The Headline was “Teacher Fired for Wizardry†… that is not exactly what happened, but once the story hit the internet, the truth of the matter was lost. Jeff Solocheck, a writer…
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Notes: School Board 5.20
School board members got an earful from unhappy residents at their recent meeting, as over two dozen came forward to express concerns about possible budget cuts that may include closing Carver Century…
Buzz: ECUA drops suit
We received a call today that Emerald Coast Utility Authority has dropped its lawsuit against Escambia County over being required to use the Perdido Key Landfill. No word if cocktail fund raisers…
IN Your Head Radio 5.20
Because it takes them nearly a 1,000 years to biodegrade, many cities across the globe, including San Francisco, Oakland and soon Paris and all of China, have banned retailers from giving customers…
Fogg not to seek re-election
Pensacola Mayor John Fogg has just announced he will not be running for re-election.  A press release to that effect should be forthcoming.
Escambia County is not really a very good partner
That is what Santa Rosa County Commissioner Gordon Goodin said yesterday when the commission was deciding whether to join in a regional transportation authority with Escambia County. The RTA is the brainchild…
Notes: City Committees 5.19
May 19 City Committees meeting notes: Mayor John Fogg and Councilmen Mike DeSorbo and Ronald Townsend said Monday night they make no apologies for unexpectedly voting to name Rusty Wells the new…
No ethics at the top
Escambia County lives in an ethical limbo – where right is wrong, wrong is right; where county commissioners serve themselves first, then us last. We are suppose to ignore Whirehead’s relationship with…
How City works
Remember the tree ordinance that finally was agreed on by the developers and the environmentalists. Guess when it will be finally approved – July 3 –nearly two months after it was agreed…
Fogg will give Rusty everything
The Pensacola City Council voted yesterday to have Mayor John Fogg negotiate with Rusty “Jackpot” Wells on his new contract with the city for the city attorney position. This should be fun!…
Give up garbage
A year ago, the Pensacola City Council could have handed over its garbage collection to ECUA and saved the residents money. Now they are fighting another rate increase and looking at how…
IN Your Head Radio 5.19
 On Feb. 18, 2007, the body of Joshua Whittier, a 21-year-old Navarre resident who had worked with Ford Models, was found face down at the water’s edge of Santa Rosa Sound between…
PNJ finally reports on Wells
You’ve got to love our daily newspaper. Ten days after Rusty Wells named by the Pensacola City Council by 6-3 to be the new City Attorney, the News Journal reports on the…
Don’t buy this excuse
The excuse being used to defend Mike Whitehead in the Roads, Inc. fundraiser – and was also used by former County Administrator George Touart – is that Escambia County is so small…
Notes: School Board 5.15
The Escambia County School Board held a special workshop on May 15 at the J.E. Hall Center regarding impending budget issues and cuts. Board president Patty Hightower opened the meeting and described…
Notes: BCC 5.15
Sorry for the late post. It has been a hectic day: Escambia County’s Board of Commissioners breezed through their regular meeting on May 15. After approval of the agenda, the meeting opened…
IN Your Head Radio: The Facebook Edition
Most of IN Your Head Radio was only available online today due to weather problems. For those that might have missed them, here are today’s interviews Senator Don Gaetz Luman May Kate…
IN Your Head Radio 5.15
 Today I will welcome Senator Don Gaetz to IN Your Head Radio to discuss the education reforms approved by the Florida Legislature in its 2008 regular session. And I will talk with…
Notes: BCC agenda review 5.15
Board of County Commissioners Agenda Review May 15, 2008 – 5:30 p.m. Call to Order at 9:04 a.m. All County Commissioners were present. Items to be added to the agenda: The County…
Notes: Special meeting
SPECIAL MEETING BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS County Governmental Complex 221 Palafox Place May 15, 2008, 8:55 a.m. Call to Order at 9:03 a.m. All County Commissioners were present. Recommendation Concerning Roads, Inc.,…