Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom has resigned from his vice president position at Northwest Florida State College. This is the statement that he read to the House: ” Members, before we get…
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Craig will join ECSO
David Craig, the producer and founder of the Reality News Network, will a part of the Morgan administration in the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Craig will be in charge of the ECSO’s…
Open letter to Pensacola City Council
January 2, 2009 Dear Council Members: At its meeting on December 11th the City Council failed to approve the Pate Stevedore Company (“PATE”) Lease Amendment #1. I attended that Council meeting and…
Pratt joins blogosphere
From Pensacola City Council-elect Megan Pratt: I mulled creating a website vs creating a blog for a while. Finally bit the bullet and started a blog since it was faster than creating…
Bigger ECSO presence on the beach
Sheriff-elect David Morgan plans to reactivate the law enforcement reserve program. These volunteers will be used to give the ECSO a stronger presence on Pensacola Beach and other parts of Escambia County….
Ticket sports host convicted
Scott McKinney, co-host of “Southern Sports Tonight” and “Morning Wrap” on 98.1 FM The Ticket, pleaded guilty Jan. 2 to nine counts of theft and one count each of organized fraud, money…
News Channel ratings
LA Times reports: “Fox News racked up its seventh straight year as the most-watched cable news channel, delivering an average prime-time viewership of 2.1 million, 40% more than 2007, according to data…
Studer Group offers scholarships
Press Release Studer Group will be hosting an institute on Pensacola Beach that will teach attendees skills needed to produce better bottom line results during tough economic times. Best practices in staff…
Staff delays CMP to Jan. 28
The Pensacola City Council received a memo from interim City Manager Al Coby informing them that a City Council Workshop on the master developer agreement has been set for Jan. 28 at…
Special Session has limits
Next week, the Florida Legislature will hold a special session to deal with the state budget crisis. There are some limits placed on the session by Senate president Jeff Atwater and House…
IN website have a strong December
Our page views and visitors jumped 61 percent in December 2008 for both this blog and inweekly.net. Our page views totaled 591,372. Just when I think it will taper off, we jump…
Is Baptist/West Florida deal off?
Nearly a month ago, I reported on this blog that Baptist Healthcare’s purchase of West Florida Hospital had fallen through…a victim of the tight bond market (Buzz: Baptist/West Florida deal off). At…
Morgan – 2008 Person of Year
Sheriff-elect David Morgan won the IN poll for 2008 Person of the Year. Bob Kerrigan and Lumpy DeWeese placed second and third respectively. Total votes cast: 15,573
Three 2008 developments never happened
Jan. 1, 2008, Carlton Proctor wrote in the daily newspaper about six commercial and residential projects under way in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties should “pump hundreds of millions of dollars into…
Year in Review 2007
In 2007 we covered volunteer firefighters, human trafficking, Pensacola’s lynchings and government salaries among other issues. 1. “Burning Down the House,” April 5 2. “Shauna’s Story of Slavery,” June 7 3. “Lillie…
He’s BAAAAAAAAACK
Save Our City founder Charles Fairchild is back and is appears to be once again out to derail the Community Maritime Park. His new group is called Citizens for Constitutional Integrity, Inc….
Year in Review 2006
In 2006, these were our top stories: 1. Left Behind series. Part 1: Healthcare, Aug. 3; Part 2: Housing, Aug. 10; Part 3: Education, Aug. 17 2. Healthcare Behind Bars, Jan. 19…
City cuts back on fire
In the Winners & Losers of the current issue, we have a quiz that states the City of Pensacola hasn’t had any employee layoffs. Our sources inside the Pensacola Fire Department say…
Hawkshaw East dies
The Pensacola City Council has been notified that the developers of Hawkshaw East will not close on their purchase of the city property located adjacent Gulf Power’s headquarters on Bayfront Parkway. The…
Buzz: New copiers at ECSO
The word I’m getting is that outgoing Escambia County Sheriff Ron McNesby has decided the jail and his entire office needs new copiers – $350,000 worth. The goal appears to be empty…