The Buzz from Tallahassee is that Gov. Charlie Crist will appoint either Dave Murzin or Holly Benson to replace Gene Valentino, who was indicted earlier today for allegedly soliciting campaign contributions in…
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Valentino indicted (updated)
Commissioner Gene Valentino has been indicted by the Escambia County Grand Jury for the solicitation of any political contribution in a building owned by a government agency. It is a first degree…
How to kill an idea
As the election season approaches, the Pensacola City Council has begun to demonstrate the singular ability to destroy innovative ideas. Instead of figuring out how to make the Pensacola Promise proposal better…
Pensacola Promise presentation
Here is Maren DeWeese’s Presentation on Pensacola Promise: PART 2 PART 3
Feds, IRS investigate Florida GOP over credit card scandals
From The Hill Blog: The FBI and IRS have launched an criminal investigation into the Republican Party of Florida’s issuing of credit cards to elected officials and staff. Read more.
Crist drops GOP from campaign website
Folks, the announcement is coming. Gov. Charlie Crist has dropped any mention of the Republican Party from his campaign website.
Steve Stevens nomination blocked
The nomination of Steve Stevens to the Public Service Commission was derailed today when Senate confirmation committee chairman J.D. Alexander, R-Lake Wales, adjourned without taking a vote. Alexander who is also Senate’s…
Milton High will have First Amendment graduation, too
Parents and preachers in Milton are organizing a separate graduation for Milton High School. The so-called “First Amendment Graduation” is being announced meetings on campus. Pace High School, of course, also has…
Scarborough thinks Crist can win as I
On Morning Joe today, Joe Scarborough said that Florida is a state where an Independent can win a statewide race if he has the money and name recognition to mount a strong…
Promise is DOA with Entrenched Eight
Sadly but as anticipated, eight Pensacola City Council members voted against Pensacola Promise yesterday….more accurately they voted to study it more, which is the much-used tactic by the City Council when it…
Chamber Career Academy Program gets highest designation
At its inaugural Career Academy Awards Luncheon, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and the Northwest Florida Next Generation Learning Community were honored by the Ford Partnership in Advanced Studies and…
Crist set to announce switch
CBS News is reporting that Gov. Charlie Crist has pulled his television ads in Orlando, Pensacola and Tampa Bay. I expect him to announce that he will be running as an independent…
Cruiserweight’s Farewell Tour plays The Ready Room
Press Release Austin, TX’s Cruiserweight have called Pensacola a second home for nearly a decade now. The band has brought their female fronted pop-rock sound to The Gutter Lounge, The Handlebar, The…
Sluggo’s robbed
Pensacola Police Report Police were dispatched to Sluggo’s early Saturday morning after two female employees were attacked and the business was robbed by a man who had ordered a couple of beers….
Boo hoo, no voodoo–Groups oppose Evers bill
ACLU Press Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Numerous religious organizations, clergy and nonpartisan citizen organizations representing a wide range of interests today called upon Florida Speaker of the House Larry Cretul and Senate…
Pensacola Promise is before City Council today – 3:15
Councilwoman Maren DeWeese will present her committee’s proposal for making it possible for City of Pensacola high school graduate to attend college. She is on the Committee of the Whole agenda for…
Battle of GOP Credit Cards
The Rubio camp – and the new head of the Florida GOP, James Thrasher – are firing back at Gov. Crist, the former party chief Jim Greer and Crist friend and former…
Other education changes on the horizon
The Miami Herald is reporting other changes could await Gov. Crist’s signature: More advanced classes for high school graduation: “Students will have to take geometry, Algebra II, biology, chemistry or physics plus…
Buzz: Perkins may have opponent
Dale Perkins was first elected to the Emerald Coast Utility Authority in 1994. He is seeking his fifth term. When he first ran the utility was called Escambia County Utility Authority, Bill…
Valentino framed…or so it goes
Valentino supporters are alleging that the commissioner’s political opponent, George Touart, is behind the grand jury investigation of Gene Valentino’s campaign fundraising. They point to how quickly the Escambia County Grand Jury…