Tomorrow, we will have in our June 2 issue a news story on Banks Enterprise, the music promotion company owned by William “Cadillac” Banks, and the controversy over how to spend the…
Category: Caring
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 Excellence (CSME) is forging ahead with a…
Greater Escambia Community Foundation Awarded $500,000
Press Release: The Greater Escambia Community Foundation announced today that they have received a $500,000 grant from the Fund for Gulf Communities (“the Fundâ€) to continue supporting residents across Florida’s Gulf Coast…
DeLuna Fest Scavenger Hunt
DeLuna Fest is releasing the line up on Tuesday, May 31 with a ticket giveaway scavenger hunt and party. The DeLuna Fest Lineup Release “Mission for the Musicians†is a scavenger hunt…
Rapture changed to October 21, oops
According to the New York Times, Harold Camping has changed his prediction of the “End of Times” to October 21. What he decided, apparently, was that May 21 had been “an invisible…
Go Blue Wahoos!
Wahoo!! Pensacola’s Future Double-A Baseball Team Named Blue Wahoos Shelley Yates of Pensacola wins the Name the Team contest Pensacola Professional Baseball today announced the team’s name–Blue Wahoos! Shelley Yates of Pensacola…
Civic Center Concerts: Feb 2010-May 2011
Through a public record request, I got the attendance for the concerts held at the Pensacola Civic Center for the period 2/10/10 – 5/10/11. The two concerts promoted by William “Cadillac” Banks…
PJC player anchors Heat defense
Miami Herald writes about Joel Anthony, former Pensacola Junior College basketball star, who is now playing for the Miami Heat. He leads the team in blocks and charges taken. Read more.
My meeting with Macho Man Savage
Wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage died in a car accident Friday. Savage was among the most popular wrestlers in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s….
Youth sports, not another concert
Since 2005, the City of Pensacola, Pensacola Sports Association and the Southern Youth Sports Association have hosted the Reggie Evans Southeast Jam – 600-800 kids annually from all over the South, U10-U17…
Drink Beer, Save the Coast
Press Release: SweetWater Brewery and Goldring Gulf Distributors are teaming with Emerald Coastkeeper’s and Mobile Baykeeper’s to raise money to help with Gulf Coast restoration following the Deep Horizon Oil spill in…
HUD investigation
The Washington Post analyzed major construction and renovation projects currently funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a total of 5,100 development deals worth $3.2 billion. The Post found…