wants to start classes on August 4. State says they can’t do so. The state legislature passed few couple years…
Buzz: Communications consolidation will work
How can Mayor Hayward be so sure? Because it has been done successfully in Mobile, Ala. Hayward had lunch yesterday with Mike Dow, the strong…
