There once was a time were Pensacola got the top new restaurants. Every year we added something new and exciting. Now all the excitement is east and west of us. Please, please…
Category: News
A county with vision
Sorry, it’s not Escambia or Santa Rosa. The Hillsborough County Commission voted Wednesday to spend $500-million over the next five years to widen roads, improve intersections and plan for light rail. The…
Conflicting info on beach red clay
Not to beat a dead horse… but my source from the county says that the red clay on Pensacola Beach was trucked out there from property owned by Roads, Inc. in the…
Red clay follow up
from IN editor Duwayne Escobedo: Red clay is not allowed to be used for the base in road construction on Pensacola Beach because of fear it’ll spoil the unique sugar white sands…
Andrews and Pensacola in Detroit Free Press
Defensive end Simeon Rice, released by the Bucs for failing a physical, said he passed a battery of exams administered by renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola last weekend and has…
Santa Rosa Co. cuts property taxes
Santa Rosa County has set a tentative property tax rate for 2007-08 at 6.0953, a nearly 8 percent decrease from the current millage rate of 6.6175 mills. Santa Rosa’s projected budget for…
Mullet poisoned
University of West Florida researchers have found that mullet, redfish, speckled trout, flounder and croaker caught in the lower Escambia River, upper Escambia Bay, Bayou Chico, Bayou Texar and Bayou Grande have…
Red clay used on the beach
Contractors are not allowed to use red clay on Pensacola Beach. However, the road contractor Roads, Inc. appears to have been given special dispensation and has been allowed to use it. Stay…
Another jail inmate is dead
From IN editor Duwayne Escobedo: By now most people have heard about the tragic death of Leonard Black in the Escambia County jail and the questions it raises about how local judges,…
SMG/Civic Center honored
Press Release: PENSACOLA CIVIC CENTER MAKES MID-YEAR CHARTS! PENSACOLA, Fla.- The Pensacola Civic Center is making headlines for another successful season. Venues Today Magazine’s July issue recognizes venues with the highest concert…
No perfect plans
There is no perfect plan for a strong mayor or charter government for Escambia County. However, what do know is that the current systems only worked well when the overall local economy…
IN Strong Mayor plan
This doesn’t have to be complicated. Ballot Question: “Shall the City Charter be amended to change from a City Manager structure of government to a Strong Mayor for a five year trial…
Charter Government looks better now
Escambia County has repeatedly rejected charter government which has led to individual feafdoms in county government. The county commission and the citizens have no say in the budgets of tax collector or…
What did Sam Hall actually report on July 24?
On July 24, his vehicle was parked on Alcaniz St. north of Bayfront Pkwy. When he got into his car around 2 pm, a city parks truck was in the parking lot…
Cowper leaving
Confirmed. Kevin Cowper has resigned as the City of Pensacola’s Community Development Director. He is leaving Pensacola to take the Assistant City Manager position in Auburn, AL. His last day in Pensacola…
PNJ layoffs
The word is the daily has laid off 13 people including some upper management…. happened Thursday afternoon at the end of the work day. Included Classified ad manager, two graphic artists, and…
What can a strong mayor do? LEAD
I posted last week how the strong mayors of Orlando and Orange County (yes, they have a county mayor) pushed through votes for a $1 billion downtown revitalization package. Here is what…
PNJ editor “discovers” area’s bitter side
Pensacola News Journal Executive Editor Richard Schneider asked the daily newspaper’s readers to send him “two words that describe your hope for Pensacola, and an additional word, preferably a verb, that describes…
NAS does what ECUA should have done
The Monday edition of the News Journal has an article on how NAS Pensacola decided to forego building a new wastewater treatment plant on the base after Hurricane Ivan. They realized how…
Bomb threat at Whiting
Bomb detection dogs and emergency vehicles were poised and ready when a suspicious package was found in the mailroom early Friday morning at NAS Whiting Field. The package turned out to be…