From Miami Herald: Broward County poll workers still messed up the count. They failed to properly download votes onto the memory cartridges. Had to wait until the next morning to retrieve the…
Author: Rick Outzen
O’Brien applauds young voters, ignores black voters
PNJ columnist – and the man that Marty Donovan said was the only journalist he trusted – Mark O’Brien gave his observations on the Sept. 5th election (Mark O’Brien: Money, young people…
Hot, Hot, Hot – 9/6/06
New record day for visitors – 9,024 Community Maritime Park – Election Nigh Park wins big!!! Escambia Co. School Board races – major Young voters swamp polls at 5 pm “Hi, I’m…
IN Martini Night Buzz – 9/6/06
Quint Studer received tremendous praise tonight for his perseverance on the park issue. Charlie Fairchild also got kudos for being a gracious loser. The Independent News was congratulated for its willingness to…
Sept. 5 Primary Winners & Losers
LOSER: Pensacola Christian College – They threw their support behind Commissioner Tom Banjanin. Many old-timers felt this was Banjanin’s strength and gave him a huge advantage. Grover still crushed him. WINNER: Soccer…
Where did SOC go wrong?
I promise not to beat up on Save Our City, but I do think there is value in analysing what happened: SOC came out of the petition process with considerable momentum. For…
Note of Congratulations
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!! In my opinion, IN and your blog made a tremendous difference in this race. You’ve gone from fighting the “man†to being “da’ man!†This is a great night and a…
GB Council Races Quiet
There are few takers for the Gulf Breeze City Council races. Mayor Lane Gilchrist and Mayor Pro Tem Clay Ford have filed for re-election. No one has failed against either incumbent. Gilchrist…
We have a great future
Subject: Voters OK Park From: Rhettean@aol.com Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:28:44 EDT Oh, how excited I am today!! I view our area’s opportunities with enthusiastic encouragement, and…
Hot, Hot, Hot – 9/5/06
Email from SOC supporter Who is Tommy White? Community Maritime Park – Election Nigh School Board District 1 race – Bergosh, Marty, tell us how you really feel Democratic Black Caucus revealed…
Escambia Co. School Board races – major upsets
District 1 Two-term Cary Stidham went down as this blog predicted – losing by nearly 1,000 votes to retired teacher Gerald Boone. Boone 4,743  Stidham 3,772 District 2 Then Jeff Bergosh…
“Hi, I’m Grover” beats “No Tax Tom”
Grover Robinson, IV, upset career politician and 12-year incumbent Tom Banjanin for the Escambia County Commission: 6,683 – 4,027…by 62.4%. Just a week before, we had heard Banjanin had a 5 point…