Buzz: Did Sandusky pimp boys to donors?

Earlier this morning, Mark Madden dropped a bomb of a rumor about the Jerry Sandusky scandal that, if you can believe it, would make an…

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Buzz: Who leaked police report with victim’s name?

There is an investigation taking place into who leaked the report on the active investigation of Assistant Public Defender Tony Henderson? The official report given…

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Buzz: TK 101 cuts Candy

We have heard the TK101 has laid off popular DJ Candy. I checked the website and she has been dropped from the on-air roster, which…

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Buzz: Attorney General hasn’t been asked to investigate Wilson Robertson

The IN contacted the Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office yesterday about Commissioner Wilson Robertson’s motion that State Attorney General investigate Wilson and the hiring of…

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Buzz: Oops, no report cards today

Technology doesn’t always work as planned. Yesterday, the daily newspaper drove readers to its website when the print edition wasn’t delivered to most places until…

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Buzz: Veolia has brought in union busters

Veolia Transportation, the French corporation that runs the Escambia County Transit System, has flown into Escambia County 25 union-busting bus drivers to work for ECAT…

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Buzz: Visit Pensacola wins more awards

Last night the Flagler Awards were given out at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Visit Pensacola with help of EW Bullock Associates won two 1st…

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Buzz: Grover & Collier saved Ascend jobs

The Ascend expansion also never happened, but for the work then-Escambia County Commission Chairman Grover Robinson and Chamber Chairman Collier Merrill. Several Ascent executives came…

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Buzz: ECAT workers lowest paid in state; court injunction coming

According to union officials, the striking workers at Escambia County Area Transit make between $!2/hour to a high of $16.47/hour – which makes the lowest…

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Buzz: TDC not going away

Perdido Key Chamber Chairwoman Alison Davenport doesn’t have to worry about the Tourism Development Commission going way. It was formed by legislative act and can’t…

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Buzz: Old Stinky gone by Feb 2012

Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Executive Director Steve Sorrell told the Chamber board yesterday that the demolition contractor is onsite and the Main Street Sewage Treatment…

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Buzz: More come forward on Hizer

I received confirmation from an independent source that Denis McKinnon and Chamber CEO Jim Hizer met with shortly after Hizer started at the Chamber. The…

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Buzz: Hixer may have known about TDC meetings

I’ve been contacted by more than one Chamber insider who have described a February management team meeting at the Pensacola Chamber where Ed Schroeder instructed…

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Buzz: Mayor creates Pensacola challenge coin

Mayor Ashton Hayward now carries a challenge coin bearing the seal of the City of Pensacola. For a military town like Pensacola that are fitting….

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Buzz: Thomas out to close A.A. Dixon

The word from the Pace Boulevard Palace (Escambia Co. School Administration office) is Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has made up his mind about closing the A.A….

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Buzz: Etheredge new Chamber VP

KC Etheredge has been named the new Vice President of Membership and Investor Development at the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. KC was most…

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Buzz: GLA students coming from all over district

Superintendent Malcolm Thomas promised the public that only students inside the school’s attendance zone (inner-city of Pensacola) would be allowed to attend the new Global…

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Buzz: UWF to announce football program

There is a buzz that the University of West Florida will announce at its kick-off pep rally that the university will launch a football program….

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Buzz: Deluna Fest lands big act

Scott Mitchell called to say that DeLuna Fest has signed its headliner and will be announcing it next week. No amount of beers could pry…

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Buzz:Frank Lay may run for Superintendent

Former Pace High School principal Frank Lay is considered a run for Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools. Lay was the center of the prayer…

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