Park opponents love to claim that building anything on Pensacola Bay is foolish and that any hurricane will wash it away. They cite the damage to Pensacola City Hall as proof of…
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Who is Will Waspo?
On pnj.com – Studer-hater posted this diatribe about the park and Studer: Nobody attends the games now at the Pelicant’s home at swampy UWF. This is the biggest scam ever attempted to…
Nobles-Russenberger feud continues
Jack Nobles and Ray Russenberger ran against each other 2004 for the at-large seat on the Pensacola City Council. Nobles, the incumbent, won re-election. Russenberger owns Bahia Marine Marina and The Oar…
Park plan draws fire on pnj.com
Here are some of the inane comments on the pnj.com on the Community Maritime Park plans From someone identified as gfri: I might consider voting for this project if the retail shops,…
Get away from FCAT overload
The Miami Herald reports that the Broward County School Board is fed up with FCAT overload and wants to scale back the relentless, one-size-fits-all FCAT preparation in their school system. They have…
Attacking Studer
A favorite pastime for posters on pnj.com – and even on this blog at times – is to blame Quint Studer for everything. We saw it all through the Community Maritime Park…
Coulter not taken seriously
Columnist Mark Bowden writes: Coulter herself is not taken seriously by serious people, so her attacks are a little bit like being pelted by cotton balls. She represents a form of journalism…
Health care remains an issue
The UAW agreement with General Motors has key provision regarding health care. It sets up a health care trust that would get G.M.’s massive liability off its books. According to the NY…
Perdido Key Annual Whine Fest
For the past 20 years, every August or September – right before the county budget is finalized – the residents and business owners of Perdido Key protest how they are treated like…
IN Your Head Radio
On today’s show, I will interview Bobby Marcus on Springfest and Escambia County Commissioner Gene Valentino. NewsRadio 1620 AM 1 p.m to 2 p.m.
Morning Joe official
MSNBC has made it official. The wake-up broadcast “Morning Joe” – starring local boy Joe Scarborough – will stay on the air from 5-8 a.m. His night show, “Scarborough Country” will be…
Human trafficking reported again
On June 7, the IN reported on human trafficking in Northwest Florida (Shauna’s Story of Slavery ). At the time the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office denied there was a problem in the…
Touart fallout
There are several points still being discussed around town about the Touart debacle: 1 Is County Attorney Janet Lander’s job in jeopardy? She came across about being more concerned about George Touart’s…
Strand: new hero of the do-nothings
The daily newspaper had a profile on Gregg Strand, the veterinarian, (Man wasn’t out to change state ). Strand is the president of the Escambia County Citizens Coalition, a Save Our City…
Court will rehear TIF arguments
Don’t get out the Vote “Yes” for the Community Maritime Park signs yet. We may not have to hold another referendum on the waterfront park. In an unusual move, the Florida State…
Kevin White interview
Yesterday on IN Your Head Radio (NewsRadio 1620), I interviewed Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White. He said that the Touart vote for him was simply following the county administrator’s contract. “If he…
Is the Wild West label unfair?
Besides the Valentine Dance debacle, are there any other incidents involving Escambia County deputies that would support the “Wild West” label? Here are a few from the past year: Dec. 2006: An…
Gulf Coast Economics Club floored
Attendees to yesterday’s Gulf Coast Economics Club were stunned to have their guest speaker, ret. Col. Bob Pappas, address the group on types of carpets and flooring. In the past, GCEC has…
What actually happened
This is the newspaper account of the Valentine Dance brawl: Joseph Anthony Nunnari and Robert Marcus Bonifay, who were students at Catholic High School at the time of the dance, admitted to…
Wild West ECSO on trial
The lawsuit between Addison Salter and Escambia County deputies Tim Taylor and Jeremy Jarman in federal court as brought out the Wild West attitude of some deputies. The suit alleges they used…