Category: News
Former Inweekly writer makes Huffington Post blog
Sarah McCartan has an article on the Huffington Post blog – Why I’m Not Leaving Florida (Yet): Sure, Florida is declared the Sunshine State, but…
Time to discuss the salary of the mayor
The salary for Pensacola mayor is too low, $100,000. The Pensacola City Council should have a discussion about raising the salary to a level comparable…
Navy Federal Selected as a Best Employer in the Sunshine State
Navy Federal Selected as a Best Employer in the Sunshine State Press Release: Navy Federal Credit Union was recently named one of the Best Companies…
Nelson wants to tell Grover ‘Hi’ and Gene gets a cup of coffee
This must be the day for elected officials to use their positions to get their staffs (and the taxpayers) to promote their re-election campaigns: From…
National Night Out tomorrow
The 31st annual National Night Out, a community event aimed at encouraging people to unite against crime, is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 5. The event…
Blue Wahoos rated the best in customer satisfaction
Turnkey Intelligence has ranked the Pensacola Blue Wahoos the first out of 42 minor league baseball teams in customer satisfaction. The company surveyed full, partial…
Bus union endorses Valentino and Lowery
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395 which represents the Escambia County Area Transit and Escambia County Community Transportation workers and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1771 which…
Another school district switches buses to CNG
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas turned down two years ago Pensacola Energy’s appeal to switch his buses to compressed natural gas. Other districts are much more progressive…
Weekend buzz: Publix coming downtown, Who owns pits and Stevenson on the warpath
The buzz is the old AV Clubbs School on Cervantes between 12th and 11th and the commercial offices on that block will become home to…
AWKO Justice Foundation hosts Help the Kids event, Oct. 4
The AWKO Justice Foundation is hosting the 2nd annual “Help the Kids†tennis event on October 4, 2014 at Roger Scott. They are looking for…
Murzin makes the cut for Public Service Commission
A nominating panel Thursday decided to interview 16 candidates, including current Commissioner Julie Brown, for two upcoming vacancies on the state Public Service Commission. The…
Miller speaks out for VA reform
Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: “The Department of Veterans Affairs is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis caused by corruption,…
