WedsDaily Dose Gulf County Sheriff resigns. WalMart won’t give up on Mary Esther store. Dog mauls owners. Another typical Wednesday news day.
Category: News
Outzen hits 50
From the IN staff: For the first time in three generations, an Outzen male has reached the ripe old age of 50. We had a betting pool going on whether the old…
Sac Bee will require real names for comments
There is growing debate whether newspapers should require people to use their real names when they comment on articles on the papers’ websites. The Sacramento Bee has decided to require real names….
Baldwin County: Something in the water
The Mobile Press Register reports that swimmers are being attacked by jellyfish, sea lice and something yet to determined in the waters off the Baldwin County beaches. Over the past few weeks,…
Panhandle news roundup
TuesDaily Dose Copeland’s becomes the restaurant closing that just won’t go away as Federal Trade Commission steps in. Another Pensacola area cemetery is vandalized. News Journal has discovered NAS Pensacola – writes…
Pay raises aren’t the answer
or at least not entirely. We hear from both the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and the school district that we need to raise salaries for deputies and teachers to attract better people…
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MonDaily Dose Gulf Power likes new ECUA plant. Woman kidnapped in downtown Fort Walton Beach. Ingall’s Shipyard is in trouble with Navy over cost overruns.
Panhandle news roundup
Pensacola News Journal continues its series on the Last Navy Officers Candidates Recruits. Also catches up on the Copeland’s papers story that WEAR reported Friday. And the editorial board gets on the…
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Pensacola may lose The Zoo. The Gulf Breeze Zoological Society needs to raise $3M by year-end to keep it open. Hurricanes and years of running in the red have finally caught up…
Presidential candidates on healthcare
The NY Times (Graphic: Candidates on Health Care ) has a great table on the positions of the various presidential candidates on healthcare: Republicans: Sam Brownback: market-based health care; establish regulatory competition…
Gannett tightens up more
The alt-weekly in Burlington, VT reports that its local Gannett-owned daily newspaper, Burlington Free Press, has initiated more cost cutting measures: eliminating free parking for employees and bottled water from the breakroom….
Scarborough, Miller entertain Thompson
IN cover boy, Joe Scarborough, Congressman Jeff Miller and Collier Merrill entertained potential GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson last night at The Fish House. He was there for a private gathering at…
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FridayDaily Dose Pensacola daily tells its readers to leave their trailers during hurricanes, but says nothing about the car on blocks in the front yard. Oh,and there’s another arrest story. News Herald…
More on Century
There are people around that remember beyond just last week. The Century-law enforcement-drugs issue has been around longer than the daily newspaper’s articles last week. In June, 2005 when Century Town Council…
More than just smoke
Firefighting in Escambia County is in shambles. You can spin it a dozen different ways. You can pit the paid firefighters union against the volunteers. You can single out certain individuals for…
IN: Morning Joe interview
The July 5th issue has a candid interview with Joe Scarborough, former Congressman and host of “Scarborough Country” and “Morning Joe” at MSNBC. Here are some of his choice quotes: “The Iraq…
WEAR TV reports on fire audit
Local TV station reported July 4 on the audit. Pensacola News Journal remains silent – not even a news brief or “Newsy Neighbors” segment on it. WEAR Transcript: A recent audit shows…
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ThursDaily Dose Freedom rule with the key syllable being “free” as an estimated 100,000 view free fireworks. Splenda and Sugar are battling in court in Mobile..Sweet!
Happy Fourth of July
Taking the day off from the blog. Celebrate our independence and have a safe holiday!
Panhandle news roundup
Northwest Florida Daily News has an article on the possible incorporation of Navarre being put on hold because of the super homestead exemption referendum on the ballot next year: Navarre incorporation efforts…